Forensics and Integrity Services - Digital Forensics - Managed Services - Senior

EY; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

EY in Chicago is seeking a Digital Investigations professional to deliver technical reviews and bespoke analyses for clients across industries. You will plan investigations, liaise with clients, and perform data review to understand how data may have been misused.

The role emphasizes cutting-edge forensics, log analysis, and responsible communication to both technical and non-technical audiences, with opportunities to grow within a global security practice.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, technology, computer science, informatics, data science, or related field.
• 2+ years relevant work experience.
• Professional designation such as CFE, CFCE, RCA or EnCE desirable.
• Excellent project management and documentation skills with ability to prioritize on multiple engagements.
• Travel willingness and ability to work beyond standard hours when necessary.
• Access to reliable transportation to EY office and client sites.

Responsibilities

• Balance client liaison with creating an investigation plan to perform data review and analysis.
• Investigate what happened and help determine potential impact and data misuse.
• Assist clients in assessing and resolving insider threats across multiple engagements.
• Think creatively about data misuse, identify malicious insiders, improve data integrity and privacy risk mitigation.

Skills

Digital investigations

Digital forensics

Log analysis

Timeline creation

Communication of technical events

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Forensic tools

Job description

Location: Hoboken, Chicago

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.

We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world.

As digital threats continue to evolve and threaten businesses large and small, bad actors are improving their tactics, techniques and procedures faster than corporate security teams can keep up. Increasingly organized and collaborative, their methods grow more sophisticated each year. Our clients continually look to EY for our knowledge and resources to assist with their Digital Investigations & Privacy needs.

The opportunity

Working with companies across all industries, you’ll develop your career by communicating creative solutions for the client’s specific needs. This opportunity is for team-oriented individuals who want to continually learn, research new technologies or investigation methodologies and develop new skills to drive innovation as part of a continually evolving service offering.

Your Key Responsibilities

The nature of this role means no two projects will be the same. You will balance your time between directly liaising with our clients to understand their situation and create an appropriate investigation plan to perform technical review and analysis of data. This will include investigating what happened and helping the client to determine the potential impact and how the company’s data was potentially misused. You will be helping clients assess and resolve insider threats on an ongoing basis for multiple clients at a time. That means thinking differently about the type of data misuse, identifying malicious insiders, improving the client’s data integrity, investigation methodology and mitigate privacy risks.

Skills And Attributes For Success

• Desire to constantly develop your understanding of our clients’ industries, identifying trends, risks and opportunities for improvement
• Understanding of multiple technologies to distribute your knowledge of leading practices to enhance service delivery
• Ability to develop your team through constant coaching and feedback, knowledge and opportunities to grow
• Experience in large scale, complex investigations, using techniques such as digital forensics, log analysis and timeline creation have been applied
• Ability to communicate technical events and analysis to both technical and nontechnical audiences and an understanding of the potential legal impacts
• Ability to preserve network and host-based digital evidence in an industry accepted forensically sound manner
• Experience performing host-based digital forensics on Microsoft Windows and Mac based systems using both Windows and Linux based forensic tools
• Experience performing mobile-based digital forensics on Apple and Android based systems

To qualify for the role you must have

• A bachelor's degree in business, technology entrepreneurship, computer science, informatics, statistics, applied mathematics, data science, machine learning or related field
• 2+ years relevant work experience
• Achieved, or be working towards a professional designation, such as CFE, CFCE, RCA or EnCE
• Excellent project management and documentation skills with the ability to prioritize when working on multiple engagements
• The ability and willingness to travel and work in excess of standard hours when necessary
• Access to reliable transportation to/from the EY office and client sites. A driver’s license is strongly recommended as ride share and public transportation options may not be available in all locations

Ideally, you’ll also have

• In-depth understanding of computer forensic principles including digital and mobile forensics, log analysis, cloud-based systems, database structures, querying languages and common digital forensics tools
• Knowledge of data loss prevention systems and how they detect potential host and network-based data loss technologies or other insider threat risks
• Knowledge of Windows, Unix and Mac host-based forensics, Mobile OS’s and command line
• Global client network, experience working with fortune 400 companies, international and frequent travel opportunities
• Working knowledge of hardware configuration and network/data communications, software development and scripting, and database technology and database exploitation/forensics
• Experience with evidence seizure, chain of custody and conducting analysis

What We Look For

We’re interested in passionate analysts, with the intellectual curiosity to actively pursue new knowledge in the rapidly changing world of digital forensics. Naturally you’ll need a firm technical foundation, as well as the ability to translate complex information into meaningful, actionable insights. We’re not just looking for strong technical skills – we’re interested in people that have the ability to nurture relationships, both internal and external, and are committed to intimately understanding your client’s needs. If you’re looking to become part of a community of advisors where you’ll make a measurable difference across some of the most prestigious businesses around, this role is for you.