Digital Forensics Investigator - Vice President

Responsibilities

• Digital Forensic Investigations & Insider Risk
  • Lead and conduct digital forensic investigations
  • Collect, preserve, and analyze digital evidence from a broad range of sources
  • Apply structured investigative methodologies to correlate activity across multiple data sources
  • Exercise sound judgement and proportionality, ensuring investigations are conducted in line with Firm policies, legal requirements, and regulatory expectations
  • Produce clear investigative outputs, including timelines, findings summaries, and threat mitigation recommendations
• eDiscovery & Data Collection
  • Manage electronic discovery (eDiscovery) activities, including identification, preservation, collection, processing, and production of electronically stored information (ESI)
  • Design and execute complex data collection criteria across email archives, collaboration platforms, file shares, and enterprise systems
  • Ensure adherence to data minimization, privacy, retention, and jurisdictional requirements
• Case Management & Stakeholder Engagement
  • Act as a client-facing point of contact for investigation and eDiscovery matters, managing cases from intake through delivery and closure
  • Partner with stakeholders to clarify objectives, define scope, assess risk, and set expectations around timelines and deliverables
  • Cookordination across multiple teams and regions

Requirements

• Analytical mindset with the ability to synthesize information into clear findings and conclusions
• Strong SIEM analysis and data correlation skills, with experience working through complex datasets, analyzing infrastructure and security logs
• Hands-on experience with digital forensic tools
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft 365 (M365) environments
• Ability to clearly articulate complex technical matters to diverse stakeholders
• Strong understanding of technology risk, security concepts, and enterprise infrastructure

Skills

• Proven experience in digital investigations, including insider risk, incident response, or data exfiltration scenarios
• Solid experience in eDiscovery, including message archive systems and formulation of complex search and collection criteria
• Experience working with Regulatory, Compliance, Litigation, or Investigations teams within the financial services industry
• Scripting, AI, or automation skills for investigative efficiency
• Experience working across multiple regions
• Relevant security certifications (e.g. GCFE, GCFA, CISSP)

Benefits

At Morgan Stanley, you’ll find an opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest, in an environment where you are supported and empowered. Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry.

Pay

Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $125,000 and $175,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base pay if hired will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, incentive compensation, discretionary bonuses, other short and long-term incentive packages, and other Morgan Stanley sponsored benefit programs.

Schedule

Morgan Stanley offers flexible work arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance. The schedule for this role is typically full-time, but may vary based on business needs.