Senior Incident Response Security Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus target 15%

Benefits

Job summary

Google Cloud/Mandiant offers a role as Incident Response Consultant focusing on rapid investigation, containment, and remediation of major security incidents. You will work with customer teams to resolve complex breaches, document findings, and communicate strategies to technical staff and leadership.

The role requires collaboration across cloud, network, and endpoint evidence and involves some travel. As part of Mandiant, you’ll join a leading incident response practice with strong industry

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience required.
• 5 years end-to-end incident response investigations, analysis, or containment.
• 5 years investigative experience with network forensics, malware triage, cloud forensics, or disk and memory forensics.
• Ability to travel up to 30%.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal and customer teams to investigate and contain incidents.
• Recognize and codify attacker Tools, TTPs and IOCs used in investigations.
• Lead and contribute to complex client-facing investigations across cloud, endpoint, and network sources.
• Develop and present reports and presentations for technical and executive audiences.

Skills

Incident response

Forensics analysis

Containment actions

Threat hunting

Malware triage

Cloud forensics

Disk and memory forensics

Travel up to 30%

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

Job description

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Google utilizes AI tools to assist in assessing candidates in our hiring processes.

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

Remote locations: Ontario, CA; Alberta, CA; British Columbia, CA; New Brunswick, CA.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience working on 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 30%.

Preferred qualifications:

• Certifications in cloud platforms.
• 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

Mandiant Services provides industry-leading incident response, assessment, transformation, managed detection and response, and training services with in-depth tactical support. Mandiant helps organizations effectively detect and respond to threats and reduce overall impact of business risk before, during, and after an incident. Our incident responders are able to resolve security incidents quickly, effectively and at scale with complete incident response including investigation, containment, remediation, and crisis management.

Customer-focused teams of computer Incident Response Consultants are trained to investigate, contain, and recover from the most complex data security incidents. The teams provide white glove service, helping customers navigate technically complex and high-profile incidents. If you are interested in investigating computer crimes and breaches that make the headlines, and many more that don’t - then this opportunity is for you. 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. 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

• Collaborate with internal and customer teams to investigate and contain incidents.
• 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 .