Senior Forward Deployed Offensive Security Consultant, National Security, Mandiant

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

Job summary

Google LLC, through its Mandiant team, is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Offensive Security Consultant for national security engagements in Canada. You will embed with Canadian defence and intelligence clients, leading complex offensive and defensive security programs and presenting findings to executives.

The role emphasizes threat emulation, incident response, and the design of robust detection strategies within a hybrid, high‑stakes environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related field.
• 5 years of experience assessing and developing cybersecurity solutions across multiple domains.
• Ability to obtain Personnel Security Clearance as a condition of employment.

Responsibilities

• Help clients prepare for, mitigate, detect, and respond to cyber threats.
• Engage in high‑profile incidents, forensic analysis, threat hunting, and malware triage.
• Test client networks, applications and devices to defend against threats and present findings to stakeholders.
• Lead complex engagements with cross‑functional teams and communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

Skills

Cybersecurity experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity

Job description

Senior Forward Deployed Offensive Security Consultant, National Security, Mandiant

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• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience assessing and developing cybersecurity solutions across multiple security domains.
• Candidates must hold or be eligible to obtain a valid Personnel Security Clearance as a condition of employment

Preferred qualifications:

• Certifications related to offensive security, including OSCE, OSEP, OSEE, OSCP, CCSAS, CCT INF, or relevant SANS courses.
• Experience in four or more of the following: network protocols, threat intelligence analysis, system and network administration, project management, developing applications, technical incident response processes, source code review, reverse developing.
• Experience implementing or assessing information security implementation or assessment of security controls.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and relationship management skills.

About the job

As a Security Consultant, you will be responsible for helping clients effectively prepare for, proactively mitigate, and detect and respond to cyber security threats. Security Consultants have an understanding of computer science, operating system functionality and networking, cloud services, corporate network environments and how to apply this knowledge to cyber security threats. As a Security Consultant, you could work on engagements including assisting clients in navigating technically complex and high-profile incidents, performing forensic analysis, threat hunting, and malware triage. You may also test client networks, applications and devices by emulating the latest techniques to help them defend against threats, and will be the technical advocate for information security requirements and provide an in-depth understanding of the information security domain. You will also articulate and present complex concepts to business stakeholders, executive leadership, and technical contributors and successfully lead complex engagements alongside cross functional teams.

The National Security Solutions team supports Canada’s most critical cyber missions, empowering federal defence, intelligence, and public safety agencies with Google technologies and Mandiant intelligence.

In this role, you will embed directly with Canadian national security and defence clients. Operating at the intersection of adversarial tradecraft and resilient development, you will deliver a hybrid capability spanning cyber defence, security development, detection and response, and offensive testing. You will design defensive developments, develop high-fidelity detection pipelines, and simulate sophisticated threat actors to stress-test controls and quantify defensive efficacy. Bridging defence with proactive validation, you will harden critical networks.

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.

About the job

As a Security Consultant, you will be responsible for helping clients effectively prepare for, proactively mitigate, and detect and respond to cyber security threats. Security Consultants have an understanding of computer science, operating system functionality and networking, cloud services, corporate network environments and how to apply this knowledge to cyber security threats. As a Security Consultant, you could work on engagements including assisting clients in navigating technically complex and high‑profile incidents, performing forensic analysis, threat hunting, and malware triage. You may also test client networks, applications and devices by emulating the latest techniques to help them defend against threats, and will be the technical advocate for information security requirements and provide an in‑depth understanding of the information security domain. You will also articulate and present complex concepts to business stakeholders, executive leadership, and technical contributors and successfully lead complex engagements alongside cross‑functional teams.

The National Security Solutions team supports Canada’s most critical cyber missions, empowering federal defence, intelligence, and public safety agencies with Google technologies and Mandiant intelligence. In this role, you will embed directly with Canadian national security and defence clients. Operating at the intersection of adversarial tradecraft and resilient development, you will deliver a hybrid capability spanning cyber defence, security development, detection and response, and offensive testing. You will design defensive developments, develop high‑fidelity detection pipelines, and simulate sophisticated threat actors to stress‑test controls and quantify defensive efficacy. Bridging defence with proactive validation, you will harden critical networks. 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

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• Deliver offensive security testing including red and purple team assessments, network, cloud, and application security testing in support of cyber defence objectives.
• Design and develop agentic AI solutions in support of continuous validation.
• Support continuous improvement of detection and response developing pipelines.
• Develop comprehensive reports and effectively communicate findings, strategy, and technical presentations to both technical and executive stakeholders.
• Recognize and safely utilize attacker tools, tactics, and procedures.

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