Global Solutions Architect, SecOps

Google LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 192,000 - 267,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, life, and AD&D

401(k) with company match

Paid time off: 20 days/year

Sick time: 40 hours/year

Maternity leave: 28–30 weeks

Baby bonding leave: 18 weeks

13 paid holidays

Job summary

Google is seeking a Global Solutions Architect for Security Operations to serve as a deeply technical advisor for top customers. You will assess requirements, present sophisticated demonstrations of Google SecOps solutions, and drive strategic architectural solutions on a global scale.

You will scale impact by creating enablement content for Customer Engineers and Regional Security Architects, and collaborate with product teams to relay market needs and feature requests.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience required.
• 10 years of experience in threat intelligence or cyber security domains.
• Experience engaging with technical stakeholders and executive leaders.

Responsibilities

• Work with Google Cloud teams to identify business opportunities and resolve technical blockers.
• Maintain technical knowledge and demonstrate security benefits in customer environments.
• Deliver technical presentations, product briefings, proofs-of-concept, and demos to customers and partners.
• Prepare product messaging to highlight value proposition using whiteboard, slides, and product demos.
• Build advisory relationships and recommend enterprise architectures and integration strategies.

Skills

Threat intelligence

Cyber security

Executive presentation

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Cloud security

Job description

Global Solutions Architect, SecOps

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Cambridge, MA, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; +10 more

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees.

Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

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.

The application window will be open until at least November 17, 2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.

This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.

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

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Cambridge, MA, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Boulder, CO, USA; Chicago, IL, USA; Irvine, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; Miami, FL, USA; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience with threat intelligence or cyber security domains.
• Experience engaging with, and presenting to, technical stakeholders and executive leaders.
• Ability to travel to customer sites, conferences, and other related events.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Certifications in the Cloud or Security Industry.
• Experience implementing enterprise security solutions (e.g., threat detection and hunting, malware intelligence, cloud security posture management, or identity and access management systems).
• Experience presenting in conferences and other related events.

About the job

In this role as a Global Security Architect for Security Operations (SecOps), you will act as a deeply technical subject matter expert and trusted advisor for our most complex and strategic customers. You will engage directly with business prospects to discover and assess customer requirements, and prepare and present sophisticated demonstrations of Google SecOps solutions. You will drive robust, strategic architectural solutions from a global escalation perspective, actively addressing and overcoming complex technical objections that arise throughout the sales and deployment life‑cycle.

Beyond direct customer engagement, you will scale your impact globally by designing and delivering high-quality enablement content for our Customer Engineers, Partner Engineers, and Regional Security Architects worldwide. Finally, you will serve as a critical bridge to our product teams by facilitating the product interlock cadence, ensuring bi‑directional communication about new features and market needs between the field, customers, Security Product Management, and Security Product Engineering.

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: $192000 - $267000 (USD) + 42.86% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Google Cloud teams to identify business opportunities, understand key customer technical and compliance objections, and develop a strategy to resolve technical blockers.
• Maintain technical knowledge and work with Google Cloud Security products to demonstrate and validate solution benefits in customer and partner environments.
• Support Google Cloud Security relationships and own solution's technical aspects by delivering engaging technical presentations, product and solution briefings, proofs‑of‑concepts, and demos to customers, partners, and stakeholders.
• Prepare and deliver product messaging in an effort to highlight solutions value proposition using techniques including whiteboard and slide presentations, product demonstrations, white papers, trial management, and response documents.
• Build trusted advisory relationships and recommend integration strategies, enterprise architectures, platforms, and application infrastructure to advice and implement a complete Google Cloud solution.