Application Security Consultant, Mandiant
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Remote locations: Ontario, CA; Alberta, CA; British Columbia, CA.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience assessing and developing cybersecurity solutions across multiple security domains.
- 2 years of experience with techniques and tools used for web application, and network security testing.
- Experience delivering end-to-end offensive security testing engagements.
Preferred qualifications:
- Certifications related to offensive security including OSWE, BSCP, CWEE, OSCP or relevant SANS courses.
- 2 years of experience with bug bounty programs.
- Experience in four or more of the following: application security, offensive security testing, developing applications, source code review, exploit development, network protocols, system and network administration, security consulting.
- Experience implementing or assessing information security implementation or assessment of security controls.
- Experience in software or web development.
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.
As a Mandiant proactive services team member, you will be responsible for assessing and advising clients on both technical and process-based controls for all manner of environments. You will perform web application security assessments as well as other technical cyber assessments including external pen testing, and mobile application 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.
Responsibilities
- Conduct high quality external network and web application assessments in an independent manner. Take an active role in cloud and mobile application testing.
- Develop comprehensive and accurate reports and presentations for both technical and executive audiences.
- Recognize and safely utilize attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures.
- Communicate findings and strategy to client stakeholders including technical staff, executive leadership, and legal counsel.
- Travel up to 20% of the time as needed.
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