Security Consultant

3 Days ago • 6 Years + • Cyber Security

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Security Consultant at Mandiant, you'll enable technologies and tools for a Cyber Defense Center (CDC). You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements and deliver recommendations for technologies supporting the client's CDC. Responsibilities include maintaining SIEM operational readiness, creating detection content, identifying areas for improvement, and configuring SIEM/related response technologies for effective incident detection and response. You'll develop and support automation playbooks within a client's SOAR platform, working in a dynamic environment, administering information security technologies, and learning new technologies to protect customer data and assets.
Must have:
  • 6+ years Detection Engineering experience with EDR and SIEM
  • Experience with SIEM, EDR, NDR tools, SOAR platforms
  • Skill in SPL, KQL, YARA-L or similar query languages
  • Ability to create and tune security detections
  • Collaboration with client stakeholders and internal teams
Good to have:
  • Experience with content engineering in SIEM platforms
  • Knowledge of scripting languages (PowerShell, Python)
  • Understanding of logging for Linux and network equipment
  • Understanding of SIEM log flow, aggregation, and forwarding

Job Details


Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cyber Security, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 6 years of experience in a Detection Engineering or related role, working with EDR and SIEM technologies.
  • Experience using multiple operating systems, directory service software, and document, spreadsheet, and presentation software.
  • Experience with detection tuning and creation leveraging various security tools including SIEM, EDR, or NDR tools.
  • Experience with Security Orchestration and Automated Response (SOAR) platforms.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience with Search Processing Language (SPL), Kusto Query Language (KQL), YARA-L or similar SIEM query languages.
  • Experience with content engineering inside SIEM platforms (e.g., rule creation, advanced correlation searching, etc.).
  • Knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell and Python).
  • Understanding of logging for common platforms and devices, including Linux and network equipment.
  • Understanding of SIEM log flow, aggregation, and forwarding.
  • Ability to engage and collaborate with client stakeholders and other groups within the customer environment to drive resolution for security issues.

About the job

In this role, you will be responsible for enabling the technology and tools required to accomplish daily tasks within a Cyber Defense Center (CDC). You will collaborate with multiple cross-functional teams such as Security Architects, Security Analysts, Client Information Technology (IT) resources, and other business resource owners, to define requirements and deliver recommendations focused on technologies required to support the client's CDC. In addition, you will be responsible for maintaining the operational readiness of client Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), creating detection content, identifying areas for improvement, and setting appropriate configurations of the SIEM or related response technologies required for a client's Security Operations Center (SOC) to maintain effective incident detection and response capabilities. You will be developing and supporting automation playbooks within a client's Security Orchestration and Automated Response (SOAR) platform. You will work as a member of a technical team in a rapidly changing environment, administer a variety of information security technologies, learn new emerging technologies, and be passionate about protecting customer data and corporate assets from the threats facing multiple industries.

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 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.

Responsibilities

  • Identify issues in customer cyber defense centers and formulate strategies for improvement, plan implementation of improvements, and execute/oversee plans to completion.
  • Create and modify SIEM use cases and detection logic, leveraging cyber threat intelligence, written in technology-specific query language or sigma open signature format.
  • Provide expertise for SIEM and other SOC technologies that assist in incident response.
  • Measure and improve alert fidelity through metrics creation, tracking, responding to tuning requests, implementing incident-specific detection logic, etc.
  • Support development of automations and orchestration playbooks in client SOAR platforms.

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