Strategic Security Consultant

About the job

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Candidates will typically have 4 years of experience in developing cybersecurity solutions across multiple security domains.

Experience in one or more of the following information security domains: Incident Response, Security Operations, Threat Intelligence, Cloud Security, Enterprise Architecture.

Ability to travel up to 50% of the time.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working with government departments, military, or intelligence services.

Understanding of Operational Technology (OT) as well as Information Technology (IT).

Understanding of the cyber threat landscape, including prominent nation state/criminal threat actors and cyber attacks.

As a Security Consultant, you will be responsible for helping clients effectively prepare for, proactively mitigate, and detect and respond to cyber security threats. Security Consultants have an understanding of computer science, operating system functionality and networking, cloud services, corporate network environments and how to apply this knowledge to cyber security threats.

As a Security Consultant, you could work on engagements including assisting clients in navigating technically complex and high-profile incidents, performing forensic analysis, threat hunting, and malware triage. You may also test client networks, applications and devices by emulating the latest techniques to help them defend against threats, and will be the technical advocate for information security requirements and provide an in-depth understanding of the information security domain. You will also articulate and present complex concepts to business stakeholders, executive leadership, and technical contributors and successfully lead complex engagements alongside cross functional teams.

Mandiant Consulting ensures the long-term success of our clients by providing talented, passionate, and specialized security consulting expertise. Utilizing the latest industry standards and combining experience and knowledge gained from Mandiant’s Incident Response and Intelligence practices, we partner with clients to evaluate, create, develop, improve, and mature information security operations and programs.

The EMEA Strategic Services team is a dynamic, motivated, and rapidly growing team who are constantly learning and innovating to meet client needs against the evolving threat landscape. Our mission is to have real-world impact by helping our clients better defend themselves from potentially devastating cyber-attacks.

Part of Google Cloud, Mandiant is a recognized leader in dynamic cyber defense, threat intelligence and incident response services. By scaling decades of frontline experience, Mandiant helps organizations to be confident in their readiness to defend against and respond to cyber threats.

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.

Advise clients on how to prepare for incidents such as ransomware.

Deliver threat briefings to executive and technical teams.