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Incident Response Consultant, Public Sector

Virginia, United States (On-site)

Incident Response Consultant, Public Sector

3 Weeks ago • 2-4 Years • Cyber Security • $105,000 PA - $154,000 PA

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Job Description

As a Google/Mandiant Incident Response Consultant, you'll provide leading incident response services, helping organizations detect and respond to threats. You'll investigate security incidents, perform forensic analysis, threat hunting, and malware triage. Responsibilities include collaborating with internal/customer teams, identifying attacker TTPs and IOCs, conducting forensics, and correlating data against Mandiant's intelligence repository. The role involves navigating complex incidents, working with technical staff, leadership, and legal counsel, and ensuring effective incident containment and remediation. This position requires a deep understanding of attacker methodologies and experience in various forensic disciplines.

Must have:

Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience
2+ years investigative experience (network, cloud, disk/memory forensics)
2+ years incident response experience
Experience with attacker methodologies (ransomware, zero-day exploits, etc.)
Excellent communication and documentation skills

Good to have:

Cloud platform certifications
Experience in security competitions (CTFs)
Ability to manage sensitive data effectively

Perks:

Bonus
Equity
Benefits

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
2 years of investigative experience with network forensics, cloud forensics, or disk and memory forensics.
2 years of experience working in incident response investigations, analysis, or containment actions.
Experience with attacker methodologies used to hunt for adversarial activity (e.g., Pre/Post Ransomware attack, Zero-day Exploitation, Business Email Compromise, Cloud Compromise, etc.).

Preferred qualifications:

Certifications in cloud platforms.
Experience in security competitions, Capture the Flags (CTFs) or testing platforms such as Hack the Box, TryHackMe, Overthewire, etc.
Ability to communicate investigative findings and strategies to technical staff, executive leadership, legal counsel, and internal and external clients.
Ability to document and explain technical details in a concise, understandable manner.
Ability to recognize and appropriately manage sensitive data.
Excellent time and project management skills.

About the job

As a Google/Mandiant Incident Response Consultant, you will provide industry-leading incident response, assessment, transformation, managed detection and response, and training services with 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.

brings the magic of Google to the mission of government and education with solutions purpose-built for enterprises. We focus on helping United States public sector institutions accelerate their digital transformations, and we continue to make significant investments and grow our team to meet the complex needs of local, state and federal government and educational institutions.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $105,000-$154,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

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Responsibilities

Collaborate with internal and customer teams to investigate and contain incidents.
Recognize and codify attacker Tools, Tactics, and Procedures (TTPs) and Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) that can be applied to current and future investigations.
Conduct host forensics, network forensics, log analysis, and malware triage in support of incident response investigations.
Investigate impact to customers to determine if new detection or compromise notifications are necessary.
Correlate data collected during hunt or incident response engagements against Mandiant’s intelligence repository.

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$105.0K - $154.0K/yr (Outscal est.)

$129.5K/yr avg.

Virginia, United States

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