Senior Threat Intel Engineer — Cyber Defense & Automation

Google LLC; Zürich; On-site; CHF 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Threat Intelligence Group is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to advance threat intelligence and incident response capabilities. You will analyze network signals, malware behaviors, and TTP trends while delivering actionable intelligence to product and security teams to safeguard systems.

The role emphasizes leading technical risk analyses, developing automation, and collaborating across teams. A strong background in security engineering, coding, and communications is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
• 5 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.
• 5 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
• 1 year of experience leading teams in a technical capacity or leading technical risk analysis in an enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Identify, analyze, and document network signals, malware behaviors, and threat reports related to trends and developments in adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).
• Provide clear, actionable, and structured intelligence to product and security teams. Assist in ensuring corporate and production systems are safeguarded.
• Own the analysis efforts of multiple threat actors, and serve as a subject matter expert on how those actors might impact Google and our users.
• Enhance analysis efficiency by conceiving and implementing automation opportunities, developing proof-of-concept code, and collaborating with stakeholders to deploy solutions.
• Be capable of quickly identifying personal and team priorities, and able to work on assignments with minimal supervision while maintaining quality and deadlines.

Skills

Security assessments

Security design reviews

Threat modeling

Security engineering

Networking security

Coding experience

Leading teams

Threat intelligence

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

YARA

Snort/Suricata

EDR rule creation

Python

C/C++

Scripting languages

Reverse engineering

Job description

Google Threat Intelligence Group is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to advance threat intelligence and incident response capabilities. You will analyze network signals, malware behaviors, and TTP trends while delivering actionable intelligence to product and security teams to safeguard systems.

The role emphasizes leading technical risk analyses, developing automation, and collaborating across teams. A strong background in security engineering, coding, and communications is essential.