Senior Consultant Digital Forensics & Incident Response – Forensics
EY
Munich, Bavaria
The Role
This position involves investigating cyber incidents across endpoint, network, and log environments, conducting digital forensic examinations, analysing system artefacts, and building timeline reconstructions. The consultant also supports live-response engagements, assists with containment measures, examines suspicious files, and contributes to incident response workshops and cyber resilience assessments.
Skills & Experience
Candidates bring two to four years of experience in digital forensics, incident response, or IT security analysis. Strong knowledge of operating system forensics, IT infrastructure, and networking is required, with cloud environment experience desirable. Professional proficiency in both German and English at C1 level or above is essential.
Who It Suits
This role suits an analytically minded security professional who is comfortable operating in fast-moving, technically complex investigations. Someone with a flexible, agile mindset who enjoys contributing to a collaborative team environment and is keen to develop expertise across the full breadth of forensic and incident response disciplines will thrive here.
Typical advertised salary for Digital Forensics roles in Germany: €51,000–€74,000 (median €51,000 — from 13 recent listings analysed by Forensic Focus).
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