Security Detection Engineer II - Enterprise Automation

Google LLC; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Security Engineer II for Enterprise Detection Engineering in San Jose, CA. The role focuses on building and maturing high‑fidelity threat detections across enterprise surfaces, integrating automation, and working with incident response and engineering partners.

In-person interviews are common, with compensation including a strong USD salary, bonus target, equity, and benefits. Responsibilities include planning threat models, designing detection components across multiple

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

• Support peers to plan and execute threat models and scope detection requirements for enterprise surfaces, focusing on high-risk areas such as Insider Exfiltration, Access Abuse, and Malicious Process Execution.
• Support engineers to design and implement components of detection logic for systems involving multiple interconnected components, ensuring comprehensive coverage across enterprise surfaces.
• Assess security risks and justify detection strategies based on threat intelligence and risk models. Design and implement improvements to existing detections to reduce false positives and improve detection fidelity.
• Participate in post-exercise analysis (e.g., Red Team, Purple Team) to identify detection gaps, document findings, and implement remediation detections.
• Work with peers to propose and implement incremental improvements to detection engineering pipelines, testing frameworks and automation tooling.

Skills

Security engineering

Threat modeling

Coding

Security assessments

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Yara-L

YARA

Sigma

SQL

Job description

Google is seeking a Security Engineer II for Enterprise Detection Engineering in San Jose, CA. The role focuses on building and maturing high‑fidelity threat detections across enterprise surfaces, integrating automation, and working with incident response and engineering partners.

In-person interviews are common, with compensation including a strong USD salary, bonus target, equity, and benefits. Responsibilities include planning threat models, designing detection components across multiple