Digisourced is seeking a highly skilled German-Speaking Forensics Specialist to join a client's critical cybersecurity team. The successful candidate will investigate security incidents, ensure compliance, and protect vital systems. This is a 12-month contract role with flexible remote work arrangements.
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Technical Skills Required
Benefits & Perks
Job Description
Remote Forensics Specialist (German-Speaking):
Role Overview:
-We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated German-Speaking Forensics Specialist to join our client's critical cybersecurity team.
-This is a contract role focused on supporting robust incident response and forensic analysis across a complex Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) infrastructure.
-The successful candidate will be a pivotal resource in investigating security incidents, ensuring compliance, and protecting our client's vital systems.
-This position offers the flexibility of a fully remote working arrangement from anywhere within the United Kingdom (UK) or European Union (EU).
-This role is up to 12 months temporary with chance of extensions.
Key Responsibilities:
-Incident Response & Triage: Lead and execute technical incident response activities, including host-based and network-based forensics in real-time.
-Forensic Analysis: Conduct in-depth digital forensic investigations on various platforms (e.g., Windows, Linux, network devices, industrial control systems) to identify the root cause, scope, and impact of security breaches.
-OT/IT Focus: Specialized investigation of incidents impacting the convergence zone between OT (e.g., SCADA, DCS) and IT environments.
-Evidence Handling: Maintain strict chain of custody protocols for all collected evidence, ensuring admissibility in legal or regulatory proceedings.
-Reporting & Communication: Prepare detailed, high-quality, and timely forensic reports and executive summaries.
-Effectively communicate complex technical findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including German-speaking teams.
-Tool Expertise: Utilize a wide range of forensic tools and platforms (e.g., EnCase, FTK, X-Ways, Volatility, EDR solutions).
-Process Improvement: Contribute to the continuous development and refinement of forensic procedures, playbooks, and incident response capabilities.
-Stakeholder Liaison: Collaborate closely with legal, compliance, and IT/OT operational teams.
Essential Requirements:
-Certification: Must possess an active GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA) certification.
-Language: Fluent professional working proficiency in German (verbal and written) is mandatory.
-Experience: Proven, extensive experience (typically 3+ years) in digital forensics and incident response (DFIR).
-Technical Skills: Deep understanding of forensic artefacts, memory analysis, disk imaging, and log analysis across modern operating systems.
-Infrastructure Knowledge: Demonstrable experience or strong foundational knowledge of both IT and OT environments and the associated security challenges.
-Contracting Experience: Previous experience successfully managing tasks and deliverables in a contract/consulting capacity.
Location: Must be eligible to work legally as a contractor in the UK or EU.
If interested, please reach out and we can arrange a time to speak further?