Cyber Threat Analyst, Mandiant, Public Sector

Minimum qualifications:

• 3 years of experience with incident response.

• Experience with network architecture, cyber security, and security analysis.

• Active U.S. Government Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmentalized Information (TS/SCI) Security Clearance.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working with commercial data sources (e.g., internet scan data, passive DNS, domain registry, malware repositories).

• Experience in the consumption, processing, and analysis of tactical Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) within an operational environment, supporting monitoring, detection, and response capabilities.

• Experience evaluating host and network forensic reports of electronic media, packet capture, log data analysis, malware triage, and network devices in support of intrusion analysis or enterprise level information security operations.

• Experience with Enterprise security controls and Intrusion Operations.

• Knowledge of security solutions and technologies including Linux, and network architecture, implementation, and configuration.

About the job

In this role, you will be embed with a strategic customer within the Department of Defense to identify trends and anomalous activity, contextualize cyber threats, correlate source data, and provide tactical, operational, and strategic findings to offer actionable assessments. You will provide operational support to hunt, incident response, and fusion teams supporting cyberspace operations. Part of Google Cloud, Mandiant is a recognized leader in dynamic cyber defense, threat intelligence, and incident response services.

This role is 100% onsite, it is not eligible for remote or hybrid work.

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 $105,000-$154,000 + 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.

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Responsibilities

• Utilize network and end-point tools to identify and analyze potential breaches or threat activity.

• Assess evolution of the broader threat landscape related to the customer's act of reconciliation and associated risks.

• Work with the Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) and relevant stakeholders to recommend appropriate computer network actions to counter adversary activity.

• Provide alert-driven threat reports utilizing government intelligence sources and Mandiant's knowledge of threat actors identities, motives, capabilities, and goals.

• Prepare predictive analysis describing threat groups and the types of data theft or network attacks these groups would execute.

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