Principal Consultant, Incident Response, Google Public Sector - Google
Boulder, CO
About the Job
Minimum qualifications:
- 6 years of experience in investigative roles, including network forensics, malware triage analysis, cloud forensics, and disk and memory forensics.
- Experience with network forensics, malware triage analysis, and disk and memory forensics in Windows, macOS, or Linux.
- Experience with enterprise security architecture, and implementing practical control and methodology within investigation processes.
- Experience with public speaking and leading client communication.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in a scripting or development language (e.g. Python).
- Strong understanding of attacker methodology and methodologies used to hunt for adversarial activity.
- Strong understanding of communication protocols (e.g., HTTP, DNS, TCP/UDP) as well as the various techniques utilized by malware within an operating system for persistence and data collection.
- Ability to deliver technical training, advisory, and mentorship on complex topics in a classroom or operational environment.
- Ability to communicate investigative findings and strategies to technical staff, executive leadership, legal counsel, and internal and external clients.
About the job
The Google Public Sector Incident Response team seeks to provide the highest level of service in terms of incident investigation and remediation. We handle challenging and dynamic compromises, leveraging incident response consultants with a deep understanding of the threat landscape and attacker methodologies. Our team is on the forefront of the newest attacker TTPs, and brings to bear the full weight of Mandiant's intelligence holdings in order to provide a high quality service delivery to our clients.
Google Public Sector 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 $145,000-$218,000 + 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.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Automate tracking and discovery of threats, leveraging internal and external data sources.
- Conduct host and network forensics, log analysis, and malware triage in support of network hunt or 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.
- Correlate collected intelligence with malware research to build upon a larger knowledge base of tracked threat activity.