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Senior Consultant, Digital Forensics & Incident Response - Cybersecurity


Company : BDO Canada


Location : Toronto, Ontario


Created : 2026-03-14


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Putting people first, every day BDO is a firm built on a foundation of positive relationships with our people and our clients. Each day, our professionals provide exceptional service, helping clients with advice and insight they can trust. In turn, we offer an awardwinning environment that fosters a peoplefirst culture with a high priority on your personal and professional growth. Your Opportunity BDO is seeking an experienced Digital Forensics & Incident Response professional to join our growing Cyber Security team. The successful candidate will bring deep investigative and forensic skills to defend our clients from sophisticated cyberadversaries. If youre passionate about forensic analysis, incident response, threat intelligence, and building nextgeneration capabilities, this is the opportunity for you. We support career growth, collaboration, and innovation across our team. Responsibilities Leading complex incident investigations and forensic engagements: endpoint, network, cloudnative environments, memory, disk, and log analysis. Performing digital forensic examinations across multiple operating systems and devices using industrystandard tools (e.g., EDR/EDRforensics, EnCase, Rekall, Wireshark, etc.). Collecting, analyzing, and maintaining critical data sources including system logs, network traffic captures, EDR telemetry, and threat intelligence feeds to support investigations and remediation. Interpreting forensic artifacts, identifying Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) and adversary Techniques, Tactics & Procedures (TTPs), and producing actionable intelligence. Producing clear, professional incident investigation and forensic reports; translating technical findings into businessrelevant recommendations for clients or internal stakeholders. Contributing to and refining incident response, forensic and threathunting playbooks, processes and toolsets. Collaborating with SOC, threathunting, engineering, and client teams; providing mentorship and training to more junior analysts. Staying current with emerging threats, forensic methodologies, cloud/enterprise forensics, and the evolving DFIR toolset; driving innovation and continuous improvement across the team. How We Define Success for Your Role You demonstrate BDOs core values: Integrity, Respect and Collaboration in all aspects of your work. Clients describe you as positive, professional, delivering highquality investigations and forensic insights. You show proven success in incident response/forensics engagements and effectively partner with internal/external stakeholders. You focus on delivering effective service and clear outcomes, not just technical analysis but actionable remediation. You foster an inclusive and engaging work environment; you actively contribute to talent development, bestpractice sharing and innovation. You proactively adopt digital tools and strategies that elevate forensic, detection and response capabilities. You continuously grow your expertise and participate in professional development. Your Experience And Education Undergraduate degree or diploma in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Forensics or related discipline. Minimum 35 years (or more, depending on seniority) experience in digital forensics, incident response or similar roles. Demonstrated experience with EDR/XDR, SIEM, network/endpoint forensics, malware triage, memory/disk analysis. Familiarity with forensic tools, methodologies, chainofcustody, evidence handling. Solid understanding of adversary TTPs, log analysis, threat intelligence, and frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK. Strong verbal and written communication skillsable to translate technical investigation into business/clientrelevant findings. Strong analytical mindset; critical thinker comfortable operating under incident response deadlines. Prior consulting or clientfacing forensic/IR experience. Experience in cloud/virtual environments (Azure, AWS, GCP), and forensics in hybrid/cloud contexts. Experience coding or scripting (e.g., Python), or query languages (KQL, SQL) for forensic data analysis. Experience mentoring others or leading smaller forensic/IR teams. Certification(s) Preferred GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH) GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE) GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA) GIAC Network Forensic Analyst (GNFA) GIAC Reverse Engineering Malware (GREM) CrowdStrike Certified Falcon Responder (CCFR), or similar. Certification(s) Preferred (Secondary) Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Cloud platform security certifications (Azure, AWS, etc.) The expected range of compensation for this role is $84,000 $128,000 annually. Why BDO? Our peoplefirst approach to talent has earned us a spot among Canadas Top 100 Employers for 2026. This recognition is a milestone were thrilled to add to our collection of awards for both experienced and student talent experiences. We enable you to engage with how we change and evolve, being a key contributor to the success and growth of BDO in Canada. We help you become a better professional within our services, industries, and markets with extensive opportunities for learning and development. We support your achievement of personal goals outside of the office and making an impact on your community. Giving back adds up BDO is actively involved in our communities by supporting local charity initiatives. We support staff with local and national events where you will be given the opportunity to contribute to your community. Total rewards that matter We pay for performance with competitive total cash compensation that recognizes and rewards your contribution. We provide flexible benefits from day one, and a marketleading personal time off policy. We are committed to supporting your overall wellness beyond working hours and provide reimbursement for wellness initiatives that fit your lifestyle. Everyone counts We believe every employee should have the opportunity to participate and succeed. Through leadership by our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Leader, we are committed to a workplace culture of respect, inclusion, and diversity. We recognize and celebrate the valuable differences among each of us, including race, religious beliefs, physical or mental disabilities, age, place of origin, marital status, family status, gender or gender identity and sexual orientation. If you require accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us. Flexibility All BDO personnel are expected to spend some of their time working in the office, at the client site, and virtually unless accommodations or alternative work arrangements are in place. Our model is a blended approach designed to support the flexible needs of our people, the firm and our clients. Its about creating work experiences that meet everyones needs and providing flexibility to adjust when, where and how we work to meet the expectations of our role. Code of Conduct Our Code of Conduct sets clear standards for how we conduct business. It reflects our shared values and commitments and includes guiding principles to help us make ethical decisions and maintain trust with each other, our clients, and the public. Artificial intelligence in recruitment BDO may use artificial intelligence enabled tools to support certain aspects of the recruitment process. While these tools assist our teams, our use of AI does not replace human decision making, and all employmentrelated outcomes are made by BDO personnel. More information on BDO Canadas Privacy Policy can be found here: Privacy Policy | BDO Canada Ready to make your mark at BDO? Click Apply now to send your uptodate resume to one of our Talent Acquisition Specialists. Explore other opportunities To explore other opportunities at BDO, check out our careers page. #J-18808-Ljbffr