Customer Engineer III, Federal Security, Google Public Sector

Google; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Public Sector is seeking a Security Customer Engineer to serve as the primary technical partner and trusted advisor for government and educational customers. You will work at the crossroads of cybersecurity and cloud transformation, collaborating with sales teams to differentiate Google Cloud through deep security expertise.

You will drive the technical engagement from high-level agency conversations to proofs-of-concept and architectures, ensuring a clear path to secure deployment and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience required.
• 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, SIEM, CNAPP, or network security).
• Experience presenting to technical stakeholders or executive leaders.
• Active, or the ability to obtain, a Top Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Identify and qualify business opportunities, address technical objections, and resolve blockers.
• Deliver in-depth security and compliance expertise to support technical relationships with customers, including briefings and PoCs.
• Demonstrate and prototype integrations with Google Cloud products in customer environments.
• Recommend architectures and infrastructure for complete Google Cloud solutions.
• Travel to customer sites, conferences, and related events as required.

Skills

US citizenship

Cloud security architectures

Stakeholder presentation

Security clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

SIEM platforms

CNAPP platforms

Google Cloud Security platforms

Job description

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

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, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms, Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) platforms, or network security).
• Experience presenting to technical stakeholders or executive leaders.
• Active, or the ability to obtain, a Top Secret security clearance.

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.

You will understand the 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 - $221000 (USD) + 42.86% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• 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, while partnering 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.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .