Senior Security Engineer, Digital Forensics
San Francisco, CA
The Role
As a member of a global on-call Detection and Response team, the engineer investigates security and privacy incidents across a large technology organisation and its subsidiaries. Day-to-day work includes forensic analysis, writing incident reports, participating in post-mortems, and developing internal and open-source forensic tooling to support unique infrastructure requirements.
Skills & Experience
Candidates need at least five years in security engineering and four years of hands-on digital forensic analysis. Proficiency in general-purpose programming, experience across multiple operating systems, and familiarity with tools such as EnCase, FTK, X-Ways, Cellebrite, Volatility, GRR, Plaso, or CrowdStrike Falcon are strongly valued. Reverse engineering and firmware analysis experience is a plus.
Who It Suits
This role suits an experienced DFIR professional comfortable operating at scale in a fast-paced, on-call environment. Those who enjoy building investigative capabilities alongside traditional forensic casework, and who want to develop expertise in both broad forensic investigation and crisis management, will find it a strong fit.
Typical advertised salary for Digital Forensics roles in United States: $90,000–$154,000 (median $122,000 — from 207 recent listings analysed by Forensic Focus).
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