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

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Note: Google's hybrid workplace includes remote and in-office roles. By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:

In-office locations: Addison, TX, USA.
Remote location(s): Arkansas, USA; Illinois, USA; Indiana, USA; Kansas, USA; Kentucky, USA; Louisiana, USA; Michigan, USA; Minnesota, USA; Mississippi, USA; North Dakota, USA; Nebraska, USA; Ohio, USA; Oklahoma, USA; South Dakota, USA; Texas, USA; Wisconsin, USA.

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 assessment of security controls.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to develop documentation and explain technical details.

About the job

As a Mandiant Red Team Consulting team member, you will be responsible for assessing and advising clients on technical and process-based controls for all manner of environments. You will perform Red and Purple Team assessments including adversarial emulation of cyber attacks against customer organizations, and other technical cyber assessments including external engagement testing, web application, mobile, and wireless security testing. You will expand the team’s capabilities through tool creation, research on techniques, incorporation of threat actor intelligence, 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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $132,000-$194,000 + 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 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 applications testing, and embedded system assessments.
  • Recognize and utilize attacker tools, tactics, and procedures.
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. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
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