Senior Incident Response Consultant, Mandiant (Weekend team)

Google; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC is seeking a Senior Incident Response Consultant for the Mandiant Weekend team. You will lead client-facing investigations across cloud, endpoint, and network environments, distilling findings for technical staff and executives.

The role requires a strong forensic background, excellent communication, and the ability to mentor junior consultants. Weekend 10-hour shifts are Friday through Monday, with travel up to 30% as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
• 5+ years investigative experience in network forensics, malware triage, cloud forensics, or disk/memory forensics.
• 5+ years end-to-end incident response investigations/containment experience.
• Experience in Linux/Unix.
• Willingness to travel up to 30%.

Responsibilities

• Lead large, client-facing incident response engagements, examining cloud, endpoint, and network evidence.
• Codify attacker tools, TTPs, and IOCs for current and future investigations.
• Build scripts, tools, or methodologies to improve incident investigations.
• Develop and present reports, trainings, and presentations for technical and executive audiences.
• Conduct host and network forensics, log analysis, and malware triage to support investigations.

Skills

Network forensics

Malware triage

Cloud forensics

Disk and memory forensics

Linux/Unix

Travel up to 30%

Executive communication

Mentoring junior consultants

Incident response

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Security / related field

Job description

Senior Incident Response Consultant, Mandiant (Weekend team)

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• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 5 years of investigative experience with network forensics, malware triage analysis, cloud forensics, or disk and memory forensics.
  
• 5 years of experience working end-to-end incident response investigations, analysis, or containment actions.
  
• Experience in Linux or Unix.
• 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

In this role, you will use your deep understanding of both existing and emerging threat actors, experience identifying rapidly changing tools, tactics and procedures of attackers, and strong computer forensics response knowledge and skills. You must be able to see the big picture, understand evolving attacker behavior and motivations, participate and manage large client-facing projects, and train and mentor other security consultants.

You will be responsible for providing expert support under tight deadlines to clients during critical security incidents, possess strong business acumen, and have the ability to lead, train, and mentor other consultants.

This role follows a weekend schedule covering 10-hour daily shifts from Friday through Monday.

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 and complex, client-facing incident response engagements, examine cloud, endpoint, 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.

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