Principal Incident Response Security Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud

Google LLC; Reston (VA); Remote; USD 168,000 - 243,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid Time Off: 20 days per year

Sick Time: 40 hours/year

Maternity Leave 28-30 weeks

Baby Bonding Leave

Job summary

Google Cloud's Mandiant team seeks a Principal Incident Response Security Consultant to lead advanced incident response engagements across cloud and on-prem environments.

You will manage threat hunts, digital forensics, and crisis management, delivering high-impact investigations for enterprise clients with minimal guidance. Excellent advisory and communication skills required, with experience in cloud security and incident response leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience managing enterprise systems or networks.
• Experience conducting threat hunting in various environments.
• Proficient with forensics suites such as XWays and TSK.
• Ability to communicate investigative findings to technical staff, leadership, legal counsel, and clients.
• Ability to learn and adapt to new technology stacks quickly.

Responsibilities

• Manage incident response engagements, threat-hunting operations with minimal guidance.
• Perform digital forensics, host-based live response, network traffic analysis, and malware triage across cloud and on‑prem environments.
• Automate forensic tasks and build team utility tools.
• Oversee project lifecycle for multiple engagements including planning, budgeting, and quality control.
• Draft investigation reports and present findings to client stakeholders and leadership.

Job description

Principal Incident Response Security Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud

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X The application window will be open until at least October 19, 2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

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

In-office locations: Cambridge, MA, USA; Boulder, CO, USA; Reston, VA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

Remote location(s): United States.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience managing enterprise systems or networks.
• Experience conducting threat hunting in various environments.
• Proficient with commercial and open source forensics suites such as XWays and TSK.
• Ability to communicate investigative findings and strategies to technical staff, executive leadership, legal counsel, and internal and external clients.
• Ability to quickly learn and use a new technology stack or platform.

About the job

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.

US: $168000 - $243000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

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• Manage incident response engagements, compromise assessments, and threat-hunting operations with minimal guidance.
• Execute digital forensics, host-based live response, network traffic analysis, and static/dynamic malware analysis across cloud (GCP) and on-premise environments.
• Automate forensic tasks and build team utility tools using programming languages.
• Oversee the project lifecycle for multiple consulting engagements, including planning, budgeting, and quality control.
• Draft investigation reports and present technical findings clearly to client stakeholders, leadership, and external legal counsel.

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