Senior Strategic Security Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud

Google; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus target 15%

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Google's Mandiant Strategic Security Consulting team seeks a seasoned security professional to lead engagements focused on Applied Security (AppSec) and Vulnerability Management. You will design secure SDLC roadmaps, establish policies, and collaborate with clients to implement continuous security testing across cloud and on-prem platforms.

The role emphasizes governance, threat modeling, and deploying enterprise AppSec tools in multi-cloud environments. Travel up to 30% is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cyber-security, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience assessing and developing cyber-security solutions and programs across security domains.
• 5 years of experience in delivering cyber outcomes, identifying mission risks, and devising solutions.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic security consulting engagements and risk-reduction roadmaps for cloud and on-prem environments.
• Architect secure Developer Security Operations pipelines and integrate automated security gates into workflows.
• Establish governance and risk-tiering workshops to define SLAs and prioritization metrics across multi-cloud and legacy infra.
• Support threat modeling (STRIDE) and secure SDLC reviews to identify design flaws early in development.
• Pioneer SBOM mapping and manage supply chain risks while advising on AppSec deployments across environments.

Skills

Cyber-security expertise

Security program development

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field

Tools

SAST

DAST

SCA

Qualys

Job description

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

In-office locations: Atlanta, GA, USA.

Remote location(s): Georgia, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cyber-security, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience assessing and developing cyber-security solutions and programs across security domains.
• 5 years of experience in delivering cyber outcomes, identifying mission risks, and devising solutions.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time as needed.

Preferred qualifications:

• Certifications related to specific cloud platforms.
• Experience implementing industry-leading practices around cyber risks and cloud security for clients’ cloud security frameworks using industry standards.
• Experience with cloud governance, with the ability to convey governance principles to cloud computing in terms of policies.
• Experience deploying and maintaining security testing infrastructures (SAST, DAST, SCA, network/container vulnerability scanners) across hybrid ecosystems and multi-cloud environments.
• Proficiency in the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Top 10, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE), Threat Modeling Methodologies, and integrating security controls into Agile and Developer Security Operation environments.

About the job

As a Mandiant Strategic Security Consultant, you will lead and support projects on behalf of clients that assess, test, or build their security programs. Project teams may range from 2 to 5 colleagues. Clients will range from start-up companies looking to supplement their security team to Fortune 100 companies that need fresh ideas to enhance their perspective on the security program. You will provide guidance and advice to our client on best practices and managing the risks for their security program.

In this role, you will lead strategic consulting engagements focused on Applied Security (AppSec) and Vulnerability Management. You will design secure SDLC roadmaps, establish industry-standard policies (Developer Security Operations, Threat Modeling), and collaborate with clients to implement continuous security testing across cloud and on-prem platforms. 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

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• Lead strategic security consulting engagements, maturity assessments, and gap analyses against industry frameworks (OWASP SAMM, BSIMM, NIST SSDF) to deliver risk-reduction roadmaps for cloud and on-premises environments.
• Architect and secure Developer Security Operations pipelines by designing technical blueprints and integrating automated security gates (SAST, DAST, SCA) seamlessly into developer workflows.
• Establish governance structures and facilitated risk-tiering workshops to define remediation service-level agreements, exception handling, and prioritization metrics (CVSS, EPSS) across multi-cloud and legacy infrastructure.
• Support application threat modeling (STRIDE) and architect security reviews early in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to identify design flaws and provide engineering teams with strategies.
• Pioneer application landscape discovery and Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) mapping to manage supply chain risks, while advising on the deployment of enterprise AppSec and Virtual Machine technologies (e.g., Qualys, Tenable, Snyk, Checkmarx).

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