Customer Engineer, Federal Security, Google Public Sector

Google; United States; On-site; USD 152,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Public Sector seeks a Security Customer Engineer to serve government and educational customers, leading technical engagements from strategy to proofs-of-concept.

You will own outcomes in cloud security, communicate with executives, and navigate compliance. Must hold TS/SCI with polygraph; locations include Reston or DC.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of cloud security architecture experience in customer-facing roles.
• Experience with security topics (encryption, identity management, access control, SIEM or CNAPP).
• Experience engaging with technical stakeholders or executive leaders.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with current polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Identify and qualify business opportunities, understanding customer objections and blockers.
• Deliver security and compliance expertise to support technical relationships with customers.
• Demonstrate and prototype integrations with Google Cloud products in customer environments.
• Recommend integration strategies, architectures, platforms, and infrastructure for Google Cloud deployments.
• Travel to customer sites, conferences, and related events as required.

Skills

Cloud security architectures

Executive stakeholder engagement

Security clearance (TS/SCI)

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

CNAPP platforms

SIEM

Encryption

Identity management

Access control

Job description

Customer Engineer, Federal Security, Google Public Sector

Locations: Reston, VA, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA; +2 more; +1 more

Advanced

Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders; deep expertise in domain.

Additional Details: Must be a US Citizen to meet customer and compliance requirements, including potential access to classified information.

The application window will be open until at least August 6, 2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Reston, VA, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA; Boulder, CO, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience with cloud security architectures in a customer-facing or support role.
• Experience with security matters (e.g., encryption, identity management, access control, or Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) platforms or network security).
• Experience engaging with, and presenting to, technical stakeholders or executive leaders.
• Must possess an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with current polygraph.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with security-related compliance standards (e.g., ISO 27001, NIST).
• Experience with Google Cloud Security platforms.
• Ability to script or code to automate security tasks (e.g., Python, Bash).
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

About the job

As a Security Customer Engineer (CE) for Google Public Sector, you will be the primary technical partner and trusted advisor to government and educational customers. You will work at the intersection of cybersecurity and cloud transformation, partnering with technical sales teams to differentiate Google Cloud through deep subject matter expertise.

Your mission is to understand mission issues and architect cross-pillar cloud solutions that solve them. You will lead the technical engagement, from initial high-level conversations with agency leaders to proofs-of-concept and architectural design. You will be responsible for driving the "technical win", ensuring customers understand the power of Google’s Unified Security portfolio and have a clear path to successful consumption and deployment.

Google Public Sector brings the magic of Google to the mission of government and education with solutions purpose-built for enterprises. We focus on helping United States public sector institutions accelerate their digital transformations, and we continue to make significant investments and grow our team to meet the complex needs of local, state and federal government and educational institutions.

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

US: $152000 - $222000 (USD) + 42.86% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Identify and qualify business opportunities alongside the team, understanding key customer technical objections, and developing the strategies to resolve technical blockers.
• Deliver in-depth security and compliance expertise to support the technical relationship with Google’s customers, including product and solution briefings, proof-of-concept work, partner directly with product management to prioritize solutions impacting customer adoption to Google Cloud and security offerings.
• Demonstrate and prototype integrations with Google Cloud products directly in customer and partner environments.
• Recommend integration strategies, enterprise architectures, platforms, and application infrastructure required to successfully implement a complete solution on Google Cloud.
• Travel to customer sites, conferences, and other related events as required.

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