DFIR Analyst (Digital Forensics & Incident Response)
Posted 5 days ago by SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment | Certified B Corporation™
£600 Per day
Outside
Remote
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The DFIR Analyst role involves working within a dynamic team to identify, analyze, and respond to security incidents for global financial clients. The position focuses on threat hunting, cyber analytics, and enhancing threat detection strategies. This fully remote contract offers a competitive daily rate and requires expertise in digital forensics and incident response. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of both Windows and Linux environments and experience with network security and forensics.
Key Responsibilities:
- Incident Response – Detect, document, and resolve security incidents efficiently
- Endpoint Forensics – Analyse host-based artifacts to reconstruct timelines and attacker activity
- Security Analytics – Extract meaningful insights from large datasets for reporting, detection, and hunting
- Threat Hunting – Identify unknown threats that evade traditional controls
- Intrusion Detection – Tune anomaly detection tools for reliable, actionable output
- Behavioral Analysis – Implement user anomaly detection criteria to spot insider threats
- Countermeasures – Design and implement control strategies to disrupt emerging threats
Key Skills:
- Strong understanding of Windows and Linux environments
- Experience with network security, packet analysis, and host-level forensics
- Comfortable working with large datasets, logs, and SIEM platforms for threat detection
- Capable of building timelines and performing forensic reconstruction
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Salary (Rate): £600 daily
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
DFIR Analyst Digital Forensics & Incident Response / Threat Hunting / Cyber Analytics / Outside IR35 / Fully Remote / £550–£600 pd / ASAP Start / 6 Months
SR2 has partnered with a cutting-edge Cybersecurity MSP delivering critical threat detection and incident response capabilities to a number of global financial clients. You’ll be part of a dynamic DFIR team tasked with identifying, analysing, and responding to security incidents, proactively hunting for advanced threats, and contributing to the enhancement of threat detection strategies.
Key Responsibilities
- Incident Response – Detect, document, and resolve security incidents efficiently
- Endpoint Forensics – Analyse host-based artifacts to reconstruct timelines and attacker activity
- Security Analytics – Extract meaningful insights from large datasets for reporting, detection, and hunting
- Threat Hunting – Identify unknown threats that evade traditional controls
- Intrusion Detection – Tune anomaly detection tools for reliable, actionable output
- Behavioral Analysis – Implement user anomaly detection criteria to spot insider threats
- Countermeasures – Design and implement control strategies to disrupt emerging threats
Required Skills & Relevant experience
- Strong understanding of Windows and Linux environments
- Experience with network security, packet analysis, and host-level forensics
- Comfortable working with large datasets, logs, and SIEM platforms for threat detection
- Capable of building timelines and performing forensic reconstruction
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Contract Details:
- Outside IR35
- Fully Remote (Must be UK based)
- Must be UK based
- 6 Months
- £600 per day
- ASAP Start
- 1-stage interview process
If you’re an experienced DFIR Analyst looking for a new contract, click Apply to get started. Alternatively, directly send a recent copy of your CV to Ben Sheppard at ben.sheppard@sr2rec.co.uk for an immediate discussion.