Principal Threat Analyst, Mandiant, Intelligence Services

Google; Virginia; Hybrid; USD 168,000 - 243,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus target

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Google's Mandiant Advanced Intelligence Access program seeks a Principal Analyst to solve investigative problems using data in high-pressure environments. You will serve as a trusted advisor, delivering risk intelligence to clients and bridging to a broad network of cybersecurity professionals.

The role is primarily onsite in Reston, with remote locations allowed within Virginia, DC, and Maryland. Requires TS/SCI with polygraph and up to 25% international travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in a customer-facing investigative role in cyber security.
• Experience engaging with technical stakeholders and executive leaders.
• Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with current polygraph.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% internationally.

Responsibilities

• Develop and apply data-driven investigative techniques to identify risks in customer environments.
• Conduct investigations using Mandiant-supported technologies and correlate endpoint/network evidence.
• Apply CTI research and write reports for strategic, operational, and tactical audiences.
• Translate intelligence into actionable insights for clients and internal teams.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of attacker TTPs and cyber threat trends.

Skills

Customer-facing experience

Executive communication

Security clearance awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

CTI tooling

Log analysis tools

Network analysis tools

Incident response tools

Job description

This position requires onsite client-facing work two to four days a week in Reston, VA.

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

Remote locations: Virginia, USA; District of Columbia, USA; Maryland, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in a customer-facing investigative role in cyber security (e.g., Network Forensics Analyst, Threat Intelligence Analyst).
• Experience engaging with, and presenting to, technical stakeholders and executive leaders.
• Must possess an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with current polygraph.
• Ability to travel up to 25% internationally.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with CTI methodologies and application within cyber security organizations.
• Experience in the analysis of CTI, supporting monitoring, detection, and response capabilities.
• Experience in using tools for analysis such as intrusion operations, enterprise security controls, log analysis, network flow and traffic analysis, incident response processes, cyber attack lifecycles and models.
• Experience in security operations (SOC), incident response, threat hunting, IT compliance or equivalent.

About The Job

You will use data to solve investigative problems and deliver results under pressure. As a Principal Analyst in our Advanced Intelligence Access (AIA) program, you will be a trusted advisor, providing clients with direct access to GTIG's comprehensive risk intelligence, including raw data.
Your experience will empower clients to make informed decisions and take action, ensuring their security and operational resilience. In this client-facing role, you will also serve as a bridge to GTIG's vast network of cybersecurity, risk intelligence, and information operations professionals.
You will use your experience with governmental objectives to prioritize tasks, demonstrate measurable impact, and communicate professionally.
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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• Develop and apply problem-solving techniques to data sets to perform continuous hunting activities within customer environments for previously unidentified risks.
• Utilize Mandiant and supported vendor technologies to conduct investigations and examine endpoint and network-based sources of evidence.
• Apply CTI research, analysis, and report writing skills to service strategic, operational, and tactical audiences.
• Correlate intelligence to develop deeper understandings of tracked threat activity.
• Ultilize tools and best practices for tracking advanced threats, tools, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) of attacker’s motivations, and industry and attacker trends.

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 .