Cyber Defense Validation Engineer, Mandiant, Google Cloud

New York, United States

Full-time

Hybrid

$141K/yr - $202K/yr

Entry, Mid Level

Google is a leading technology company seeking a Cyber Defense Validation Engineer to enhance their security measures. In this role, you will automate and orchestrate tasks within a Cyber Defense Center, collaborating with various teams to improve security strategies and validate security controls.

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Responsibilities

Identify issues in customer security controls and how those impact the customer's Cyber Defense strategy, then formulate strategies for improvement through gap analysis and recommendations
Create tests focused on exercising network, endpoint and cloud controls to validate expected or unexpected behaviors as they relate to prevention and detection capabilities
Provide validation testing expertise to the to assist in identification and remediation of security control gaps
Engage and collaborate with client stakeholders and other groups within the customer environment to drive resolution for security issues

Qualification

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
2 years of experience in an offensive or defensive security role with experience in Mitre ATT&CK (Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge) and attacker tools
2 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols
2 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages

Preferred

Experience working with security controls in either an endpoint (EDR) or network (IDS, IPS) capacity
Experience leading teams within the specialized area of previous work (e.g., scoping, planning, executing, reporting or remediating the results of the described area of specialization)
Experience in scripting (e.g., Python) or in software development