DFIR Manager

Our Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) team leads the technical investigation and response to cybersecurity incidents for the Tesco Group. They collaborate closely with other cybersecurity teams, including Security Operations, Threat Intelligence, Automation and Detection Engineering, to protect, detect, and respond to security threats across Tesco’s diverse and evolving estate. Beyond investigating security incidents, they use their expertise to work with other teams, driving innovation and improving our overall security capabilities.

We are seeking a leader to run and expand our specialist team, working in tandem with the Principal DFIR Security Engineer. This role involves guiding individual development and leading all aspects of project work to mature capabilities. Responsibilities also include broader initiatives that integrate efforts across various security teams and the wider Tesco Technology organisation.

During an incident, you will use your deep technical knowledge and extensive experience in incident response to guide the team through investigations. Your critical thinking skills will be valuable in contributing to incident analysis, while also delegating tasks and collaborating with other incident managers to maintain a comprehensive view of the situation.

At Tesco, we believe in the power of spending more time together, face to face, than apart. So, during your working week, you can expect to spend 60% of your time in one of our office locations or local sites and the rest remotely. We also recognise that life looks a little different for each of us. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. That’s why at Tesco, we always welcome a conversation about flexible working. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

• Lead and mentor the digital forensic team, growing both their technical and leadership skills.
• Lead the response in cyber security incidents ensuring a coordinated approach to ensure a comprehensive and efficient response.
• Develop, implement, and maintain policies and procedures for digital forensics investigations, ensuring they align with the latest legal and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure the proper collection, preservation, and analysis of digital evidence.
• Drive continued development of the team’s technical capabilities and consider how technologies such as automation and AI can improve their ways of working.
• Work collaboratively with teams across cyber security, technology and beyond.
• Lead DFIR specific projects, which includes planning, implementing, and monitoring of progress.

• 2+ years’ experience managing a team of technical specialists.
• Proven experience with digital forensics and incident response, including for security incidents in large-scale corporate environments across on premise and cloud.
• A strong, up to date understanding of the security threats facing large enterprises and the challenges these can present to incident response.
• Experience with forensic and file analysis across Windows, MacOS, and Unix operating systems.
• Experience with a broad range of enterprise security technologies including EDR, SOAR, and SIEM.
• Familiarity with at least one scripting language such as Python, PowerShell etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for reporting and teamwork.
• Ability to think critically and lead technical investigations.
• Ability to handle high pressure situations in a calm, productive, and professional manner.
• Completion of relevant training courses such as the SANS 500 Forensics, 508 DFIR, and 610 Malware Analysis courses and their accompanying certs or equivalent is desirable but not needed.

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• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is ‘Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day’. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we’re a place where Everyone’s Welcome. We’re proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we’re committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

We’re a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you.  We work in a more blended pattern -combining office and remote working.  Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate.