Incident Response Security Consultant, Mandiant (English)
Ontario, CA Alberta, CA Until 10/4/2026 3+ years exp First posted August 5, 2026 Last posted August 5, 2026
Job description
About the Job
As an Incident Response Consultant, you will provide industry-leading incident response, assessment, transformation, managed detection and response, and training services with in-depth 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 complex 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.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Canada: $134000 - $137000 (CAD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Collaborate with internal and customer teams to investigate and contain incidents.
- Recognize and codify attacker Tools, Tactics, and Procedures (TTPs) and Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) that can be applied to current and future investigations.
- Conduct host forensics, network forensics, log analysis, and malware triage in support of incident response investigations.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 3 years of experience working end to end incident response investigations, analysis, or containment actions.
- 3 years of investigative experience with network forensics, malware triage analysis, cloud forensics, or disk and memory forensics.
- Ability to communicate in English fluently to work with internal partners and customer teams.
- 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.
- Ability to communicate in French fluently, to work with internal partners and customer teams.
- Excellent time and project management skills.
Additional Information
This posting is for a new vacancy.Google utilizes AI tools to assist in assessing candidates in our hiring processes.
If needed, use this French Canadian translation: "Google utilise des outils d'IA pour faciliter l'évaluation des candidats dans le cadre de nos processus de recrutement."
About this role
Summary
Investigate, contain, and analyze security incidents, perform forensics, and support threat response.
Job title
Incident Response Security Consultant
Experience level
3+ years
Minimum experience
3+ years exp
Industry
cybersecurity
Location requirements
Ontario, CA; Alberta, CA; British Columbia, CA; Nova Scotia, CA; on-site
Salary
C$134k–C$137k
Management role
No
Skills & keywords
Required skills
network forensicsmalware triagelog analysishost forensics
Preferred skills
cloud platform certificationsCTFscommunication in French
Specializations
incident responseforensicsthreat huntingmalware triage
Locations
Structured locations inferred from the posting.
Ontario, CA, USA
On-site City
Calgary, AB, Canada
On-site City
Campbell River, BC, Canada
On-site City
Canso, NS, Canada
On-site City
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