Senior Incident Response Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud
Reston, VA
The Role
This consultant leads incident response engagements for clients facing complex security breaches, conducting host and network forensics, log analysis, and malware triage. Responsibilities include identifying attacker tools and techniques, building investigative methodologies, and delivering technical reports and executive briefings on findings.
Skills & Experience
Requires five years of end-to-end incident response and forensic investigation experience across network, cloud, disk and memory forensics. Preferred certifications include SANS GCFA, GCFE and GCIH, plus experience with CTFs, client-facing engagement leadership and mentoring junior consultants.
Who It Suits
Ideal for experienced incident responders and forensic analysts comfortable leading client engagements, communicating with executives and legal counsel, and managing complex, high-profile breach investigations across diverse environments.
Typical advertised salary for Incident Response roles in United States: $123,000–$179,000 (median $149,000 — from 159 recent listings analysed by Forensic Focus).
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Certifications mentioned: GCFA · GCFE · GCIH · SANS — find training for these on the DFIR Training Finder.