Cybersecurity Incident Response & Digital Forensics (DFIR) Specialist

Location: On-site – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Contract/engagement: Project-based managed cybersecurity services (13-month)

Minimum experience: 7+ years

Role Purpose

Lead and execute cybersecurity incident response and digital forensic investigations while preserving evidence and meeting regulatory reporting requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Investigate cybersecurity incidents and determine attack scope, impact, entry vectors, and affected assets.
• Perform containment, eradication, recovery, root-cause analysis, and post-incident review activities.
• Collect, preserve, and analyze digital evidence in accordance with approved chain-of-custody procedures.
• Conduct disk, memory, network, endpoint, and malware analysis using appropriate forensic tools.
• Develop and maintain incident-response and DFIR procedures, playbooks, investigation methods, and evidence-handling guides.
• Prepare technical and executive incident reports, forensic findings, and RCA reports.
• Coordinate with internal teams and stakeholders and ensure incident classification and reporting comply with NCA requirements.

Requirements

Technical and Professional Requirements

• Saudi nationality is a must.
• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Digital Forensics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of experience in cyber incident response and digital forensic investigations.
• Strong knowledge of attacker behavior, incident investigation methods, NIST incident response, and MITRE ATT&CK.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM, EDR, EnCase, FTK, Volatility, Autopsy, or equivalent forensic and security tools.
• Strong understanding of digital evidence handling and chain of custody.

Personal Requirements

• Calm and decisive during high-pressure incidents.
• Strong investigative thinking, attention to detail, and professional judgment.
• Clear technical writing and the ability to communicate findings to both executives and technical teams.
• High integrity and strict respect for confidentiality.

Professional Certifications

Preferred: CISSP, GCIA, GSEC, GCIH, CISM, or equivalent.