Senior Application Security Consultant

About the Senior Application Security Consultant Role at Google Mandiant

As a Senior Application Security Consultant at Google Mandiant, you will play a critical role in strengthening client defenses against sophisticated cyber threats. This position involves helping organizations prepare for, proactively mitigate, and effectively respond to security incidents. You will leverage your deep understanding of computer science, operating systems, networking, and cloud services to address complex cybersecurity challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct high-quality external network and web application assessments on their own, taking an active role in cloud and mobile application testing.
• Develop comprehensive and accurate reports and presentations for both technical and executive audiences.
• Recognize and safely utilize attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Communicate findings and strategy to client stakeholders including technical staff, executive leadership, and legal counsel.
• Travel up to 20% of the time as needed.

Mandiant's Contribution to Google Cloud

Mandiant, a part of Google Cloud, 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. As a proactive services team member, you will be responsible for assessing and advising clients on both technical and process-based controls for all manner of environments. You will perform web application security assessments as well as other technical cyber assessments including external pen testing, and mobile application testing. You will expand the team’s capabilities through tool creation, research on offensive techniques, incorporation of threat actor intelligence, internal presentations, and knowledge sharing.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with techniques and tools used for web application security assessment or mobile security assessment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications related to offensive security including OSWE, BSCP, CWEE, OSCP or relevant SANS courses.
• 5 years of experience assessing and developing cybersecurity solutions across multiple security domains.
• 2 years of experience with bug bounty programs.
• Experience in four or more of the following: application security, offensive security testing, developing applications, source code review, exploit development, network protocols, system and network administration.
• Experience in security consulting.
• Experience in software or web development.

Key skills/competency

• Web Application Security
• Mobile Security Assessment
• Offensive Security
• Penetration Testing
• Threat Intelligence
• Incident Response
• Forensic Analysis
• Malware Triage
• Source Code Review
• Cloud Security
• Client Consulting