Security Consultant - Red Team, Google Cloud, Mandiant Consulting

Job description / Role

About the job

As a security consultant, you will be responsible for helping clients effectively prepare for, proactively mitigate, and detect and respond to cybersecurity threats. Security consultants have an understanding of computer science, operating system functionality and networking, cloud services, corporate network environments and how to apply this knowledge to cybersecurity threats.

As a security consultant, you could work on engagements including assisting clients in navigating technically complex and high-profile incidents, performing forensic analysis, threat hunting, and malware triage. You may also test client networks, applications and devices by emulating the latest techniques to help them defend against threats, and will be the technical advocate for information security requirements and provide an in-depth understanding of the information security domain. You will also articulate and present complex concepts to business stakeholders, executive leadership, and technical contributors and successfully lead complex engagements alongside cross-functional teams.
In this role, you will need to be a skilled and experienced penetration tester. You will be responsible for providing cybersecurity consulting services and support our clients, including assessing and advising clients on both technical and process-based controls for all manner of environments.

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.

Responsibilities

• Provide cybersecurity consulting services and support Google's clients, including assessing and advising clients on both technical and process-based controls for all manner of environments. Understanding and familiarity with offensive security, threat actors, and security best practices in general.
• Conduct high quality infrastructure, web and mobile application assessments independently.
• Expand the team's capabilities through tool creation, research on offensive techniques, incorporation of threat actor intelligence, internal presentations and knowledge share.
• Discover, exploit and report vulnerabilities in infrastructure, web and mobile applications.
• Communicate findings and strategy to client stakeholders including technical staff, executive leadership, and legal counsel. Develop comprehensive and accurate reports and presentations for both technical and non-technical clients.

• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in three of the following security areas: network, web application, mobile, cloud, social engineering, scripting, tool development.

Preferred qualifications:
• Certifications related to offensive security including Offensive Security Certified Expert (OSCE), Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSEP), OSEE, Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP), CCSAS, CCT INF or relevant System Administration, Networking, and Security Institute (SANS) courses.
• Experience with security tools and understanding of programming languages (such as Python, C#, C/C++, Rust, Nim or similar).
• Experience in four or more of the following: application security, offensive security testing, developing applications, source code review, reverse engineering, exploit development, network protocols, system and network administration, security consulting.
• Experience with software or web development.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and public speaking skills.

About the Company

Since our founding in 1998, Google has grown by leaps and bounds. Starting from two computer science students in a university dorm room, we now have thousands of employees and offices around the world. These Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe.

It starts with how we work together. We’re building a company where people of different views, backgrounds and experiences can do their best work and show up for one another. A place where every Googler feels like they belong.

So whether you develop new technology or creative campaigns, craft beautiful products or breakthrough partnerships, your work here is a chance to accomplish things that matter. Bring your insight, imagination, and healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.