Forensics - Crisis and Investigations - Cyber Response - Senior

The opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Senior to lead client engagements involving cyber incidents, data breaches, and information security events. This role focuses on the post-incident response phase, helping clients assess impacted data, evaluate legal and regulatory obligations, coordinate remediation activities, and manage stakeholder communications.

Your key responsibilities

• Support end-to-end breach response engagements following incident containment and forensic investigation.
• Conduct assessment and analysis of impacted data sets to determine potential exposure of sensitive, confidential, regulated, or personal information.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams including cybersecurity, privacy, legal, forensic, compliance, and client stakeholders.
• Assist clients on notification, regulatory, contractual, and reporting obligations arising from security incidents.
• Perform data review, document analysis, impact assessments, and support decision-making related to affected individuals and organizations.
• Contribute to remediation planning and implementation, including process improvements and control enhancements.

Skills and attributes for success

• Analyze findings in investigative matters and develop fact-based reports.
• Ability to identify and articulate opportunities for improvement while helping drive lessons learned activities.
• Demonstrate strong analytical, project management, and problem-solving skills.
• Support the development of junior team members through knowledge sharing, collaboration and constructive feedback.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships while contributing to account growth and business development efforts.
• Work effectively across multidisciplinary teams and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Leverage technology and innovation to enhance engagement delivery and team effectiveness.
• Application of emotional intelligence and calm under pressure.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, information systems, Engineering, cybersecurity or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in cyber incident response, data breach response, digital forensics, privacy consulting, cybersecurity consulting, risk advisory, or related disciplines.
• Strong understanding of security threats, vulnerabilities, and incident response, to include the ability to digest threat intelligence and apply it to client engagements.
• A basic understanding of legalities surrounding electronic discovery and analysis.
• Understanding of privacy and data protection regulations, including notification and reporting requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Achieved or be willing to pursue related professional certifications such as GCFE, GCFA, GCIH, CISA, CISM, CISSP, or CCIM.
• 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

• Experience working with Fortune 500 companies.
• Experience in industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, energy, infrastructure, or the public sector.
• Experience working with law enforcement, both domestic and internationally, in the cyber incident response or related crisis management field.

What we look for

• Demonstrated integrity in a professional environment.
• Ability to work independently, while also being able to contribute to a cohesive team environment under crisis conditions.
• Have a global mind-set for working with different cultures and backgrounds.
• Excellent social, communication, and writing skills.
• Knowledgeable in business industry standard security incident response process, procedures, and life cycle.
• Excellent organizational skills, teaming skills, and strong attention to detail.