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