Red Team Security Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 years of experience in three or more of the following security areas: network, web application/mobile, cloud, social engineering, scripting and tool development.
- Ability to travel up to 20% of the time as required.
Preferred qualifications:
- Certifications related to offensive security, including OSCE, OSEP, OSEE, OSCP, CCSAS, CCT, INF, or relevant SANS courses.
- Experience implementing or assessing information security implementation or assessment of security controls.
- Knowledge of tools used in engagement testing, security event analysis, incident response, computer forensics, network and endpoint architecture or other areas of security operations.
- Understanding of operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and OSX.
- Excellent written/verbal communication skills, with the ability to develop documentation and explain technical details in a concise manner.
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 Red Team Consulting 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 Red and Purple Team assessments, including adversarial emulation of cyber attacks against customer organizations, and other technical cyber assessments including external pen testing, web application, mobile, and wireless security 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
- 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.
- Develop comprehensive and accurate reports and presentations for both technical and executive audiences. Recognize and safely utilize attacker tools, tactics, and procedures.
- Conduct high quality external/internal network assessments.
- Communicate findings and strategy to client stakeholders including technical staff, executive leadership, and legal counsel.
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