Strategic Security Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud
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Remote locations: Alberta, CA; British Columbia, CA.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 3 years of experience with key security program functions including cyber defense operations, security architecture, identity and access management, vulnerability management, or cyber risk management.
- 2 years of experience with cloud security, threat modeling, or detection development.
Preferred qualifications:
- Certifications in cloud (e.g., CCSP, CCSK, etc.), or other industry certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CISA, etc.).
- Experience in one or more of the following information security domains: Incident Response, Security Operations, Threat Intelligence, Cloud Security, Enterprise Architecture.
- Experience implementing industry-leading practices around cyber risks and cloud security for clients’ cloud security frameworks using industry standards.
- Knowledge of technologies used in incident response, network and endpoint architecture, threat modeling, or other SecOps areas.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to interface with clients in a concise manner while managing expectations at both executive and technical levels.
About the job
As a Security Consultant, you will be responsible for helping clients effectively prepare for, proactively mitigate, and detect and respond to cyber security 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 cyber security 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.
Mandiant Strategic Services is a team of passionate security experts who help organizations of all sizes prepare for, prevent, and respond to cyber threats. We offer clients security assessments and tabletop exercises to rapid reviews of cloud security architecture and configurations. We help our clients achieve their security goals and believe that every organization deserves to be protected from cyber attacks. You will work to provide our clients with the tools and resources they need to stay safe.
Responsibilities
- Develop roadmaps and recommendations to drive client enhancements of their cloud security architecture, governance, and standards. Identify, incorporate, and articulate cloud security best practices such as DevSecOps strategy, Zero Trust design, and cloud incident response.
- Perform security configuration reviews for common cloud-based SaaS platforms. Interface with clients to address concerns, issues, or escalations. Track and drive to closure any issues that impact the service and its value to clients.
- Conduct security reviews and maturity assessments across technology and business teams to address cyber risk. Provide clear and organized risk findings and recommendations to clients.
- Evaluate client needs, coordinate design for a solution, and clearly communicate the value proposition of complex technical subjects. Implement or assess existing security controls.
- Travel up to 20% of the time as needed.
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