Red Team Security Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud

Socket.dev; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 112,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

Mandiant's Red Team Consulting team assesses and advises clients on technical and process-based controls across environments. You will perform Red and Purple Team assessments, including adversarial emulation of cyber attacks, and other security tests such as external pen testing, web/mobile testing, and wireless security.

You will expand capabilities through tool development, threat research, and knowledge sharing. Individual pay is determined by skills, experience, and education.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in a technical field.
• 3 years of experience with pen testing and red team functions.
• Experience with wireless, web application, and network security testing tools.
• Ability to travel up to 30%.

Responsibilities

• Perform red and purple team assessments and adversarial emulation.
• Conduct external and internal wireless, web and mobile testing, and embedded system assessments.
• Recognize attacker tools, tactics, and procedures, expanding capabilities through tooling and research.

Skills

Penetration testing

Red team assessments

Scripting

Tool development

Wireless testing tools

Web/mobile/network testing tools

Social engineering

Travel up to 30% of time

Blue Team / SOC / SIEM / EDR

Threat analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Cybersecurity or related field

Certifications: OSCE / OSEP / OSEE / OSCP / CCSAS / CCT / INF / SANS

Tools

Security testing tools

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience with pen testing and red teaming functions, including network, web application, mobile, cloud, social engineering, scripting, or tool development.
• Experience with tools used for wireless, web application, and network security testing.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time.

Preferred qualifications:

• Certifications related to offensive security including OSCE, OSEP, OSEE, OSCP, CCSAS, CCT, INF, or relevant SANS courses.
• Experience implementing or assessing information security implementation or assessment of security controls.
• Experience working collaboratively with Blue Teams, SOCs, or utilizing SIEM/EDR technologies.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, C#, C++, or C for tool development and automation.

About the job:

As a Mandiant Red Team Consulting team member, you will be responsible for assessing and advising clients on both technical and process-based controls for all manner of environments. You will perform Red and Purple Team assessments, including adversarial emulation of cyber attacks against customer organizations, and other technical cyber assessments including external pen testing, web application, mobile, and wireless security testing. You will expand the team's capabilities through tool creation, research on offensive techniques, incorporation of threat actor intelligence, internal presentations, and knowledge sharing.

Mandiant's Red Team delivers intelligence-driven adversarial emulation that mirrors real-world cyber threats. Operating covertly and with zero prior knowledge of an environment, our experts simulate the full lifecycle of a targeted attack. From initial social engineering and perimeter breaches to stealthy lateral movement, objective hunting, and data exfiltration, we challenge security teams to detect and neutralize a sophisticated adversary before an actual breach occurs. 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: $112000 - $161000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

• Perform red and purple team assessments, assumed breach assessments (e.g., red team engagements with a pre-deployed implant), ransomware readiness reviews (e.g., assessing susceptibility to modern ransomware threats), threat analysis, and social engineering assessments.
• Conduct external and internal wireless assessments, web and mobile applications testing, and embedded system assessments.
• Recognize and safely utilize attacker tools, tactics, and procedures.