Senior DFIR Consultant — Incident Response Lead

Cypfer; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cypfer seeks a Senior Consultant to lead small DFIR workstreams within incident response and recovery engagements. The role coordinates Consultants, validates deliverables, and presents interim findings to client stakeholders while continuing hands-on DFIR tasks across insurance, legal, and enterprise client engagements.

The Senior Consultant owns workstream planning, conducts risk tracking, and ensures adherence to SOPs and QA standards, while maintaining strong client relationships and

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years in incident response or digital forensics.
• Advanced DFIR analysis and ability to lead workstreams.
• GCFA/GCFR, GCIH or CCFR are strong assets.
• Experience presenting interim findings to clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead workstreams within incident response engagements.
• Coordinate consultants and ensure deliverable quality.
• Validate outputs and present interim findings to client stakeholders.
• Perform hands-on DFIR tasks across engagements.
• Collect forensic data and drive evidence timelines.
• Maintain case notes and client-ready artefacts.

Skills

Incident response

Digital forensics

Leadership

GCFA/GCFR

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

CrowdStrike Falcon

PowerShell

Python

Job description

Cypfer seeks a Senior Consultant to lead small DFIR workstreams within incident response and recovery engagements. The role coordinates Consultants, validates deliverables, and presents interim findings to client stakeholders while continuing hands-on DFIR tasks across insurance, legal, and enterprise client engagements.

The Senior Consultant owns workstream planning, conducts risk tracking, and ensures adherence to SOPs and QA standards, while maintaining strong client relationships and