Senior Digital Forensic Analyst | S3 | Cyber Emergency Response Team | CISO | Technology & Data | Milton Keynes | Internal Mobility

Senior Digital Forensic Analyst | S3 | Cyber Emergency Response Team | CISO | Technology & Data | Milton Keynes | Internal Mobility

Country: United Kingdom

IT STARTS HERE

Santander (www.santander.com) is evolving from a global, high-impact brand into a technology-driven organisation, and our people are at the heart of this journey. Together, we are driving a customer-centric transformation that values bold thinking, innovation, and the courage to challenge what’s possible.

This is more than a strategic shift. It’s a chance for driven professionals to grow, learn, and make a real difference.

Our mission is to contribute to help more people and businesses prosper. We embrace a strong risk culture and all our professionals at all levels are expected to take a proactive and responsible approach toward risk management.

Retail & Commercial Banking is a global business integrating all our retail and commercial banking activities to better serve our customers, improve efficiency and drive value creation.

THE DIFFERENCE YOU MAKE

Cyber Emergency Response Team/CISO is looking for a Senior Digital Forensics Analyst based out of Milton Keynes.

We're looking for a skilled and motivated Digital Forensics Specialist to join our Cyber Security team. This is an exciting opportunity for a forensic investigator who thrives in a fast-paced environment and has a passion for uncovering evidence, investigating security incidents, and helping protect our organisation, customers, and colleagues from cyber threats.

As a Digital Forensics Specialist, you'll play a critical role in supporting cyber investigations, insider threat cases, data loss events, and incident response activities. You'll work alongside Cyber Security, Risk, Legal, HR, and Technology teams to identify, preserve, analyse, and report on digital evidence across a wide range of investigations.

We’re shaping the way we work through innovation, cutting-edge technology, collaboration and the freedom to explore new ideas. To succeed in this role, you will be responsible for:

• Conduct digital forensic investigations across endpoints, servers, cloud platforms, and mobile devices.

• Support Cyber Incident response activities through evidence collection, analysis, and reporting.

• Lead and support complex investigations across the corporate ecosystem involving insider threat, data loss prevention, fraud, policy breaches, and cyber security incidents.

• Ensure evidence is collected, preserved, and managed in line with legal and regulatory requirements.

• Produce clear, concise, and defensible investigation reports suitable for technical and non-technical audiences.

• Collaborate with Legal, HR, Compliance, Risk, and Cyber Security stakeholders throughout investigations.

• Develop and maintain forensic processes, procedures, and methodologies.

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the organisation's digital forensic and investigative capabilities.

• Support threat-led investigations and proactive hunting activities where appropriate.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

Our people are our greatest strength. Every individual contributes unique perspectives that make us stronger as a team and as an organisation. We’re enabling teams to go beyond by valuing who they are and empowering what they bring.

The following requirements represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities essential for success in this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Professional Experience:

• Experience in Digital Forensics, Cyber Investigations, Incident Response, or a related cyber security discipline (Required)

• Solid knowledge of forensic principles, evidence handling, and chain of custody requirements (Required)

• Experience with industry standard forensic and investigation tools such as: EnCase, FTK, Cellebrite, Magnet AXIOM, X-Ways, Velociraptor and Microsoft Purview Investigation tools (Required)

• Knowledge of Windows, macOS, cloud environments, and enterprise technologies (Required)

• Ability to analyse forensic artefacts and identify indicators of malicious or suspicious activity (Required)

• Experience producing high-quality investigation reports and presenting findings to stakeholders (Required)

• Good analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills (Required)

Education:

• Professional certifications such as: GIAC Certifications (GCFE, GCFA & GREM) (Preferred)

• Vendor Certifications (EnCE, MCFE, BelkaCE, MCE, MCAA, CCO, CCPA) (Preferred)

• CHFI, CISSP or CFCE (Preferred)

Languages:

• English (Required)

Hard Skills:

• Evidence Acquisition & Preservation (Required)

• Operating and File system Analysis (Required)

• Memory Forensics (Required)

• Mobile Device Forensics (Required)

Soft Skills:

• Investigative Mindset (Preferred)

• Attention to Detail (Preferred)

• Communication with Technical and non-technical Audiences (Preferred)

• Report Writing (Preferred)

• Time management (Preferred)

• Resilience (Preferred)

WE VALUE YOUR IMPACT

At Santander, your contribution matters. We recognise the difference you make every day, and we make sure you feel valued, supported and rewarded in return.
Here, recognition goes beyond pay. It’s about the pride you feel in your work, the impact you have on customers and communities, and the opportunities you have to grow and thrive — personally and professionally.

Salary Range:
£64,000.00 - £96,000.00 per annum (depending on experience)

This salary range represents the expected remuneration for the role. Annual salary is based on a standard 35-hour working week. Actual salary offered will depend on skills, experience, qualifications and location.

• Competitive rewards that reflect the real impact you make and the value you bring.

• Wellbeing that goes beyond work — we work with a range of wellbeing partners across our 4 pillars of wellbeing (physical, mental, social and financial) to give you access to a suite of apps, discounted gym and fitness access, weekly online classes, flexible healthcare and mental health support.

• Support for every life stage — from menopause and pregnancy to parenthood and beyond, with enhanced family leave, childcare options and tailored wellbeing support.

• Time to give back through volunteering opportunities that let you make a difference in the communities we serve.

• Global growth opportunities to shape your career, learn new skills and explore what’s possible across our international network.

Ready to be recognised? It starts with you.

LOCAL COMPLIANCE

At Santander, we’re proud to be an inclusive organisation that provides equal opportunities for everyone — regardless of age, gender, disability, civil status, race, religion or sexual orientation.

We’re committed to creating a recruitment experience that’s accessible, fair and welcoming for all candidates.

We want our people to thrive — at work and at home — while delivering the best outcomes for our customers and supporting each other to grow.

To make this possible, our roles are site-based with a hybrid working pattern, where colleagues are expected to attend the office at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).

When applying, please consider the travel distance, time and cost to your chosen office location.

WHAT TO DO NEXT

If this sounds like a role you are interested in, then please apply.

For further Guidance please visit Internal Mobility - Candidate Guidance.

If you want to know more about the opportunity:

Please contact Niels Jensen – Niels.Jensen@santander.co.uk

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