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Red Team Security Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud

Google$112K — $161K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or related field; or equivalent experience.
  • 3 years of experience in pen testing and red teaming, including various technical functions.
  • Familiarity with security testing tools for wireless, web application, and network assessments.
  • Willingness to travel up to 30% is required.

Responsibilities

  • Perform red and purple team assessments and assumed breach evaluations.
  • Conduct readiness reviews for ransomware threats and assess vulnerabilities.
  • Execute internal and external security assessments, including web and mobile applications.
  • Analyze threat intelligence and implement social engineering assessments.
  • Utilize attacker tools and methodologies safely during assessments.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package, including health and wellness programs.
  • Access to professional development and training opportunities.
  • Flexible work locations available across multiple campuses.
  • Involvement in cutting-edge cybersecurity projects with a recognized leader in the field.
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This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.

Applicants in the County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Los Angeles, CA, USA; Boulder, CO, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 3 years of experience with pen testing and red teaming functions, including network, web application, mobile, cloud, social engineering, scripting, or tool development.
  • Experience with tools used for wireless, web application, and network security testing.
  • Ability to travel up to 30% of the time.

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.
  • Experience working collaboratively with Blue Teams, SOCs, or utilizing SIEM/EDR technologies.
  • Proficiency in Python, Go, C#, C , or C for tool development and automation.


About the job

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.

Mandiant's Red Team delivers intelligence-driven adversarial emulation that mirrors real-world cyber threats. Operating covertly and with zero prior knowledge of an environment, our experts simulate the full lifecycle of a targeted attack. From initial social engineering and perimeter breaches to stealthy lateral movement, objective hunting, and data exfiltration, we challenge security teams to detect and neutralize a sophisticated adversary before an actual breach occurs.

Part of Google Cloud, Mandiant is a recognized leader in dynamic cyber defense, threat intelligence and incident response services. Mandiant's cybersecurity expertise has earned the trust of security professionals and company executives around the world. Our unique combination of renowned frontline experience responding to some of the most complex breaches, nation-state grade threat intelligence, machine intelligence, and the industry's best security validation ensures that Mandiant knows more about today's advanced threats than anyone.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $112000 - $161000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits

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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.
  • Conduct external and internal wireless assessments, web and mobile applications testing, and embedded system assessments.
  • Recognize and safely utilize attacker tools, tactics, and procedures.


About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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