AI Threat Defense Engineer I, Google Cloud Consulting, Professional Services

Google LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 127,000 - 182,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Cloud Consulting Professional Services seeks an AI Threat Engineer to guide customers through secure cloud implementations and architectures using Google Cloud Platform. You will deliver prescriptive guidance, automate provisioning, and help customers migrate, build, modernize, and operate applications on GCP.

You will collaborate with product teams and interact with CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, and executives globally.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in CS or related field.
• 3 years of experience architecting, developing, or maintaining secure cloud solutions.
• Experience designing cloud enterprise solutions and supporting customer projects to completion.
• Experience coding in one or more general purpose languages (e.g., Python, Java, Go, C or C++) including data structures, algorithms, and software design.

Responsibilities

• Provide deep domain expertise in cloud security and compliance to customers and solve complex cloud security challenges.
• Design and develop cloud security architectures and solutions meeting security requirements, via discussions, recommendations, and implementation in Google Cloud environment.
• Create and deliver best practices, tutorials, sample code, and technical presentations for diverse stakeholders.
• Manage executive stakeholders within customer environments to deliver positive outcomes on the Google Cloud platform.
• Travel regularly (up to 30%) for meetings, technical reviews, and onsite delivery activities.

Skills

Cloud security

Secure cloud architecture

Python

Java

Go

C/C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience architecting, developing, or maintaining secure cloud solutions.
• Experience designing cloud enterprise solutions and supporting customer projects to completion.
• Experience coding in one or more general purpose languages (e.g., Python, Java, Go, C or C++) including data structures, algorithms, and software design.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience securing Google Cloud or other cloud environments.
• Experience implementing FedRAMP, PCI or HIPAA security requirements in a cloud environment.
• Experience understanding attacks and mitigation methods, in two or more of the following: network protocols and secure network design, web application security, security assessments and pen testing, authentication and access control, applied cryptography and security protocols, security monitoring and intrusion detection, incident response and forensics, development of security tools, automation or frameworks.
• Understanding of Cloud security principles.

About the job

The Google Cloud Consulting Professional Services team guides customers through the moments that matter most in their cloud journey to help businesses thrive. We help customers transform and evolve their business through the use of Google’s global network, web-scale data centers, and software infrastructure. As part of an innovative team in this rapidly growing business, you will help shape the future of businesses of all sizes and use technology to connect with customers, employees, and partners.

As an AI Threat Engineer, you will provide excellent technical guidance to customers adopting Google Cloud Platform services. You will provide best practices on secure foundational cloud implementations, automated provisioning of infrastructure and applications, cloud-ready application architectures, and more. You will provide prescriptive guidance in ensuring customers receive the best of what Google Cloud Platform (GCP) can offer and you will ensure that customers have the best experience in migrating, building, modernizing, and maintaining applications in Google Cloud Platform.

Additionally, you will work closely with product management and product engineering to drive excellence in Google Cloud products and features. You will have high visibility at the executive levels of customer organizations, including frequent interaction with CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, their staff, and GCP executive leadership. Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $127000 - $182000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Work locations

• Austin, TX, USA
• Atlanta, GA, USA
• Boulder, CO, USA
• Chicago, IL, USA
• San Francisco, CA, USA
• Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Responsibilities

• Provide deep domain expertise in cloud security and compliance and be a trusted technical advisor to customers and solve complex cloud security and compliance challenges.
• Work with customers to design and develop cloud security architectures and solutions to meet and exceed their security requirements, through discussions, strategic presentations/recommendations, and implementation in Google Cloud environment.
• Create and deliver best practices recommendations, tutorials, blog articles, sample code, and technical presentations adapting to different levels of key business and technical stakeholders.
• Manage disparate executive stakeholders within customer environments to deliver consensus and drive positive customer outcomes on the Google Cloud platform.
• Travel regularly (up to 30%, although we also frequently use video conferencing) in-region for meetings, technical reviews, and onsite delivery activities.