Consulting Director, DFIR, Reactive Services (Unit 42)
$182,240–$250,580 year
Remote · Toronto, Ontario, Canada or Canada
Job Summary
Senior Consulting Director, Reactive Services at Unit 42 (Palo Alto Networks) leads breach response and DFIR engagements for diverse clients, delivering expert cybersecurity consulting, incident response and digital forensics guidance. Responsibilities include leading technical breach response teams, providing strategic direction, collaborating with clients and internal teams to craft unique solutions, maintaining current threat landscape knowledge, utilizing advanced forensic tools (EnCase, FTK, Volatility), managing client relationships and engagements, and identifying opportunities to cross-sell or upsell services. Travel up to 20% and remote/hybrid work arrangements across geographies are supported.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree with 12 years of experience, or Master's degree with 8 years of experience, or PhD with 5 years of experience in a related field
- Minimum of 10 years of hands-on consulting experience in digital forensics and incident response (DFIR)
- Proven experience leading technical breach response teams in high-pressure, fast-paced environments
- Expert-level knowledge of forensic processes and procedures, including chain of custody and memory/disk acquisition techniques
- Demonstrated proficiency with industry-standard forensics tools such as EnCase, FTK, SleuthKit, or Volatility
- Deep operational understanding of Windows/Linux/Mac
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