Senior DFIR Analyst: Forensics & Incident Response

TikTok USDS Joint Venture; New York (NY); On-site; USD 99,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) matching

Paid time off

On-site conveniences

Job summary

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is seeking a Senior Analyst to lead digital investigations and incident response across endpoints, servers, data platforms, and cloud environments. You will guide complex forensic work and collaborate with cross-functional teams to mitigate insider threats and support legal investigations.

This on-site role emphasizes meticulous evidence handling, reporting, and coordination with security, legal, HR, IT, and engineering to protect people, data, and systems.

Qualifications

• 1 year of digital forensics and incident response or related data analytics experience.
• Strong familiarity with Windows, Linux, macOS file systems and forensic artifacts.
• Ability to document analyses and procedures for executive audiences.
• Experience with evidence handling and chain-of-custody.

Responsibilities

• Perform digital forensic investigations of endpoints, servers, mobile devices, data platforms, internal systems, and cloud infrastructure.
• Identify, collect, image, and preserve evidence per chain-of-custody and legal standards.
• Analyze data queries, trace data lineage, and assess for residency/compliance issues.
• Analyze artifacts, memory dumps, and network traffic to determine root cause and scope.
• Author detailed forensic reports with findings, timelines, root cause, and remediation.
• Assist with internal investigations, eDiscovery, and coordinate with legal or law enforcement when needed.

Skills

Digital forensics

Incident response

Windows

Linux

macOS

Forensic artifacts

Chain of custody

Report writing

Evidence handling

SQL queries

Python scripting

Cloud platforms

Data analytics

Regulatory compliance

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's in cybersecurity engineering

Bachelor's in computer science

Digital forensics degree or equivalent

Tools

OCI

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC is seeking a Senior Analyst to lead digital investigations and incident response across endpoints, servers, data platforms, and cloud environments. You will guide complex forensic work and collaborate with cross-functional teams to mitigate insider threats and support legal investigations.

This on-site role emphasizes meticulous evidence handling, reporting, and coordination with security, legal, HR, IT, and engineering to protect people, data, and systems.