Senior Forward Deployed Detection and Response Consultant, Cyber Defence, National Security, Ma[...]

Google; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 166,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Google, through its Mandiant Cyber Defence unit, seeks a Senior Forward Deployed Detection and Response Consultant to embed with clients in Canada's national security and defence sector. You will deliver leading security operations, incident response, assessment, transformation, and managed detection and response services to help detect and respond to threats at scale.

Based in Canada, you will work with internal teams and client partners to resolve complex incidents, develop agentic AI

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, IS, cybersecurity, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in SOC analyst, malware research, threat hunting, or similar roles, working with EDR and SIEM technologies.
• Experience leading incident response activities.
• Candidates must hold or be eligible to obtain a valid Personnel Security Clearance as a condition of employment.

Responsibilities

• Detect, respond to, and contain cyber security incidents with internal and customer teams.
• Design and build agentic AI solutions to support autonomous detection, response, and remediation.
• Recognize and codify attacker Tools, TTPs and IOCs for current and future investigations.
• Lead and contribute to complex client-facing investigations across cloud, endpoint, and network-based sources of evidence.
• Develop and present comprehensive reports for technical and executive audiences.

Skills

SOC analyst

Incident response

Threat hunting

EDR

SIEM

Stakeholder comms

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Cybersecurity or related field

Tools

Cloud platform certifications

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in SOC analyst, malware research, threat hunting, or similar roles, working with EDR and SIEM technologies.
• Experience leading incident response activities.
• Candidates must hold or be eligible to obtain a valid Personnel Security Clearance as a condition of employment.

Preferred qualifications:

• Certifications in cloud platforms.
• Demonstrable experience building and deploying agentic AI workflows to support detection, response, and remediation.
• 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.
• Ability to communicate in English and French fluently, to work with internal partners and customer teams.
• Excellent time and project management skills.

About The Job

As a Senior Forward Deployed Detection and Response Consultant, Cyber Defence within Mandiant's National Security team, you will embed with clients in Canada's national security and defence sector and directly contribute to building a secure and resilient Canada.

You will provide industry-leading security operations, 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 mission 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, developing agentic solutions, 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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Canada: $166000 - $170000 (CAD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Collaborate with internal and customer teams to detect, respond to, and contain cyber security incidents.
• Design and build agentic AI solutions to support autonomous detection, response, and remediation.
• Recognize and codify attacker Tools, Tactics, and Procedures (TTPs) and Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) that can be applied to current and future investigations.
• Lead and contribute to complex client-facing investigations and examine cloud, endpoint, and network-based sources of evidence.
• Develop and present comprehensive and accurate reports and presentations for both technical and executive audiences.

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 EEO 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.