Principal Strategic Security Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud

In this role, you will lead and support projects on behalf of clients that assess, test, or build their security programs. Clients will range from start-up companies looking to supplement their security team to companies that need fresh ideas to enhance their perspective on the security program. You will provide guidance and advice to our clients on best practices and managing the risks for their security program. You will lead technical strategy and scale capabilities for Strategic Consulting. You will leverage Google Cloud Platform to drive organizational outcomes, architect systems, and influence cross-functional teams and manage client-facing responsibilities. 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: $168000 - $244000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Leverage Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to build and modernize strategic consulting tools, optimizing for reliability, latency, and consulting productivity at scale.
• Lead the architectural evolution of consulting workflows and infrastructure, ensuring scalability, security, and seamless integration with modern development practices.
• Drive the strategy and execution for deeply integrating Google’s internal development ecosystem with Mandiant Consulting practices.
• Partner with Consulting Operations, Strategic Consulting, and Google engineering leaders to define and implement the ICBM team’s mission at Mandiant.
• Coach and mentor consultants, fostering a culture of technical excellence and supporting the organizational growth.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience assessing and developing cybersecurity solutions and programs across security domains.
• 8 years of experience in delivering cyber outcomes, identifying mission risks, and devising solutions.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time., * Experience implementing industry-leading practices around cyber risks and cloud security for clients’ cloud security frameworks using industry standards.
• Experience designing and implementing software system architectures.
• Experience deploying and managing distributed systems on cloud platforms.
• Experience in using version control and code collaboration.