Senior Manager - Digital Forensics

About the job:

Job Summary:

We are looking for an experienced Digital Forensics professional to lead cyber incident investigations, forensic analysis, evidence preservation, and root cause assessments within a highly regulated banking environment.

The role will be responsible for conducting forensic investigations across endpoints, servers, cloud environments, email systems, and networks while supporting regulatory, audit, and incident response requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead digital forensic investigations for cyber incidents, data breaches, insider threats, and account compromise cases.

- Perform forensic acquisition and analysis of endpoint, server, memory, network, cloud, and email artifacts.

- Conduct malware analysis, timeline reconstruction, evidence preservation, and root cause analysis.

- Maintain chain of custody, legal hold processes, and audit-ready forensic documentation.

- Support SOC, Incident Response, Risk, Compliance, Legal, HR, and Audit teams during investigations.

- Ensure forensic readiness aligned with RBI, CERT-In, and banking regulatory expectations.

- Develop forensic playbooks, investigation procedures, and evidence management processes.

- Mentor SOC analysts and drive continuous improvements in forensic capabilities.

Desired Candidate Profile:

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Cyber Security, Information Security, Computer Science, IT, or related field.

- 10 - 12 years of experience in Digital Forensics, Incident Response, Malware Analysis, Threat Hunting, or Security Operations.

- Hands-on expertise in memory forensics, disk forensics, network forensics, cloud forensics, email forensics, and SIEM investigations.

- Strong understanding of cyber incident response, evidence preservation, and forensic reporting.

- Experience working within BFSI or other regulated environments.

- Preferred certifications: CHFI, GCFA, GCFE, GREM, EnCE, CFCE, CISSP, CISM, CEH, or equivalent.

- Strong analytical, investigative, and stakeholder management skills.

Location: Bangalore