PLAID ELITE DFIR Consultant

Seven AI
Boston, MA
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior digital forensics and incident response professionals who lead client engagements and work with AI tools.

Best fit for

  • Senior DFIR consultants with a history of managing complex, high-stakes client engagements
    — “leading emergency IR engagements directed by breach counsel and cyber insurance carriers”
  • Candidates with deep technical experience across host, network, cloud, and SaaS environments
    — “Deep enterprise forensics expertise across host-based (Windows, macOS, Linux), network, cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), SaaS (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace), and application evidence”
  • Individuals skilled in writing VQL artifacts and validating AI-driven findings
    — “Validate and test AiDFIR output: review AI-driven findings against source evidence for accuracy, completeness, and risk”

Things to consider

  • On-call rotation is expected, requiring availability and responsiveness beyond standard hours
    — “Participate in an on-call rotation to support emergency response”
  • The role involves handling sensitive evidence and working within legal privilege boundaries
    — “Handle evidence to defensible standards, including chain of custody, and work within privilege as directed by counsel”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience leading engagements from scoping to final reporting
    — “from the first scoping call to the final report for client and counsel”
  • Emphasize hands-on Velociraptor artifact development and AI validation skills
    — “writing and maintaining the VQL artifacts each case needs”
  • Showcase ability to communicate clearly to diverse stakeholders like executives and engineers
    — “reports and briefings that executives, counsel, and engineers can all act on”
  • Demonstrate experience with large-scale log correlation and memory analysis
    — “Deep enterprise forensics expertise ... including memory analysis and large-scale log correlation”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • Led emergency incident response engagements
  • Investigated and analyzed evidence
  • Validated AI-driven findings
  • Developed platform skills and tooling
  • Delivered findings and reports
Typical background
8+ years of digital forensics and incident response experienceExperience leading client-facing engagements

Skills & requirements

Required

Digital ForensicsIncident ResponseVelociraptorVQLAi-driven ForensicsEnterprise InvestigationsHost, Network, Cloud, Saas, And Application Evidence AnalysisForensic CollectionMalware AnalysisRoot-cause DeterminationAI ValidationPlatform Skills DevelopmentTooling DevelopmentEvidence HandlingChain Of CustodyLegal PrivilegeMethodology DevelopmentPlaybook DevelopmentPlatform And AI Roadmap Shaping

Preferred

Federated SIEMAI AgentsThreat HuntingThreat IntelligenceOn-call SupportEmergency ResponseCustomer CommunicationReport WritingTechnical Documentation

Stack & domain

Velociraptor ArtifactsAi-driven ForensicsEnterprise InvestigationsHost, Network, Cloud, Saas, And Application EvidenceRansomwareBusiness Email CompromiseData TheftIntrusion MattersForensic CollectionMalware AnalysisRoot-cause DeterminationAI ValidationPlatform SkillsToolingInvestigative WorkflowChain Of CustodyEvidence HandlingMethodologyPlaybooksPlatform DevelopmentAI RoadmapManaged Detection And ResponseCommunicationTeamworkDecision MakingGCFAGCFEGNFAGREMGCIHCisspDigital ForensicsIncident Response

About the role

Original posting from Seven AI via Ashby

ABOUT 7AI

7AI is the foundational AI security company. Founded in 2024 by Cybereason co-founders Lior Div and Yonatan Striem-Amit, we came out of stealth in February 2025 to take on the non-human work of the SOC. Our platform pairs a federated SIEM with AI agents that detect, investigate, respond, and hunt, plus dedicated threat hunting and threat intelligence, with humans on the loop.

Backed by $166 million in total funding from investors including Index Ventures and Blackstone, we're building the AI foundation for security operations in the agentic era, and we're still early. That's the appeal: you'll join at a pivotal stage where your work shapes what 7AI becomes, alongside security veterans who've built this before. Our culture runs on respect, collaboration, and a shared bar for excellence, all pointed at one goal, delivering real outcomes for the customers who trust us to defend them.

OVERVIEW

We are seeking a PLAID ELITE DFIR Consultant to join the DFIR team in Professional Services, part of PLAID ELITE, reporting to the Head of DFIR. You will lead emergency incident response engagements end to end, from the first scoping call to the final report for client and counsel, delivering people-led, AI-driven forensics on the 7AI platform.

You will investigate hands-on while shaping how we investigate: writing Velociraptor artifacts, building platform skills, and validating the AI that does the heavy lifting, so every finding we deliver is fast, evidence-based, and defensible.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Run scoping calls with clients, breach counsel, and cyber insurance carriers to define each engagement's scope, objectives, and deliverables.
  • Manage engagements end to end: plan the investigation, coordinate collection, track timeline and budget, and keep client and counsel updated on a steady cadence.
  • Lead and personally perform enterprise investigations across host, network, cloud, SaaS, and application evidence, including ransomware, business email compromise, data theft, and intrusion matters.
  • Serve as the escalation point for PLAID ELITE analysts when a case needs forensic collection, malware analysis, or root-cause determination, and mentor them through the investigation.
  • Collect and analyze evidence through the 7AI platform and Velociraptor, writing and maintaining the VQL artifacts each case needs.
  • Validate and test AiDFIR output: review AI-driven findings against source evidence for accuracy, completeness, and risk, flag errors and uncertainty, and keep expert human judgment on every conclusion that reaches a client.
  • Build platform skills and develop tooling that improve the speed, consistency, and quality of our investigative workflow.
  • Own deliverables for client and counsel, including interim updates, findings briefings, and final reports that tell the story of the incident clearly for executives, attorneys, and engineers alike.
  • Handle evidence to defensible standards, including chain of custody, and work within privilege as directed by counsel.
  • Feed lessons learned from every engagement back into our methodology, playbooks, and platform.
  • Work with Engineering and Product to share what you see in the field and shape the 7AI platform and AiDFIR roadmap.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation to support emergency response.

REQUIREMENTS

  • 8+ years of digital forensics and incident response experience, including leading client-facing engagements at a consultancy or IR firm.
  • A track record of leading emergency IR engagements directed by breach counsel and cyber insurance carriers, from scoping through delivery of findings to counsel.
  • Deep enterprise forensics expertise across host-based (Windows, macOS, Linux), network, cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), SaaS (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace), and application evidence, including memory analysis and large-scale log correlation.
  • Hands-on Velociraptor experience, including writing VQL artifacts, with scripting in Python, PowerShell, or similar.
  • Working knowledge of malware analysis, and experience querying SIEM and EDR data with KQL, SPL, FQL, or SQL.
  • Sound judgment evaluating automated or AI-generated analysis: knowing when to trust it, how to test it, and when to go back to the raw evidence.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, with reports and briefings that executives, counsel, and engineers can all act on.
  • A calm, decisive presence in a crisis: able to run a scoping call, a ransomware investigation, and a counsel briefing in the same day, including on-call.

NICE TO HAVE

  • GIAC certifications (GCFA, GCFE, GNFA, GREM, GCIH) and/or CISSP.
  • Prior experience in a managed detection and response (MDR) environment.

Source: Seven AI careers (Ashby)

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