Red Team Security Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud

Socket.dev; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 112,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

Mandiant, part of Google Cloud, is seeking a Red Team Consultant to provide cybersecurity services including adversarial emulation across environments and offensive security testing.

You will perform red and purple team assessments, external and internal wireless testing, web and mobile applications testing, and contribute to tool development and threat intelligence while coordinating with clients and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a technical field.
• 3 years of experience with pen testing and red teaming functions, including network, web app, 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.
• Develop comprehensive and accurate reports and presentations for both technical and executive audiences.
• Advise clients on security practices for remediating discovered issues.

Skills

Penetration testing

Red teaming

Security testing tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Cybersecurity or equivalent

Tools

Wireless testing tools

Web app testing tools

Network testing tools

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, 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.

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.
• Excellent written/verbal communication skills, with the ability to develop documentation and explain technical details in a concise manner.

About the job:

As a Mandiant Red Team Consulting team member, you will be responsible for providing cybersecurity consulting services and support to our clients, including 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 end-to-end adversarial emulation of cyber attacks against customer organizations, and other technical cyber assessments including external 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. 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

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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.
• Develop comprehensive and accurate reports and presentations for both technical and executive audiences.
• Advise clients on security practices for remediating discovered issues.