Senior DFIR Lead & Incident Response Strategist

Verizon; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Verizon is seeking a senior Principal Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) Consultant for the EMEA region. You will lead high‑stakes investigations, direct crisis responses, and drive customer resilience while partnering across IT, legal, risk governance, and leadership. Travel and executive presentations are routine.

You will also lead pre‑sales efforts, scope opportunities, and help expand strategic accounts with DFIR, threat intel, and proactive assessments across the EMEA region.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or relevant work experience.
• Experience in incident response, forensics, ICS, IoT and eDiscovery.
• Experience with Windows, Linux, Unix or macOS.
• Experience consulting enterprise DFIR for clients.
• Experience managing protected customer relationships and IT investigations.
• Ability to travel on short notice, including 24/7 incident response.
• Fluency in English and a valid UK driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex digital forensic investigations and produce court‑admissible deliverables.
• Conduct IR capability assessments and develop IR plans per NIST/SANS.
• Act as DFIR liaison and customer success lead for enterprise accounts.
• Drive pre‑sales engagements and craft cross‑tower RFP solutions.
• Deliver technical thought leadership through papers, webinars, and conferences.

Skills

English fluency

Incident response

Digital forensics

Executive communication

Crisis management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

CrowdStrike

Microsoft Defender

SentinelOne

Splunk

Job description

Verizon is seeking a senior Principal Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) Consultant for the EMEA region. You will lead high‑stakes investigations, direct crisis responses, and drive customer resilience while partnering across IT, legal, risk governance, and leadership. Travel and executive presentations are routine.

You will also lead pre‑sales efforts, scope opportunities, and help expand strategic accounts with DFIR, threat intel, and proactive assessments across the EMEA region.