Incident Response Consultant, Mandiant

About the job

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. You will work on engagements including assisting clients in navigating technically complex and 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. 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

• Collaborate with internal and customer teams to investigate and contain incidents.
• Lead and contribute to complex client-facing investigations and examine cloud, endpoint, and network-based sources of evidence.
• Recognize and codify attacker Tools, Tactics, and Procedures (TTPs) and Indicators of Compromise (IOCs); Build scripts, tools, or methodologies to enhance Mandiant’s incident investigation processes that can be applied to current and future investigations.
• Develop and present comprehensive and accurate reports and presentations for both technical and executive audiences.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience working end-to-end incident response investigations, analysis, or containment actions.

Preferred qualifications:

• Certifications in Cloud Platforms (e.g., Google Cloud Platform).
• Ability to communicate investigative findings and strategies to technical staff, executive leadership, legal counsel, and internal and external clients.