FTI Consulting is the world’s leading expert-driven consulting firm. Over the last 40 years, FTI Consulting experts have served as the trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies and the world’s leading law and private equity firms when they are facing their greatest opportunities and challenges. Our strong performance and continued success are a direct reflection of the ambition, energy, and commitment of our talented professionals across the globe to make a positive impact for our clients and communities.  

At FTI Consulting, you’ll be inspired and empowered to make an impact on headline matters that change history. Working side by side with the world’s leading experts in your field, you’ll be surrounded by an open collaborative culture that embraces diversity, recognition, professional development and most importantly, you.  

There’s never been a more exciting time to join FTI Consulting and this is where you will do the most exciting and fulfilling work of your career.   

 Are you ready to make an impact? 

About the Role

Our Technology practice advises clients and delivers services in a range of disciplines including e-discovery, digital forensics, data protection, and information governance. We collaborate with our clients to deliver strategic solutions tailored to their unique legal and business requirements – ranging from forensic data acquisition and analysis to building custom solutions and workflows. With keen focus on the productivity and defensibility of data management, clients rely on our depth of experience and expertise in internal investigations, large-scale litigation, global data protection compliance, data discovery and remediation, backup remediation, data breach response, and more.

What You Will Do

This position is in FTI’s Technology consulting group which provides clients with a combination of industry leading technology and award-winning consulting and services. In this role, you will be part of a team engaged in a range of projects providing technical, strategic and regulatory advice and services to client organisations covering a range of disciplines including e-discovery, digital forensics, information governance, privacy and security.

This role is anticipated to include a rotational aspect through different aspects of our Technology team – including Digital Forensics, eDiscovery and Information Governance. As such, we anticipate successful candidates to show the ability to adapt to changing situations and have a desire to learn multiple skillsets. Due to this, we do not expect all candidates to meet all of the requirements below. As part of the London based team, you will be cross trained in a wide range of skills and technologies and will assist on all phases of projects. In particular:

• Liaise with clients and senior staff to manage work and meet client requests
• Plan and execute forensic data acquisitions, on-site at client premises around the UK and abroad
• Utilise industry standard and bespoke software to access, extract and cull data from electronic evidence sources
• Perform forensic analysis and reporting for a wide range of digital devices under supervision of senior staff
• Assume responsibility for day-to-day data processing, conversion, analysis, quality control, import, and other specialised tasks including interaction with other consultants, supervisors, and client personnel
• Support assessments, and work with diverse client stakeholders across technical, legal, and functional domains and help to identify and document potential technical and regulatory data protection and information security related control gaps
• Develop technology blueprints, target operating models, data mapping, policy, procedure, and guidance documents
• Leverage file analysis and structured data archiving tools to help perform data assessments and remediation across diverse data sets (e.g. structured, cloud, etc.) as required to assist with compliance programmes
• Research and develop custom solutions as required on a case by case basis
• Be customer-service-oriented to meet client deadlines, including working out of business hours when necessary
• Travel as required to ensure effective management of case activities

How You Will Grow

Successful candidates will experience a broad range of clients, industries, technologies, business problems, bespoke solutions and working environments. Throughout the role, you will have opportunities to manage sections of projects, develop custom solutions and build client relationships.

You will work with your Performance Coach on a development and training plan to ensure experience across the information management lifecycle to support you in gaining exposure and working towards obtaining industry-recognised qualifications. There will also be opportunities for internal projects where you will be developing the workflows, solutions or teams of tomorrow. You may also have the opportunity to travel as part of projects or secondments, most commonly to our clients’ offices in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

In addition to a structured career path and positive team environment, our employees enjoy a variety of perks and benefits. We offer a competitive benefits and wellbeing programme including private medical insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, income protection, flex critical illness cover, 5% employer pension contribution, holiday buy, discounted gym membership, interest free travel loans, paid volunteer hours and corporate matching for charitable donations, and much more.

What You Will Need to Succeed

Minimum 2:1 degree in forensic computing or a technology, criminal or legal-focused subject or equivalent experience

Skills and Competencies:

• Enthusiasm for technology and an interest in technical developments
• Self-developer that demonstrates an ability to solve complex problems with well thought out, logical, innovative solutions
• Ability to manage time and prioritise tasks effectively
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and support the team’s goals above individual goals
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment while handling multiple tasks through to completion
• Excellent communication and client presentation and communication skills (verbal and written).
• Flexible with working hours and motivated to work in a cross-functional team

Experience (a combination of):

• Familiarity with computer-based concepts
• A keen interest in information management practices and protocols
• Experience working in a technology or consulting related role
• Knowledge  of forensic acquisition and analysis tools such as Encase, Cellebrite or X-Ways
• Experience supporting or working within document review applications
• Knowledge of data manipulation, data conversion, and data analysis activities in a SQL database or MS Access
• Familiarity with personal computers, mobile devices, operating systems and software
• Familiarity with email and messaging services (M365, Google, WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram)
• Knowledge of programming or scripting (Python, Java, C#, Visual Basic, PowerShell)
• Knowledge of data protection and information security principles and regulations (GDPR, ISO 27001, NIST)
• Experience with file analysis and structured data archiving tools (Nuix, Index Engines, Commvault, Veritas)
• Experience with cloud platforms and services (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience with data breach response and incident management

Our Benefits 

Our goal is to support the well–being of you and your families—physically, emotionally, and financially. We offer  market competitive benefits (including pension), supplemented by 15 flexible benefits, to meet your needs. These include health, lifestyle and family friendly options. We also offer professional development programme, wellness, recognition, community volunteering initiatives, and flexible/hybrid working arrangements.   

About FTI 

FTI Consulting is a global business advisory firm dedicated to helping clients with their most significant opportunities and challenges. With more than 7,600 employees located in 31 countries, our broad and diverse bench of award–winning experts advise their clients when they are facing their most significant opportunities and challenges. At FTI Consulting, we embrace, cultivate and maintain a culture of diversity, inclusion & belonging, which are fundamental components to our core values. FTI Consulting is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange and has been named the #1 Professional Services Firm on Forbes List of America’s Best Employers and the best firm to work for by Consulting Magazine. For more information, visit www.fticonsulting.com and connect with us on Instagram and LinkedIn. 

FTI Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
 

Additional Information

• Employee Status: Regular
• Job Family/Level: Op Level 1 – Consultant
• Exempt or Non-Exempt?: Exempt
• Payroll Expense Type: Direct (Billable)