Senior Incident Response Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud
About The Position
As an Incident Response Consultant, you will provide incident response, assessment, transformation, managed detection and response, and training services with in-depth tactical support. You will help organizations detect and respond to threats and reduce business risk before, during, and after an incident. You will resolve security incidents through investigation, containment, remediation, and crisis management. Engagements may involve helping clients navigate technically complex and high-profile incidents, conducting forensic analysis, threat hunting, and malware triage. Mandiant, part of Google Cloud, provides cyber defense, threat intelligence, and incident response services. Its expertise combines frontline experience responding to complex breaches, threat intelligence, machine intelligence, and security validation. Individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience working end-to-end incident response investigations, analysis, or containment actions.
- 5 years of investigative experience with network forensics, malware triage analysis, cloud forensics, or disk and memory forensics.
- Ability to travel up to 20%.
Nice To Haves
- Certifications in cloud platforms or industry digital forensics and incident response, such as SANS GCFA, GCFE, GCIH, or equivalent.
- Experience in security competitions, Capture the Flags (CTFs), or platforms such as Hack The Box, TryHackMe, or OverTheWire.
- Experience communicating investigative findings and technical strategies to executive leadership, legal counsel, and clients.
- Experience leading client-facing incident response engagements, managing project deliverables, or mentoring consultants.
- Excellent time and project management skills.
- Active attendance at major cybersecurity conferences, such as Black Hat or DEF CON.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with internal and customer teams to investigate and contain cybersecurity incidents.
- Lead client-facing incident response investigations across cloud, endpoint, and network environments.
- Conduct host forensics, network forensics, log analysis, and malware triage in support of incident response investigations.
- Recognize and codify attacker Tools, Tactics, and Procedures (TTPs) and Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) to build investigative scripts, tools, and methodologies.
- Develop and present comprehensive reports and briefings on technical findings to technical teams and executive leadership.
Benefits
- Equity
- Benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
