August 4, 2025

Manager, Incident Response Security Consulting, Mandiant, Google Cloud

Senior • Hybrid • On-site • Remote

$164,000 - $243,000/yr

Kirkland, WA , +1


Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10 years of experience working end-to-end incident response investigations, analysis, or containment actions.
  • 2 years of people management or mentoring experience.
  • Experience in investigative network forensics, malware triage analysis, cloud forensics, or disk and memory forensics.
  • Ability to travel up to 30%.

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.
  • Excellent time and project management skills.

About the job

The customer-focused teams of computer Incident Response Consultants are trained to investigate, contain, and recover from the data security incidents.

As an 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 critical and high-profile incidents, performing forensic analysis, threat hunting, and malware triage.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $164,000-$243,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. 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

  • Lead client-facing incident response engagements, examine cloud, endpoint, and network-based sources of evidence.
  • Recognize and codify attacker Tools, Tactics, and Procedures (TTPs) and Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) that can be applied to current and future investigations.
  • Build scripts, tools, or methodologies to enhance Mandiant’s incident investigation processes.
  • Develop and present comprehensive and accurate reports, trainings, and presentations for both technical and executive audiences.
  • Conduct host forensics, network forensics, log analysis, and malware triage in support of incident response investigations.