Cyber Digital Forensics Analyst

Job overview

The Cyber Digital Forensics Analyst role is onsite in Orange County, CA, supporting a 24x7x365 Security Operations Center. The posting states a W-2 rate of $29–$34 per hour. Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm providing technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. The analyst investigates digital evidence and supports incident response, threat intelligence, and security operations. The role helps maintain the SOC forensics program and communicate findings through technical reports and briefings.

What you'll do

• Analyze digital media related to security incidents
• maintain and improve the SOC digital forensics program
• support incidents across hosts, networks, identities, and cloud environments
• develop threat intelligence
• implement automation tasks
• evaluate security tools
• scan, contain, mitigate, and remediate vulnerabilities and intrusions
• validate security requirements
• brief senior staff on findings.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

cyber digital forensics analyst

digital forensics

incident response

security operations center

threat intelligence

cloud forensics

network forensics

orange county ca

eliassen group

$29–$34/hr

shift rotation

weekend coverage

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• For eligible W-2 consultants scheduled for at least 30 hours weekly: medical, dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, voluntary life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time where required by law.

Why this role

The posting describes shift rotations, weekend coverage, and some holidays; the initial period is roughly six months with day-shift training, and the opportunity is contract to hire.

About the employer

Eliassen Group is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Systems Design Services. Sector: 54.