Senior Offensive Security Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud

Google; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus target

Benefits

Job summary

Google’s Red Team experts emulate adversaries to test and strengthen enterprise security. The role demands deep experience in pen testing and red teaming across networks, apps, cloud, and social engineering, with the ability to communicate findings to executives.

Candidates should be able to travel up to 20% and work with a broad set of security tools. Google emphasizes equal opportunity and comprehensive benefits including equity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a related field.
• 5 years of pen testing and red team experience across multiple domains.
• Willingness to travel up to 20% and experience with security testing tools.

Responsibilities

• Perform red and purple team assessments, breach readiness reviews, threat analysis, and social engineering assessments.
• Conduct external and internal wireless, web/mobile apps, and embedded system assessments.
• Recognize and safely utilize attacker tools, TTPs.
• Develop comprehensive reports and presentations for technical and executive audiences.
• Advise clients on security practices to remediate issues.

Skills

Penetration testing

Red teaming

Network testing

Web/mobile testing

Cloud testing

Social engineering

Scripting

Tool development

Wireless testing tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Security testing tools

Phishing/social engineering tooling

Wireless testing tools

Job description

The application window will be open until at least October 21, 2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.

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

In-office locations: Boulder, CO, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Chicago, IL, 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.
• 5 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 20% of the time.

Preferred qualifications

• Certifications related to offensive security including OSCE, OSEP, OSEE, OSCP, CCSAS, CCT, INF, or relevant SANS courses.
• 5 years of experience in three of the following security areas: network, web application/mobile, cloud, social engineering, scripting, tool development.
• Experience in four or more of the following: network protocols, threat intelligence analysis, system and network administration, project management, developing applications, technical incident response processes, source code review, reverse engineering.
• Experience implementing or assessing information security implementation or assessment of security controls.
• Experience with developing documentation and explaining technical details in a concise manner.

About the job

Mandiant's Red Team delivers adversarial emulation engagements. This may involve delivering a Threat Intel-led Red Team for a large enterprise, preparing command and control infrastructure, and developing social engineering campaigns. The execution of the exercise can involve executing phishing campaigns and attempting to compromise internet-facing systems. When internal to the environment, it includes conducting privilege escalation and lateral movement within customer networks, hunting for objectives with little to no information provided by the customer, and exfiltrating data from the network—all while avoiding detection from the customer security operations teams. 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: $138000 - $200000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

Learn more about benefits at Google .

• 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.

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.

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