Associate Incident Response Security Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud

Google; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as an Associate Incident Response Security Consultant. You'll provide industry-leading incident response services, helping organizations detect and respond to threats effectively. Collaborate with teams to investigate incidents and enhance security measures in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• 1 year of experience in incident response investigations.
• Experience with cybersecurity in network security and cloud security.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and contain incidents with internal and customer teams.
• Conduct host forensics and malware triage.

Skills

Incident Response

Network Security

Cloud Security

Forensics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity

Tools

Malware Analysis

Network Forensics

Job description

Associate Incident Response Security Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud

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Note: Google’s hybrid workplace includes remote roles. By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:

Remote locations: Virginia, USA; Alabama, USA; Delaware, USA; Florida, USA; Georgia, USA; Maryland, USA; Michigan, USA; North Carolina, USA; Pennsylvania, USA; South Carolina, USA; Tennessee, USA; West Virginia, USA.Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 year of experience working with incident response investigations, analysis, or containment actions.
• Experience with cybersecurity in one of the following areas: network security, wireless security, web application assessments, social engineering, scripting, cloud security, reverse engineering, or incident response.
• Experience with network forensics, malware triage analysis, cloud forensics, and disk and memory forensics.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Certifications in cloud platforms.
• Experience with cybersecurity and programming.
• 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 time and project management, written/verbal communication skills, with the ability to develop documentation and explain technical details in a concise manner.
• Strong technical acumen and ability to quickly assimilate new information.
  
  

About The Job

As an Associate Incident Response Security 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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $85,500-$123,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .

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.
• Conduct host forensics, network forensics, log analysis, and malware triage in support of incident response investigations.
• Build scripts, tools, or methodologies to enhance Mandiant’s incident investigation processes.
• Communicate and discuss findings and strategy with internal stakeholders including leadership and technical team members.
  
  
  

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 .

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology and Engineering

• Industries

  Information Services and Technology, Information and Internet

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