Senior Strategic Security Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud

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 and programs across security domains.
• Experience in one or more of the following information security domains: incident response, security operations, detection engineering, threat intelligence, threat modeling, cloud security, enterprise architecture.
• Experience with common security controls and standards.
• Experience communicating technical details (both written and verbal) to technical and executive audiences.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in consulting or customer facing roles.
• Experience working in enterprise organizations, government departments, military or intelligence services.
• Strong understanding of the cyber threat landscape, including prominent state/criminal threat actors and cyber attacks.
• Ability to obtain security clearance from a national authority.

About the job

As a Mandiant Strategic Security Consultant, you will lead and support projects on behalf of clients that assess, test, or build their security programs. Project teams may range from 2 to 5 colleagues. Clients will range from start-up companies looking to supplement their security team to companies that need fresh ideas to enhance their perspective on the security program. You will provide guidance and advice to clients on best practices and managing the risks for their security program.

Responsibilities

• Conduct security program assessments and build roadmaps to improve client security posture.
• Develop and deliver intelligence-led tabletop exercises.
• Assess security operations and incident response team capabilities and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Develop bespoke documentation such as incident response plans and playbooks.
• Deliver threat briefings to executive and technical teams.