Director, Compute and Infrastructure Security, Google Cloud

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 307,000 - 427,000; Full time

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Benefits

Job summary

Google Cloud is seeking a Director of Compute and Infrastructure Security to lead an engineering organization safeguarding compute, hardware, and infrastructure foundations. Define vision and architecture to secure hardware supply chains, bare‑metal servers, and data centers, guiding proactive mitigations and resilience for hyperscale AI workloads.

This executive role combines deep security expertise with leadership to drive architecture, risk postures, and collaboration with executive

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience in systems security, infrastructure security, or firmware/hardware engineering.
• 8 years of experience managing managers and directing multi-level engineering teams.
• Experience securing distributed systems, compute platforms, or cloud services.

Responsibilities

• Build, lead, and mentor a global organization of software engineers, security architects, and managers.
• Define multi-year technical vision and engineering standards across security management and secure platforms while partnering with senior executive stakeholders to align priorities and drive shared outcomes.
• Drive architecture and defense across core compute hardware (CPUs, GPUs/TPUs, firmware, root-of-trust) and isolation boundaries across Container-Optimized OS, host hypervisors, and cluster control planes (compute infrastructure).
• Safeguard data center control planes, network fabrics, and OT/ICS against physical and logical threats while advancing shift-left security and memory safety across distributed compute platforms.
• Architect hardware-enforced tenant isolation, confidential computing, and integrity guarantees for generative AI training and inference superclusters.

Skills

Security leadership

People management

Distributed systems security

Cloud/hyperscale security

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

Job description

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.


• 15 years of experience in systems security, infrastructure security, or firmware/hardware engineering.


• 8 years of experience managing managers and directing multi-level engineering teams.


• Experience securing distributed systems, compute platforms, or cloud services.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.


• 15 years of experience in systems security, infrastructure security, or firmware/hardware engineering.


• 8 years of experience managing managers and directing multi-level engineering teams.


• Experience securing distributed systems, compute platforms, or cloud services.

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Security, or a related field.


• Ability to translate technical complexity into clear risk postures and communicate effectively with executive stakeholders.


• Proven track record scaling systems security engineering teams at a hyperscale cloud provider or major hardware/semiconductor company.


• Deep expertise in hardware security primitives (TPM, secure enclaves, RoT, firmware, attestation) and kernel/hypervisor isolation (KVM, Linux, containers).


• Architectural leadership across distributed cluster managers (e.g. Kubernetes), data center fabrics, and OT/ICS environments.


• Demonstrated success driving \"Secure by Design\" principles and structural vulnerability eradication across hardware/software interfaces.

About The Job

As the Director of Compute and Infrastructure Security, you will lead and scale a critical engineering organization dedicated to safeguarding the core compute, hardware, and infrastructure foundations of Google Cloud. In this executive leadership role, you will define and execute the overarching technical vision, strategy, and architecture to secure our hardware supply chain, bare-metal servers, virtualized hosts, data center environments, and high-speed network fabrics.

Combining deep systems security expertise with executive people leadership, your mission is to drive proactive architectural hardening, engineer structural mitigations, and eliminate systemic vulnerabilities across our distributed infrastructure—ensuring the highest level of trust and resilience for hyperscale AI workloads and global enterprise customers.

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.

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

US: $307000 - $427000 (USD) + 30% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Build, lead, and mentor a global organization of software engineers, security architects, and managers.


• Define multi-year technical vision and engineering standards across security management and secure platforms while partnering with senior executive stakeholders to align priorities and drive shared outcomes.


• Drive architecture and defense across core compute hardware (CPUs, GPUs/TPUs, firmware, root-of-trust) and isolation boundaries across Container-Optimized OS, host hypervisors, and cluster control planes (compute infrastructure).


• Safeguard data center control planes, network fabrics, and OT/ICS against physical and logical threats while advancing shift-left security and memory safety across distributed compute platforms.


• Architect hardware-enforced tenant isolation, confidential computing, and integrity guarantees for generative AI training and inference superclusters.

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