Manager (Federal) - Remote (DC/Metro area) - Mandiant Washington, DC Bookmark Share Print 482 0 0

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Job Description

Mandiant has been at the forefront of cyber security and cyber threat intelligence since 2004. The Mandiant Services provides industry-leading incident response, assessment, transformation, managed detection and response, and training services with hands-on tactical support. Mandiant helps organizations effectively detect and respond to threats and reduce overall impact of business risk before, during, and after an incident. Our world class incident responders are able to resolve security incidents quickly, effectively and at scale with complete incident response including investigation, containment, remediation, and crisis management.

Mandiant Security Consulting Services ensures the long-term success of our clients by providing talented, passionate, and specialized security expertise. Our consultants partner with Mandiant clients to evaluate, create, develop, improve, and mature information security operations and programs. By utilizing the latest industry standards and combining experience and knowledge gained from Mandiant Incident Response, Intelligence and Managed Defense practices, we are able to develop leading information security programs for our clients.

We are looking for a passionate leader with strong cyber security consulting skills to help our clients assess, design and build proactive security programs. The successful candidate will possess strong communication skills and experience in leading consulting teams to develop security governance, security risk management, security operations, tactical, and strategic and/or cyber incident response programs. This position can be located within the Mid-Atlantic Southeast region of the US, with preference to Alexandria, VA.

What You Will Do:

• Coach, mentor and lead a team of Mandiant Consultants
• Help drive delivery quality of engagements in the areas of proactive and tactical services with focus on unique requirements for each engagement
• Work with the account team to develop new business opportunities, adding new logos to the Mandiant portfolio through presales and commercial activities, and extending existing business through exceptional delivery earning the trust of each client
• Work closely with Sales to manage major client accounts, and provide oversight for local engagements
• Interface with clients to address concerns, issues or escalations; track and drive to closure any issues that impact the service and its value to clients
• Lead engagements that build and mature customer information security programs and incident response practices
• Oversee and manage implementation improvements to Mandiant’s business processes, methodologies and client communication methods
• Codify customer success criteria across accounts and use them to drive methodologies
• Use formal project management skills in planning, tracking and reporting on project progress

• Secret or Top-Secret clearance preferred, but not required; must be able to pass background investigation
• Strong technical background in the areas of Incident Response and proactive security assessments with a minimum of ten (10) years of comparable experience
• Excellent knowledge of security solutions and technologies; packet flow, TCP/UDP traffic, firewall technologies, IDS & proxy technologies
• Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related field or equivalent experience
• Expert in-depth knowledge in collecting, analyzing, and escalating security events; responding to computer security incidents, and/or collecting, analyzing, and disseminating cyber threat intelligence
• Significant consulting experience, such as project delivery to external customers
• Proven business development, pre-sales and commercial experience in a Cyber Security and/or Incident Response business
• Proven experience leading and managing high performing consulting teams
• Proven experience delivering quality consulting outcomes
• Interaction with C-level executives concerning cyber security risk
• Thorough understanding of cyber security incident response processes, tools and engagements
• Thorough understanding of cyber security operations, event monitoring, and SIEM tools; ideally, candidate will have knowledge of and experience Mandiant technologies, such as NX, EX, PX and HX
• Strong understanding of network protocols; broad knowledge of security infrastructure design and network security
• Familiarity with Unix and Windows operating systems and administrative tools
• Understanding of security controls for common platforms and devices

Additional Qualifications:

• Travel up to 10%
• Ability to successfully interface with clients (internal and external)
• Ability to document and explain technical details in a concise, understandable manner

As a U.S. federal contractor, Mandiant has adopted a COVID-19 Vaccination Policy to comply with our obligations under applicable laws and requirements. This position may be covered under Mandiant’s COVID-19 Vaccination Policy, as required in order to support federal contracts, access company offices and/or attend in-person meetings and work events. If covered under this policy, proof of vaccination against COVID-19 may be required as a condition of hire. At Mandiant we are committed to our #OneTeam approach combining diversity, collaboration, and excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.

This role must be filled in the Washington/DC Metro area. 

Part of what makes Mandiant great is our diverse team, and we’ve made it our priority to provide benefits that support you on your individual journey at work and at home. Mandiant subsidized benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability Insurance. Subject to eligibility requirements, Mandiant also offers the ability to participate in 401(k), Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, Dependent Care Spending Accounts, and Employee Stock Purchase Program. Mandiant also provides Paid Time Off, Flexible Paid Sick Time, and Paid Holidays.