Public Sector Senior Security Engineer (Top Secret/SCI)

Google LLC; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Public Sector in Reston, VA seeks a Senior Security Engineer to design and operate high-assurance security systems across cloud and on-prem environments. The role emphasizes embedding security into the SDLC, building scalable Terraform-based blueprints, and leveraging AI for advanced testing.

The candidate must hold a Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph and be prepared for international travel up to 25% of the time.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
• 5 years of experience in cloud security, application security, security engineering, computer and network security, or security protocols.
• Must possess an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with current polygraph.
• Ability to travel internationally up to 25% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Identify security issues and implement and design security controls, tools, and services to improve security systems and processes.
• Embed end-to-end security guardrails directly into the SDLC, building automated evaluation pipelines, custom linting, and continuous validation tools for high-assurance code deployment.
• Architect, build, and maintain production-ready Terraform modules and deployment blueprints that scale core platform capabilities while enforcing zero-trust baseline configurations.
• Leverage Generative AI technologies to automate complex security testing, surface edge-case vulnerabilities, and identify emerging attack vectors beyond conventional scan coverage.
• Establish, monitor, and enforce technical security policies and configuration baselines across distributed multi-tenant and air-gapped cloud environments.

Skills

General purpose programming

Security engineering

Cloud security

Security testing

Security policies

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Google Public Sector in Reston, VA seeks a Senior Security Engineer to design and operate high-assurance security systems across cloud and on-prem environments. The role emphasizes embedding security into the SDLC, building scalable Terraform-based blueprints, and leveraging AI for advanced testing.

The candidate must hold a Top Secret/SCI clearance with polygraph and be prepared for international travel up to 25% of the time.