Detection Security Engineer: AI-Driven Defenses

Google Inc.; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Google in Reston, VA is seeking a Security Engineer to design and implement detections, protect Google Cloud infrastructure, and collaborate with software teams to promptly fix security flaws.

As part of the Infrastructure Detection domain, you will help transition from manual, reactive security to proactive, AI‑driven defense, protecting critical data at scale and contributing to a 24/7 global security operation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 year of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
• 1 year of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
• Experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain high‑fidelity detections across compute, IAM, network, and infrastructure.
• Partner with teams to deploy detection workflows from Detect/Respond to Infer/Interrupt.
• Ground detection logic in factual threat data using exploit paths from Red/Orange teams and VRP.
• Reduce manual triage by optimizing feedback loops between prevention, detection, and response.
• Participate in a 24/7 global operation to investigate and respond to security events.

Skills

Security assessments

Threat modeling

Security design reviews

Coding in general languages

Security engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google in Reston, VA is seeking a Security Engineer to design and implement detections, protect Google Cloud infrastructure, and collaborate with software teams to promptly fix security flaws.

As part of the Infrastructure Detection domain, you will help transition from manual, reactive security to proactive, AI‑driven defense, protecting critical data at scale and contributing to a 24/7 global security operation.