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X The application window will be open until at least June 30, 2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.Note: Google's hybrid workplace includes remote and in-office roles. By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:
In-office locations: Cambridge, MA, USA.Remote location(s): United States. Minimum qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience working end to end incident response investigations, analysis, or containment actions.
- 8 years of investigative experience with network forensics, malware triage analysis, cloud forensics, or disk and memory forensics.
- Ability to travel up to 30%.
Preferred qualifications: - Experience managing enterprise systems or networks.
- Experience conducting threat hunting in various environments.
- Ability to communicate investigative findings and strategies to technical staff, executive leadership, legal counsel, and internal and external clients.
- Ability to quickly learn and use a new technology stack or platform.
- Proficient with commercial and open source forensics suites such as XWays and TSK.
About the jobAs 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 be able to resolve security incidents quickly, effectively and at scale with complete incident response including investigation, containment, remediation, and crisis management. In this role, you will work on engagements including assisting clients in navigating technically complex and high-profile incidents, performing forensic analysis, threat hunting, and malware triage.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $168000 - $244000 (USD) 20% bonus target equity benefits
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Responsibilities - Manage incident response engagements, compromise assessments, and threat-hunting operations with minimal guidance.
- Execute digital forensics, host-based live response, network traffic analysis, and static/dynamic malware analysis across cloud (GCP) and on-premise environments.
- Automate forensic tasks and build team utility tools using programming languages.
- Oversee the project lifecycle for multiple consulting engagements, including planning, budgeting, and quality control.
- Draft investigation reports and present technical findings clearly to client stakeholders, leadership, and external legal counsel.
