Senior Incident Response Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud

Google•Austin, TX
•$112,000 - $161,000

About The Position

As an Incident Response Consultant at Mandiant, part of Google Cloud, 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. The work includes resolving security incidents through investigation, containment, remediation, and crisis management. You will support client engagements involving technically high-profile incidents, forensic analysis, threat hunting, and malware triage. You will understand existing and emerging threat actors and their changing tools, tactics, procedures, behavior, and motivations. The role also involves managing client-facing projects and training and mentoring other security consultants.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 3 years of investigative experience with network forensics, malware triage analysis, cloud forensics, or disk and memory forensics.
  • 3 years of experience working end-to-end incident response investigations, analysis, or containment actions.
  • Ability to travel up to 20% of the time, if needed.

Nice To Haves

  • Certifications in cloud platforms.
  • Experience in security competitions, Capture the Flags (CTFs), or testing platforms such as Hack the Box, TryHackMe, or Overthewire.
  • Ability to communicate investigative findings and strategies to technical staff, executive leadership, legal counsel, and internal and external clients.
  • Excellent time and project management skills.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with internal and customer teams to investigate and contain incidents.
  • Lead small investigations and contribute to complex client-facing investigations, examining cloud, endpoint, and network-based evidence.
  • Recognize and codify attacker Tools, Tactics, and Procedures (TTPs) and Indicators of Compromise (IOCs).
  • Build scripts, tools, or methodologies to enhance Mandiant’s incident investigation processes for current and future investigations.
  • Develop and present comprehensive, accurate reports and presentations for technical and executive audiences.
  • Participate in and manage client-facing projects.
  • Train and mentor other security consultants.

Benefits

  • 15% bonus target
  • Equity
  • Benefits are referenced with a link to Google benefits; specific benefits are not listed.
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