Senior Incident Response Security Consultant, Mandiant, Cloud; English

Senior Incident Response Security Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud (English)

The application window will be open until at least December 31, 2025. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.

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

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

Google’s hybrid workplace includes remote roles. By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:
Remote locations:
Arizona, USA;
California, USA;
Colorado, USA;
Nevada, USA;
Utah, USA.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience working end-to-end incident response investigations, analysis, or containment actions.
• 5 years of investigative experience with network forensics, malware triage analysis, cloud forensics, or disk and memory forensics.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time.
• Ability to communicate in English fluently to work with internal partners and customer teams.

• Certifications in cloud platforms.
• Experience in security competitions, Capture the Flags (CTFs) or testing platforms such as Hack the Box, Try Hack Me , Overthewire, etc.
• Experience with cybersecurity and programming.
• Ability to communicate investigative findings and strategies to technical staff, executive leadership, legal counsel, and internal and external clients.
• Excellent time and project management skills.

As an Incident Response Consultant, you will provide industry-leading incident response, assessment, transformation, managed detection and response, and training services with in-depth tactical support. You will help organizations effectively detect and respond to threats and reduce the overall impact of business risk before, during, and after an incident. You will resolve security incidents quickly, effectively and at scale with complete incident response including investigation, containment, remediation, and crisis management.

In this role, you will work on engagements including assisting clients in navigating technically high-profile incidents, performing forensic analysis, threat hunting, and malware triage.

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.

• Collaborate with internal and customer teams to investigate and contain incidents.
• Recognize and codify attacker tools, tactics, and procedures (TTPs) and indicators of compromise (IOCs) that can be applied to current and future investigations.
• Conduct host forensics, network forensics, log analysis, and malware triage in support of incident response investigations. Develop scripts, tools, or methodologies to enhance Mandiant’s incident response processes and capabilities.
• Lead large, client‑facing incident response engagements, examine cloud, endpoint, and network‑based sources of evidence.
• Develop comprehensive and accurate reports and presentations for both technical and executive audiences. Communicate and discuss findings and strategy with internal stakeholders including leadership and technical team members.

The US base salary range for this full‑time position is $132,000–$194,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. The salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

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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Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Project Management, Consulting, and Engineering

Information Services and Technology, Information and Internet