Staff Security Engineer, Third Party Security Diligence

Google; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Staff Security Engineer for its Third Party Security Diligence team in Singapore. In this role, you will establish a security framework, manage escalations, and lead initiatives that align vendor security with organizational objectives.

The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree and extensive experience (8+ years) in security engineering, coding, and technical leadership. This position focuses on enhancing security protocols across third-party vendors while leading a team of security engineers.

Qualifications

• 8 years of coding experience in general-purpose languages.
• 8 years of experience in security engineering and protocols.
• 5 years of leading technical risk analysis in an enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Establish a framework for Third-Party Security Diligence engineering.
• Architect AI/ML-driven automation for vendor onboarding.
• Manage complex escalations and technical road maps for high-risk vendors.
• Partner with security teams for holistic reviews.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to security engineers.

Skills

Coding in general-purpose languages

Security engineering

Technical leadership

Experience with AI-driven security automation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Staff Security Engineer, Third Party Security Diligence

Google, Singapore | Advanced Level

About the job

There's no such thing as a "safe system" - only safer systems. Our Security team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google users and developers. As a Security Engineer, you help protect network boundaries, keep computer systems and network devices hardened against attacks and provide security services to protect highly sensitive data like passwords and customer information. Security Engineers work directly with network equipment and actively monitor our systems for attacks and intrusions. You also work with software engineers to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities.

As a Staff Security Engineer within Alphabet’s Third-Party (3P) Risk Management program, you will be a foundational technical leader driving enterprise security initiatives, responsible for the security posture of our 3P vendors. You will move beyond traditional compliance by assessing the security posture of 3P vendors (including complex SaaS/AI tools) in collaboration with other Security teams, performing architectural reviews of critical vendors and 3P products, and building automation to expand risk assessments and risk measurement and reporting. You will partner with several Corp Eng, Compliance, Procurement and Security teams to ensure that 3P vendors meet our security standards.

Responsibilities

• Establish a foundational framework for Third-Party Security Diligence (3PSD) engineering to automate and integrate security requirements seamlessly into the broader One Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) ecosystem.
• Architect AI/ML-driven automation to accelerate vendor onboarding velocity and implement a centralized data engine that provides executive-level visibility and granular risk metrics across Alphabet.
• Manage complex escalations, act as the primary technical lead for escalations, evaluating edge‑case architectures and designing technical road maps for high-risk vendors to ensure they meet Alphabet’s security standards.
• Partner with specialized security teams (e.g., Cloud, Identity, SaaS) to conduct holistic reviews and engineer "Golden Path" blueprints for common high-risk third-party scenarios.
• Provide foundational technical leadership and mentorship to security engineers, driving strategic direction and high-impact risk reduction initiatives across the organisation.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, Go).
• 8 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.
• 5 years of experience with security leading teams in a technical capacity or leading technical risk analysis in an enterprise environment.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience building, deploying and reviewing automation for complex security workflows, including use of both AI-driven and traditional automation tools.
• Experience in technical leadership and knowledge of relevant enterprise security domains, particularly in threat modeling, security assessments, authentication and access controls, SaaS security, Cloud Security and data protection.
• Ability to partner with global stakeholders to align technical strategies and security initiatives with broader organizational objectives.

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