Director, Digital Forensics, Forensic Technology Services

Overview

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with over 10,000 professionals in over 40 countries. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are why our people love working at A&M.

Our Forensic Technology Services team is a leading provider of forensic technology investigation support services. The team comprises digital forensics, eDiscovery, data science, cybersecurity, and privacy professionals with experience from law firms, professional services firms, Fortune 500 companies, and government agencies. We deliver electronic discovery and disclosure management, digital forensics, forensic data analytics, cyber risk and incident response, privacy, information governance, and data compliance solutions.

Throughout all phases of the forensic data lifecycle, you will lead a team of consultants to enable our external clients and internal teams to leverage forensic data technologies to uncover and manage data-based evidence and intelligence in contentious legal and regulatory situations. In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead a team to assist our clients and internal teams in confronting and resolving complex legal matters.

You will be discovering and processing forensically preserved data and evidence relating to complex accounting issues on a variety of projects involving economic disputes, white-collar crime investigations, forensic accounting and consulting, and post-acquisition disputes. By establishing consultative relationships with external and internal stakeholders, you will guide them toward best practices in data and evidence handling and preservation.

Key activities include:

• Participate in the full lifecycle of forensic data collection processing; including the identification, recovery, preparation, analysis, and preservation of digital data used in legal or regulatory situations.
• Lead a team of consultants, managing all aspects of onsite data collection.
• Participate in the collection, pre-processing, capture and preparation of images and other forensic data artifacts to prepare the data for analysis.
• Maintain data and documentation according to prescribed chain of custody protocol.
• Perform data extraction and conversion to migrate data to Relatively environment.
• Processing and support of images and data once in review environment.
• Analyze artifacts to trace user activity (e.g., file manipulation, USB activity, browser history, chat analysis, cloud activity, cryptocurrency transactions, etc.).
• Plan and manage onsite data and evidence collection activities.
• Build relationships and reputation through excellent stakeholder management.
• Communicate technical processes and findings clearly and precisely to clients and colleagues, including writing reports on forensic data analysis to present to counsel and clients.

• Minimum 8+ years’ experience in the field of digital forensics in a client-facing, professional service setting
• Extensive experience with scoping and performing on-site and remote forensic preservations of unstructured and structured data sources, especially endpoint, mobile, cloud-based applications, and social media data sources
• Extensive experience in forensic tool suites including Open Text EnCase, Cellebrite UFED4PC, Physical Analyzer, and Endpoint Inspector, Magnet Forensics Axiom
• Extensive experience performing forensic analyses and preparing client-ready work product
• Sound technical understanding of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) and best practices in forensic collection, analysis, and review
• Excellent interpersonal skills and written communication when working with clients and internal teams
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with attention to detail
• Capacity to thrive in a fast-paced, challenging environment
• Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA/BBA) in a technical/analytical field (e.g., computer science, information systems, engineering)
• Flexibility to travel approximately 20-40% of…