Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in advising on, leading, and developing cybersecurity solutions across multiple security domains, including: security operations, security development, cloud security, threat intelligence, incident response, threat hunting, or similar roles.
- Experience applying advanced enterprise cybersecurity controls, threat intelligence, cloud security controls, network development concepts, and identity management frameworks.
- Experience in people management.
- Candidates must hold or be eligible to obtain a valid Personnel Security Clearance as a condition of employment.
Preferred qualifications:
- Relevant industry certifications (e.g., CISSP, CCSP, Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Security Developer, or equivalent).
- Direct experience building or securing AI/ML pipelines, utilizing AI security frameworks (e.g., OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, NIST AI RMF), or configuring secure cloud AI environments.
- Strong experience securing multi-cloud environments (Google Cloud Platform (GCP), cloud computing platform).
- Proven experience managing project lifecycles, establishing scope boundaries, tracking development milestones, and delivering complex client reports on time.
- Experience with threat modeling methodologies (e.g., STRIDE, PASTA) and application security perimeters.
About the job
As a Mission Manager within Mandiant's National Security team, you will embed with Canadian national security and defence clients to help build a secure, resilient nation.You will lead a forward-deployed team delivering integrated cyber defence, threat intelligence, security developing, AI-augmented detection and response, and continuous validation testing. Collaborating directly with executive civilian leaders and military commanders, you will translate mission requirements into advanced sovereign cyber solutions and drive transformational operational change.
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.
Canada: $198000 - $202000 (CAD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Lead a team of forward-deployed developers and advisors to deliver transformative cyber defence solutions and operations.
- Evaluate and advise on the secure deployment of modern workloads, specifically focusing on cloud-native ecosystems and the secure integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) platforms and pipelines.
- Identify challenges in customer cyber defence capabilities and formulate strategies for improvement, plan implementation of improvements, and execute/oversee plans to completion.
- Develop relationships and establish strong collaborative partnerships with executive stakeholders and key authorities to achieve project and long term strategic objectives.
- Develop and present comprehensive and accurate reports and presentations for both technical and executive audiences.