Team Member, Digital Forensic Investigator at First Bank of Nigeria Limited

First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is Nigeria's largest financial services institution by total assets and gross earnings. With more than 10 million customer accounts, FirstBank has over 750 branches providing a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services. The Bank has international presence through its subsidiaries, FBN Bank (UK) Limited in London and Paris, FBNBank DRC, FBNBank Ghana, FBNBank Gambia, FBNBank Guinea, FBNBank Sierra-Leone and FBNBank Senegal, as well as its Representative Offices in Johannesburg, Beijing and Abu Dhabi.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Team Member, Digital Forensic Investigator

Job Identification: 1351
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Objective(s)

• Forensic investigation and analysis of digital evidence related to cybersecurity incidents, data breaches, or other digital crimes,using  specialized tools and techniques to recover, preserve, and examine electronic data for legal or investigative purposes
• Thorough investigation of cryptocurrency exchanges, blockchain networks,and digital asset portfolios.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Act on behalf of TL, Digital Forensic Investigator in his absence.
• Assist in planning investigation work
• Investigate Cyber attack incident, Information security breaches and ability to present findings as expert witness in the court of law
• Gather and preserve electronic evidence from computers, mobile devices, servers, and other digital sources in a forensically sound manner
• Determine the causative factors of assigned incidents, learning points and corrective measures to prevent recurrence.
• Research on new threats, possesses skills to examine networks and software for flaws
• Conduct in-depth analysis of digital data to identify potential security breaches, unauthorized access, or other malicious activities
• Use specialized forensic software and tools to extract, recover, and analyse digital evidence, including deleted files, logs, metadata, and network traffic.
• Execute shared services functions such as data extraction (from a myriad of data sources)
• and analysis as required by other units in Internal Audit Department.
• Participate in incident response activities to identify the root cause of security incidents and recommend remediation actions
• System incident review and reporting
• Conduct comprehensive investigation on crypto currency exchanges, blockchain networks, and digital asset portfolios to ascertain findings and root causes of incidents
• Ability to serve as expert witness on cyber incident investigation.
• Perform forensic analysis of block chain transactions to detect fraudulent activities , money laundering, and other illicit behaviours
• Comply with the principles and policies in the Information Security Handbook

Job Requirements
Education:

• Minimum Education: First Degree (preferably science or numerate), Higher degrees/professional certification (preferably CEH, CHFI, CISSP, CPA, CFE,CISA and/or other relevant digital forensics certifications)

Experience:

• Minimum experience – 1 year in IT, digital forensics investigation, IT Audit etc.

Key Competency Requirements:
Knowledge:

• Information and Communication Technology
• Audit/investigations Knowledge
• Digital forensic techniques, tools, and methodologies for data recovery, analysis, and preservation.
• Understanding of cybersecurity principles, threats, and attack vectors.
• Familiarity with operating systems (Windows, Linux, macOS), file systems, and network protocols.
• Forensic Tools Mastery: Experience with digital forensic tools such as EnCase, FTK, Autopsy, and Volatility.
• Solid understanding of blockchain technology , cryptocurrency protocols, and cryptographic principles.

Skill / Competencies:

• Business Analysis,
• Internal Control/ Audit
• Risk Control & Governance
• Investigation processes in computer forensics
• Legal issues involved in cybercrime investigations
• Searching evidence
• Methodologies of Acquisition and seizing Digital evidence
• Electronic crime scene evaluation
• Electronic evidence preservation  
• Steganography
• Investigating password attacks
• Volatile and non-volatile information gatherings
• Investigate log files and determining the root cause
• Investigation of attacks on wireless and related issues
• E-mail crimes, its investigation and recovery of deleted emails
• Data Gathering and Analysis
• Process Improvement
• Business Continuity Management
• Information Systems Audit
• IT Governance
• Information Security
• Channels Management
• Project Management
• Network Administration
• Hardware Configuration
• System Development
• Database Design And Administration.

Application Closing Date
22nd April, 2025 (10:00 AM).