Security Consultant, SOAR, Mandiant, Google Cloud

Summary

Google, through its Mandiant cybersecurity organization within Google Cloud, provides cyber defense, threat intelligence, and incident response services. The Security Consultant will enable and improve the technologies, processes, and automation used within customer Cyber Defense Centers by administering security tools, developing SOAR playbooks, and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Identify issues in customer Cyber Defense Centers, formulate strategies for improvement, identify candidates for automation, plan implementation of improvements, and execute/oversee plans to completion
• Advise on technologies relied upon by the client CDC, CSIRT, and SOC
• Provide expertise for SOAR and other SOC technologies that assist in incident response
• Create and modify SOAR playbooks written in Python
• Engage and collaborate with client stakeholders and other groups within the customer environment to drive resolution for security issues

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 3 years of experience configuring and maintaining Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) Technologies as part of Security Engineering, System Administration, or a similar role
• 3 years of experience working with SOC/CSIRT or other incident response related teams
• Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions (e.g., writing queries, searches, alerts, dashboards)
• One or more of the following certifications or similar: CompTIA Security+, CompTIA Network+; CISCO (CCNA); ISC2 (CISSP); SANS (GSEC, GCIH, GCED, GCFA, GCIA, GNFA, GPEN)
• Experience managing and maintaining SOAR platforms and its dependencies, and working with/integrating APIs into automation playbooks
• Experience with commercial SIEM technologies (e.g., Google SecOps, Splunk, Helix, Devo, Sentinel)
• Working knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., Python)
• Understanding of security controls for platforms/devices (e.g., Windows, Linux, network equipment), web-based APIs/RESTful programming (e.g., Python libraries), and data manipulation/analysis libraries (e.g., Pandas)
• Understanding of the incident response, containment, and remediation process

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 3 years of experience configuring and maintaining Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) Technologies as part of Security Engineering, System Administration, or a similar role
• 3 years of experience working with SOC/CSIRT or other incident response related teams
• Experience with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions (e.g., writing queries, searches, alerts, dashboards)

Nice to Haves

• One or more of the following certifications or similar: CompTIA Security+, CompTIA Network+; CISCO (CCNA); ISC2 (CISSP); SANS (GSEC, GCIH, GCED, GCFA, GCIA, GNFA, GPEN)
• Experience managing and maintaining SOAR platforms and its dependencies, and working with/integrating APIs into automation playbooks
• Experience with commercial SIEM technologies (e.g., Google SecOps, Splunk, Helix, Devo, Sentinel)
• Working knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., Python)
• Understanding of security controls for platforms/devices (e.g., Windows, Linux, network equipment), web-based APIs/RESTful programming (e.g., Python libraries), and data manipulation/analysis libraries (e.g., Pandas)
• Understanding of the incident response, containment, and remediation process

Benefits

• 15% bonus target
• Equity