Forensic Supervisor

KPMG South Africa


Date: 1 week ago
City: Johannesburg, Gauteng
Contract type: Full time
Job title/position: Forensic Supervisor

Number of positions: 1

Function and Business Unit: Advisory, GRC: Forensic

Description Of The Role And Purpose Of The Job

  • The individual will be part of Forensic Services of KPMG in South Africa and will be responsible for executing on specific engagements in respect of Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) and Cyber Investigations.

Key Responsibilities

  • Execute on cyber investigation and DFIR engagements as per the applicable methodologies.
  • Support the FTech leadership team in building pipeline and lead business development activities for DFIR service-line.
  • As a team member expected to provide high quality deliverables and support in the project administration and management of the project.

Skills

Skills and attributes required for the role:

  • Experience in responding to cyber security incidents and investigation of cyber breaches including triage, containment, eradication and broader coordination for the incidents.
  • Knowledge of networks, operating systems (Linux and/or MacOS), databases, static and dynamic malware analysis/reverse engineering; digital forensics and cloud analytics.
  • Working knowledge of IT, networking and cloud environment and be able to extract necessary logs and perform triage based on the nature of the incident.
  • Proficiency in identifying the systems and logs to be analysed considering the nature of the breach.
  • Ability to collaborate, learn and work with cross functional teams.
  • Proficiency in documentation, report writing and documentation.
  • Support on proposals and risk management processes.

Personal Attributes

  • Good communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Team player.
  • Ability to adapt, multi-task and work on multiple engagements simultaneously.
  • Ability to work under pressure while still delivering high quality work.
  • Ability to work under pressure and keep track of the big picture while performing in-depth analysis.
  • Social skills, willingness and experience in being a team player and dealing with people from a various backgrounds and areas across the company, but also possess the ability to work independently.

Minimum requirements to apply for the role (including qualifications and experience):



    • A minimum of 5 years of experience in related fields such as Cyber Forensics, Information Security and Incident Response.

    • Bachelor's degree from an accredited tertiary institution.
    • Additional cyber forensic and incident responder certifications such as SANS, CHFI are desired,
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