Cyber & Forensic Technology Consulting Analyst
US$92,500 – US$100,000 / yr base salary
Posted 14 Jul 2026
Advertised as “(2027 Bachelor's/Master's graduates) Cyber & Forensic Technology Consulting Analyst/Associate ”
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- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- On-Site
| Base salary | US$92,500 – US$100,000 / yr |
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CertificationsGCIA, GCFA, GCFE, GNFA, GCCC, GREM, CFCE, CIFR, EnCE
Field of studyComputer Science and Engineering, Cybersecurity, Digital Forensics, Management Information Systems, Security Information Systems (or related)
Study levelBachelor's or higher
If your background is in Cybersecurity, Computer Science and Engineering, Digital Forensics, Management Information Systems, or Security Information Systems, learn more about CRA!
About Charles River Associates
Charles River Associates is a leading global consulting firm that provides economic, financial, technical, and business management expertise to major law firms, corporations and governments around the world. CRA advises clients on matters pertaining to litigation and regulatory proceedings, and guides corporations through critical business strategy and performance-related issues. Since 1965, clients have engaged CRA for its combination of industry experience and rigorous, fact-based analysis that provide clients with clear, implementable solutions to complex business concerns.
Practices seeking to hire candidates with this profile include (hiring locations listed):
- Forensic Services/Cybersecurity & Digital Forensics (Boston, Chicago, Dallas, New York, Washington DC)
- Our team supports cyber due diligence, incident response, software/source code analysis, insurance claims, and security transformation.
- Forensic Services/E-Discovery (Boston, Chicago, New York)
- Our team partners with companies and their counsel to provide defensible eDiscovery solutions, including the preservation, collection, processing, review, analysis, and production of data from cloud-based and other repositories throughout the litigation and investigation lifecycle.
Learn more about our work by reviewing our Services and Industries on our website.
Position Overview
- Assist with security and privacy investigations in response to data security matters, which may include ongoing breaches and fraud;
- Engage in problem solving and forensic analysis of digital information using standard computer forensic and evidence handling techniques and tools;
- Apply investigative techniques, scientific reasoning, and digital forensic techniques against various systems to answer questions;
- Identify, research, and organize information to determine what a hacker did to a compromised system, whether data was stolen from a company asset, or what data to assess and provide in a litigation;
- Defensibly collect digital evidence and complete chain-of-custody documentation;