Red Team Security Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud

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

Job summary

Google Cloud's Mandiant Red Team Consulting team is hiring to assess and advise 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 cyber assessments such as external pen testing, web/mobile testing, and wireless security testing.

You will expand capabilities through tool creation, research offensive techniques, incorporate threat intelligence, and share knowledge with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree 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.

Responsibilities

• Perform red and purple team assessments, assumed breach assessments, ransomware readiness reviews, 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.

Skills

Pen testing

Red teaming

Threat analysis

Education

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

Job description

The application window will be open until at least September 23, 2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.

This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.

San Francisco/Los Angeles applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco/Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Los Angeles, CA, USA; Boulder, CO, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA

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

Responsibilities

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• 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.

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.