Digital Forensics Senior Associate at JPMorgan Chase

As a Digital Forensics Senior Associate in the Cybersecurity and Technology Controls line of business, you play a key role in protecting the firm's digital assets using your advanced analytical, technical, and problem-solving skills to collect, preserve, and analyse digital evidence. Working across lines of business, you help manage complex cybersecurity incidents by identifying gaps and making strategic recommendations. Your expertise in digital forensics, cybersecurity operations, and threat intelligence is vital to the firm's risk reduction efforts. Staying ahead of emerging technologies and engaging in forensic research and development projects, you contribute to maintaining a secure digital environment at JPMorgan Chase.

Job responsibilities

• Utilise digital forensic tools to support internal investigations and cybersecurity related matters.
• Conduct detailed analyses of potential breaches and provide root cause analysis and impact assessments.
• Prepare comprehensive investigation reports and assist in developing in-house training programs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in Legal, Technology, and HR to support incident response and regulatory proceedings.
• Innovate and implement forensic research projects to stay ahead of emerging technologies for the firm.
• Conduct in-depth digital forensic investigations with advanced analysis to gather, preserve, and analyse evidence from various sources.
• Partner with cybersecurity operations teams to pinpoint vulnerabilities, bolster security, and proactively mitigate potential risks.
• Conduct detailed assessments of JPMorgan Chase’s digital forensics risk and control environment to identify control gaps, deficiencies, and weaknesses and contribute to the development and implementation of remediation plans.
• Engage in projects that improve forensic techniques and processes across teams.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 3+ years in digital forensics, cybersecurity operations, or similar role.
• Experience should primarily be in digital forensics, incident response, and malware analysis.
• Inherent understanding of how forensic tools produce their results and the ability to explain that information to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Expertise in computer forensic best practices and industry-standard methodologies.
• Proficiency with tools like X-Ways, Volexity Surge, En Case, Volatility, and Wireshark.
• Excellent communication skills and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated proficiency in scripting languages like Python, Bash, JavaScript, or PowerShell for automation and data analysis.
• Experienced in detailed analysis of digital artifacts, network traffic, and logs to identify malicious activity or user behaviour.
• Developing knowledge of e-discovery processes, incident response, and threat intelligence.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience with acquisition and analysis of data from cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience with memory forensics.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., GCFA, GNFA, GCIH).
• Ability to automate tasks using scripting languages such as Python, Bash/ZSH, and PowerShell.
• Experience with malware reverse engineering.