Incident Response Security Consultant, Mandiant

Google; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Google—as part of Google Cloud and Mandiant—seeks an Incident Response Consultant in the UAE to lead client-facing engagements, perform forensic investigations, threat hunting, and malware triage across cloud and on-premises environments.

Responsibilities include documenting findings, developing remediation plans, and presenting findings to technical and executive audiences while traveling up to 30% as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, 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 on end-to-end incident response investigations, analysis, or containment actions.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Lead large, client-facing incident response engagements, examine cloud, end-point, and network-based sources of evidence.
• Recognize and codify attacker tools, tactics, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) that can be applied to current and future investigations.
• Build scripts, tools, or methodologies to enhance incident investigation processes.
• Develop and present comprehensive and accurate reports, trainings, and presentations for both technical and executive audiences.
• Conduct host forensics, network forensics, log analysis, and malware triage in support of incident response investigations.

Skills

Incident response

Network forensics

Malware triage

Cloud forensics

Disk and memory forensics

End-to-end incident response

Travel up to 30%

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:

In-office locations: Dubai - United Arab Emirates. Remote location(s): United Arab Emirates.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, 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 on end-to-end incident response investigations, analysis, or containment actions.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time.

Preferred qualifications:

• Certifications in cloud platforms and GCFA, GCFE, GNFA, GCIA, GREM, GCIH, GX-FA or equivalent.
• Experience in security competitions, capture the flags (CTFs) or testing platforms such as Hack the Box, TryHackMe, Overthewire, etc.
• Ability to communicate investigative findings and strategies to technical staff, executive leadership, legal counsel, and internal and external clients.
• Excellent communication skills, with an ability to communicate findings and new initiatives to executive leaders.
• Effective time management skills to balance time among multiple tasks and mentor junior consultants as needed.

About the job

As an Incident Response Consultant, you will provide industry-leading incident response, assessment, transformation, managed detection and response, and training services with in-depth tactical support. You will help organizations effectively detect and respond to threats and reduce the overall impact of business risk before, during, and after an incident. You will be able to resolve security incidents quickly, effectively and at scale with complete incident response including investigation, containment, remediation, and crisis management. In this role, you will work on engagements including assisting clients in navigating technically complex and high-profile incidents, performing forensic analysis, threat hunting, and malware triage. Part of Google Cloud, Mandiant is a recognized leader in dynamic cyber defense, threat intelligence and incident response services. Mandiant's cybersecurity expertise has earned the trust of security professionals and company executives around the world. Our unique combination of renowned frontline experience responding to some of the most complex breaches, nation-state grade threat intelligence, machine intelligence, and the industry's best security validation ensures that Mandiant knows more about today's advanced threats than anyone.

Responsibilities

• Lead large, client-facing incident response engagements, examine cloud, end-point, and network-based sources of evidence.
• Recognize and codify attacker tools, tactics, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) that can be applied to current and future investigations.
• Build scripts, tools, or methodologies to enhance Mandiant's incident investigation processes.
• Develop and present comprehensive and accurate reports, trainings, and presentations for both technical and executive audiences.
• Conduct host forensics, network forensics, log analysis, and malware triage in support of incident response investigations.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EOO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.