IT Security

Position:            Manager

Service:              Advisory – Consulting

Specialism:      Forensic Technology Services

The Role
We have a highly skilled information security and forensics team that has experience working with many different types of organisations of varying sizes in both the public and private sectors. Our team understands the balance between business and information security requirements and see information security and forensics as a business enabler to promote trust in an organisation’s digital future:

Our team specialise in providing the technology skills required to respond to crisis events such as security incidents, legal disputes or investigations.  Join us and you’ll get to work on high-profile projects alongside industry-recognised specialists in computer forensics, data analytics, cybercrime, electronic discovery and information management.

This role will be primarily based in Dublin however, the nature of what we do means that many of our clients have an international reach. Candidates should be prepared to travel as some of our opportunities can require team members to work at client site from Monday to Friday.

Responsibilities:

As a Manager you will provide oversight of multiple client engagements such as searching the personal computer and smartphone of an executive suspected of intellectual property theft, or working with law firms to help facilitate a client’s disclosure involving hundreds of custodians. These are some of the challenges you’ll face as part of the team in one of the largest dedicated forensic technology practices in the world.

Much of our work centres on the analysis of large volumes of electronic data. And because we operate in an environment where speed of response is often critical to our clients, we are constantly innovating and drawing on the very latest technologies.

Your responsibilities:

• Heavily involved in business development and marketing aspects of the business such as preparing and attending client proposals as well as presenting to large audiences;
• Providing oversight, guidance and direction to Consultants and Associates on multiple concurrent and complex projects;
• Responsibility for all aspects of engagements such as risk management, project management and client relationships;
• Drafting budgets for complex engagements involving multiple work streams, international teams and disparate systems;
• Building strong relationships with clients and senior members of the team;
• Development of new FTS methodologies and approaches to address client/market needs;
• Drafting reports and presentations to explain our findings;
• Perform coaching and performance management role for team members;
• Identify training and development opportunities for team members.

Education / professional qualifications:

• minimum 2.1 in a recognised University Degree specialising in a technical based subject such as Computer Forensics, Information Security or Computer Science;
• Relevant professional qualification such as EnCE, ACE or CISSP is a strong advantage.

Experience required:

• Minimum 5 years experience working in the area of Forensics, Information Security, eDiscovery and Data Analytics , ideally in a consultancy services firm but this not essential;
• Strong technical knowledge of IT systems;
• Experienced in supervising the work of others;
• Experienced in dealing with client management and staff;

Skills:

• Knowledge of computer forensics, including applications such as EnCase, FTK, Nuix or dtSearch.
• Data extraction from common email containers such as PST and NSF files.
• Experience of the e-discovery process, including the skills to consult with clients on each stage of the e-discovery life-cycle.
• Detailed knowledge of server / desktop hardware and RAID levels.
• Expertise in network forensics (e.g. scanning networked devices at disk level, performing forensic analysis to determine flows of data/files).
• Extraction and analysis of logs and audit trails from switches, routers or gateways.
• Knowledge of document processing and review platforms (e.g. NUIX, Relativity, iConnect, Recommind, Stratify, Clearwell, iPro).
• Project management and the ability to manage relationships at all levels within our company  and within the client’s organisation.