Senior Digital Forensics Associate, EMEA

Lighthouse Document Technologies Inc; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Lighthouse in London seeks a Senior Forensic Associate to lead onsite and remote collection of electronic evidence across laptops, mobiles, servers and cloud sources. You will analyze data to support investigations and litigation, maintaining strict chain-of-custody standards.

Role requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, 2–4 years in digital forensics, and relevant certifications such as CISSP, EnCE or CFCE.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
• 2–4 years of experience in Digital Forensics.
• At least one security or digital forensics industry certification (e.g., CISSP, EnCE, CCE, CFCE, MCFE).
• Ability to multi-task, analyze and solve problems, and coach less experienced team members.
• Proficient with EnCase, AccessData FTK, XWays, Cellebrite UFED and Physical Analyzer, Cellebrite Inspector, Axiom or open-source tools.
• Strong knowledge of data collection, preservation and chain of custody.
• Understanding of file systems, hardware and networking concepts; Mac/Linux/UNIX experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform forensically sound collections of ESI from laptops, desktops, mobile devices, hard drives, servers and cloud data sources both onsite and remotely.
• Verify, extract and analyze data in support of investigations and litigation.
• Conduct custodian interviews to identify relevant data sources.
• Provide proactive status updates to internal and external clients.
• Prepare remote collection kits for redeployment.
• Log and track evidence, update chain of custody logs and follow evidence management best practices.
• Enter billable time and descriptions into billing system.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Job description

Lighthouse in London seeks a Senior Forensic Associate to lead onsite and remote collection of electronic evidence across laptops, mobiles, servers and cloud sources. You will analyze data to support investigations and litigation, maintaining strict chain-of-custody standards.

Role requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, 2–4 years in digital forensics, and relevant certifications such as CISSP, EnCE or CFCE.