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Associate/Cybersecurity & Incident Response (Forensic Services practice)

Charles River Associates

Boston, MA

Junior · Internship

The Role

This position sits within a forensic services consulting practice and involves conducting digital forensic examinations and incident response engagements for corporate clients and their legal counsel. Day-to-day work includes acquiring forensic images, analysing disk and memory artefacts, hunting for malware, tracking adversary activity, and contributing to expert reports and affidavits.

Skills & Experience

Candidates should have grounding in digital forensics and incident response disciplines, including memory and network forensics, malware analysis, IOC creation, and timeline analysis. Familiarity with scripting and programming languages such as Python, T-SQL, VBA or C# is valued, alongside strong written communication skills for drafting forensic reports and expert testimony.

Who It Suits

This role suits an early-career forensic or cybersecurity professional eager to develop broad DFIR expertise within a consulting environment. Those comfortable working across legal, technical, and analytical contexts — and who take ownership of complex, client-facing investigations — will thrive here.

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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Listed: 2026-08-28