Forensic Technology & Discovery Services Consultant

Job description / Role

EY’s Forensic Technology & Discovery Services (FTDS) team forms part of the Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services (FIDS) business unit and specialises in forensic technology services encompassing eDiscovery, Forensic Data Analytics and Cyber Incident Response. Using state of the art tools, our teams support clients with compliance management, fraud investigation and fraud detection.

Across all sectors, clients are faced with a rising tide of disputes, investigations and regulatory reviews. Handling the electronically stored information (ESI) relevant to such reviews in a consistent, defensible, and cost effective way has therefore become a key business challenge.

The eDiscovery team specialise in identifying, collecting and producing large volumes of ESI in the form of emails, documents, databases, audio/video files, social media, web sites and more, on behalf of our clients. This is secured and analysed to separate the relevant data for use as evidence for litigations and financial investigations.

Our FTDS team in Dubai provides the cutting edge forensic technology infrastructure and tools necessary to manipulate and manage large volumes of ESI and assist in uncovering the most complex across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The team is increasing it’s capacity to tackle the growing volume of work in the MENA region and is now entering an exciting period of growth.

What you will do:
• Contribute to end-to-end engagements.
• User a range of industry standard software to perform custom solutions to client requirements.
• Extract data from a variety of sources using SQL, enabling it to be ingested across a number of client facing platforms.
• Perform basic to intermediate tasks across the whole engagement lifecycle
• Provide support to senior colleagues in tasks when required, such as keeping accurate chain of custody forms.
• Interact with clients directly to provide any required support in relation to the engagement at hand.
• Use a problem solving approach to overcome unexpected issues - both technical and operational.

Requirements

• Experience with databases, particularly SQL programming and design of relational databases.
• Exposure to programming e.g. industry experience or a significant implementation project at university.
• 2:1 or 1st Degree in Computer Science (or equivalent).
• Solid understanding of networks, operating systems and hardware components that make up a PC.
• Strong independent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical persons.
• Experience with industry-standard forensic applications and tools such as EnCase, FTK, Helix, Dossier, Solo, Talon, Nuix, Relativity and Tableau (desired).

About the Company

EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world over. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders. In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.

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The MENA practice of EY has been operating in the region since 1923. For over 95 years, we have grown to over 7,500 people united across 21 offices and 16 countries, sharing the same values and an unwavering commitment to quality. As an organization, we continue to develop outstanding leaders who deliver exceptional services to our clients and who contribute to our communities. We are proud of our accomplishments over the years, reaffirming our position as the largest and most established professional services organization in the region