Principal Incident Response Security Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 168,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Cloud's Incident Response Consultant role offers leading incident response, assessment, remediation, and training services with hands-on support for clients worldwide. You will perform forensic analysis, threat hunting, malware triage, and containment across cloud (GCP) and on‑prem environments, collaborating with cross‑functional teams and communicating findings to clients and leadership.

US compensation ranges from $168,000 to $243,000 per year, with a 20% bonus target, equity, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 8 years of end-to-end incident response investigations and containment.
• 8 years of network, malware, cloud, and memory forensics.
• Ability to travel up to 30%.

Responsibilities

• Lead incident response engagements and threat-hunting operations.
• Perform digital forensics across cloud (GCP) and on-prem environments.
• Automate forensic tasks and build utility tools.
• Draft investigation reports and present findings to clients.
• Oversee multiple engagements with budgeting and quality control.

Skills

Incident response

Threat hunting

Forensics tooling

Cloud forensics

Travel up to 30%

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

XWays

TSK

Job description

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; New York, NY, USA.

Remote location(s): United States.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience working end-to-end incident response investigations, analysis, or containment actions.
• 8 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

• 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

Responsibilities

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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.

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 .