Senior Red Team Security Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud (English)

Socket.dev; Addison (TX); On-site; USD 138,000 - 200,000; Full time

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Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Mandiant, a Google Cloud company, seeks a security assessor to help clients strengthen defenses through adversarial testing and control assessments across diverse environments.

You will conduct Red and Purple Team engagements, wireless and web/mobile testing, and research-driven tool development to expand capabilities, with travel up to 30% and strong English communication required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a technical field.
• 5 years of experience in engagement testing and red teaming.
• Experience with wireless, web, and network security testing tools.
• Willingness to travel up to 30%.
• Fluent English communication with internal partners and customer teams.

Responsibilities

• Perform Red and Purple Team assessments, including assumed breach tests (e.g., pre-deployed implants) and ransomware readiness reviews.
• Conduct external and internal wireless, web and mobile app testing, and embedded system assessments.
• Recognize and apply attacker tools, tactics, and procedures.

Skills

Engagement testing

Red team operations

Security testing tools

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Wireless testing tools

Web app testing tools

Network security testing tools

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with engagement 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% as required.
• Ability to communicate in English fluently to work with internal partners and customer teams.

Preferred qualifications:

• Certification in offensive security including OSCE, OSEP, OSEE, OSCP, CCSAS, CCT, INF; or related SysAdmin, Audit, Network and Security (SANS) courses.
• Experience with implementing or assessing information security implementation or assessing security controls.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to develop documentation and explain technical details.

About the job:

In this role, you will be responsible for assessing and advising clients on technical and process-based controls for all manner of environments. You will perform adversarial emulation of cyberattacks against customer organizations and other technical cyber security testing. You will expand the team’s capabilities through tool creation, research on techniques, 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: $138000 - $200000 (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 application testing, and embedded system assessments.
• Recognize and utilize attacker tools, tactics, and procedures.