Director Cybersecurity - Digital Forensics/e-Discovery
Charlotte, North Carolina
Job Description:
This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered.
About AT&T
AT&T is a leading global telecommunications company dedicated to connecting people and businesses through innovative technology and reliable networks. With a rich history spanning over a century, AT&T continues to shape the future of communication by delivering innovative solutions in wireless, broadband, entertainment, and digital services.
At AT&T, we believe in empowering our employees to innovate, grow, and make a meaningful impact. Join us and be part of a team that is transforming the way the world communicates, works, and plays.
The Team
The Digital Forensics team at AT&T is a specialized group of experts dedicated to supporting the company’s legal and compliance objectives through meticulous digital evidence collection, preservation, and analysis. This team ensures digital investigations meet the highest standards of integrity, accuracy, and legal defensibility.
Working at the intersection of technology and law, the team collaborates closely with legal counsel, compliance officers, and external partners to provide critical forensic insights for litigation, regulatory inquiries, and internal investigations. Their work includes recovering and analyzing electronic data in a manner that supports the chain of custody requirements and meets strict evidentiary standards.
The Digital Forensics team at AT&T combines deep technical expertise with a comprehensive understanding of legal processes, enabling the company to navigate complex digital investigations with confidence and uphold compliance in an evolving regulatory landscape.
How you will contribute
Our Digital Forensics Director will lead a team of examiners responsible for conducting thorough forensic investigations, ensuring the preservation and collection of digital evidence, and developing robust, defensible policies and procedures. This role will work closely with IT, Legal and other stakeholders during technology rollouts to identify forensic requirements and maintain compliance with legal and regulatory standards. The ideal candidate will combine technical expertise, leadership skills, and strategic vision to drive excellence in digital forensic operations. The primary responsibilities you will undertake include:
Team Leadership and Development:
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of digital forensic examiners, ensuring high performance, continuous skill development, and adherence to best practices in forensic analysis.
Collaboration with IT and Technology Stakeholders:
- Partner closely with IT teams during new technology rollouts to identify and implement preservation and collection requirements, ensuring digital evidence integrity from the outset of system deployment.
Forensic Strategy and Execution:
- Oversee the planning, execution, and review of digital forensic investigations, including data acquisition, analysis, and reporting, maintaining the highest standards of accuracy and defensibility.
Policy and Procedure Development:
- Develop, review, and maintain defensible digital forensics policies and procedures that comply with legal, regulatory, and organizational standards, ensuring consistency and repeatability in forensic processes.
Documentation and Reporting:
- Ensure comprehensive and defensible documentation of forensic activities, findings, and methodologies to support regulatory compliance, legal proceedings, and internal investigations.
Technology Evaluation and Implementation:
- Evaluate emerging forensic tools and technologies to enhance team capabilities and forensic effectiveness, recommending solutions that align with organizational needs.
- Manage forensic tool licenses, updates, and integrations with enterprise security infrastructure.
Stakeholder Communication:
- Communicate complex forensic findings clearly and effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders, including legal teams, management, and external partners.
Risk Management and Compliance:
- Monitor and enforce compliance with data privacy, security policies, and relevant laws related to digital evidence handling and forensic investigations.
Incident Response Support:
- Provide expert digital forensic support during cybersecurity incidents, working collaboratively with incident response teams to identify, preserve, and analyze digital evidence.
- Develop and maintain forensic playbooks and escalation protocols.
Metrics and Reporting:
- Define key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure forensic team effectiveness, investigation outcomes, and compliance adherence.
- Provide regular reports to leadership on forensic activities, risk posture and strategic initiatives.
Continuous Improvement:
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement by staying current with industry trends, forensic methodologies, and legal developments, incorporating best practices into team operations.
- Lead pilot programs and proof-of-concepts to evaluate new forensic approaches.
Qualifications:
Minimum 8+ years’ experience in the field of digital forensics in a client-facing, professional service setting. Along with a BS, BBA, or BA degree from an accredited university with a degree focused in a technical and/or analytical field or training and certifications from industry organizations such as (i.e., GFCE, EnCE, CISSP), and/or other relevant professional certifications.
- Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and develop staff.
- Experience with scoping and performing on-site and remote forensic preservations of unstructured and structured data sources especially endpoint, mobile, cloud-based applications, and social media data sources.
- Experience in forensic tool suites including OpenText, EnCase, Cellebrite, and Purview
- Experience working with IT teams on technology deployments with forensic preservation and collection considerations.
- Experience performing forensic analyses and preparing client-ready work product.
- Sound technical understanding of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) and best practices in forensic collection, analysis, and review.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and implement forensic policies and procedures.
- Familiarity with relevant laws, regulations, and standards related to digital evidence, data privacy and cybersecurity.
- Proven experience in managing forensic documentation and reporting for legal and regulatory purposes.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Superior communication skills, both written and verbal, for conveying technical information to diverse audiences.
- Detail-oriented with a strong commitment to accuracy and defensibility in forensic work.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficient in forensic data acquisition, analysis, and reporting.
- Collaborative mindset with a customer-focused approach to cross-functional teamwork.
- Strong organizational and documentation skills.
Supervisory: Yes
Our Director-Cybersecurity earns between $171,000-$256,400 USD Annual not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.
Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:
- Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
- 401(k) plan
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Caregiver Leave
- Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected.
- Adoption Reimbursement
- Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
- Life and Accidental Death Insurance
- Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
- Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
- Extensive employee wellness programs
- Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone.
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Weekly Hours:
40Time Type:
RegularLocation:
USA:NC:Charlotte / Research Dr - Dat:9139 Research DrSalary Range:
$171,000.00 - $287,200.00It is the policy of AT&T to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. AT&T is a fair chance employer and does not initiate a background check until an offer is made.
Job ID R-81524 Date posted 09/03/2025
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