Security Engineer Lead - Safe Browsing - Threat Detection

Google Operations Center; Philippines; On-site; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Parental leave benefits

Free meals and onsite activities

Job summary

Google Operations Center in the Philippines is seeking a Security Engineer Lead - Safe Browsing to safeguard users and data at scale. You will lead a team, drive threat detection, and optimize enforcement systems while collaborating across product and security teams.

You will analyze phishing and malware trends, influence risk decisions with data, and communicate complex concepts clearly to engineers, partners, and webmasters in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years in security operations, web security analysis, or related analytical roles.
• Proficient in querying large datasets with SQL and data-focused programming (Python).

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of tech process analysts and specialists.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to balance workload.
• Monitor SLAs and address risk/issues in workflow management.
• Develop deep knowledge of process flows and identify improvements.
• Perform technical audits of code changes by L3/L4.
• Create complex data analyses to identify threats and vulnerabilities.
• Conduct static/dynamic analysis of phishing, malware, and related threats.
• Guide security operations to scale protection across products.

Skills

Security operations

Web security analysis

SQL

Python

Threat landscape

Analytical thinking

People management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Tools

Linux

Shell scripting

Job description

Job Description:

Join Us!

At Google Operations Center we help Google users and customers solve problems and achieve their goals—all while enjoying a culture focused on improving continuously and being better together. We work hard, we play hard, and we want you to join us!

The mission of Trust & Safety - Safe Browsing is to make the world’s information safely accessible to all, and along with Safe Browsing Engineering we are responsible for protecting Internet users across the globe from phishing and malware. Safe Browsing systems provide defenses against these threats for Google products such as Gmail, Chrome, Search, and Ads. As part of Trust & Safety, we collaborate with abuse fighters across the company to identify and resolve the biggest problems that challenge the safety and integrity of our products.

As a Security Engineer Lead- Safe Browsing, you will help the team in its mission to protect Google’s users. Our goals include: increasing the coverage, accuracy, and speed of Safe Browsing enforcement systems; understanding the global threat environment for phishing, malware, and unwanted software; and improving the user experience, both internally and externally, by communicating with webmasters, users, and partners.

You will become an expert in the workings of phishing and malware, and you will help the team to detect and prevent these abuses at scale. You will work to ensure that the trust users place not only in Safe Browsing, but also in Google as a broader brand and company, is well founded. You will demonstrate analytical thinking and make data-driven decisions.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of tech process analysts and specialists
• Manage team workload to ensure even distribution of responsibilities and provide development opportunities
• Provide effective coordination with multiple cross-functional teams in a clear and effective manner
• Monitor and review SLAs and act as a point of contact to discuss risk / issues with workflow management
• Develop in depth understanding of documented process flows and playbooks and identify any process improvement opportunities
• Perform technical audit/reviews in code changes made by L3 and L4
• Develop complex data analyses to identify harmful entities, examine trends, patterns, and identify system vulnerabilities.
• Perform static code analysis, dynamic analysis of potential threats identified in the websites such as phishing, malware, social engineering

Minimum Qualifications / Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or an equivalent technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of strong hands-on experience in security operations, web security analysis, or a related analytical role.
• Proficient experience in querying and analyzing large datasets using SQL and data-focused programming (e.g., Python).
• Demonstrated knowledge of the threat landscape targeting websites on the internet, including phishing, malware, or vulnerabilities
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail
• 2+ years of experience in people management and performance management

Preferred Qualifications / Skills

• Experience in handling technical team
• Good understanding of OWASP vulnerabilities and/or Exploit Kits.
• Experience of Linux operating system and shell/batch scripting.
• Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and effectively to diverse audiences.
• Ability to independently prioritize competing stakeholder demands, and manage multiple responsibilities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Experience in statistical analysis (e.g., R, Stata, SAS) for identifying trends and insights.
• Ability to identify and prioritize actionable steps towards resolution.

Benefits

• We support you with competitive wages and with comprehensive health care including medical, dental and vision coverage
• We support your family with gender-neutral baby bonding leave, 18 week birth-parent maternity leave, and generous life, accident and disability insurance minimums
• Employees who work onsite can enjoy free meals and snacks, and fun onsite experiences

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