Red Team Security Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud at Google

About the job

As a Mandiant Red Team Consulting team member, you will be responsible for assessing and advising clients on both technical and process-based controls for all manner of environments, and perform Red and Purple Team assessments, including adversarial emulation of cyber attacks against customer organizations, and other technical cyber assessments including external pen testing, 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. You will also develop comprehensive and accurate reports and presentations for both technical and executive audiences, and act as a trusted advisor to c-level, security leaders and other customer stakeholders. You will aid with the scoping of prospective engagements, leading teams for engagements from kickoff through remediation phase, as well as mentoring other staff. Additionally, you will demonstrate a keen understanding and familiarity with offensive security, threat actors, and security best practices in general.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $108,000-$155,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our 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. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Perform offensive technical cyber security engagements of a varied nature.

• Interface with clients to address concerns, issues, or escalations; track and drive to closure any issues that impact the engagements and its value to clients.

• Advise clients on security best practices for remediating discovered issues.

• Collaborate with internal teams to expand capabilities to deliver further value to clients.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 3 years of experience with penetration 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.

• Experience with operating system security across Linux or other operating systems.

Preferred qualifications

• Certifications related to offensive security including OSCE, OSEP, OSEE, OSCP, CCSAS, CCT, INF, or relevant SANS courses.

• Experience working with local sales and management teams in driving consulting business generation, scoping or client management.

• Experience in creating security tools and understanding of underlying programming languages such as Python, C#, C/C++, Rust, Nim or similar.

• Experience working in offensive security consulting.

• Experience working with Outflank security tooling.