Senior Cloud Security Engineer — AI‑Driven Risk Mitigation

Socket.dev; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Cloud is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to help ensure our software and systems meet the highest security standards. You will perform technical security assessments, code reviews, and vulnerability testing to highlight risk and help Google teams improve security across products and infrastructure.

You will leverage Gemini and other AI tools to analyze products, review designs for vulnerabilities, and develop remediation strategies, with responsibilities spanning secure operations and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
• 5 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.
• 5 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
• 1 year of experience leading teams in a technical capacity or leading technical risk analysis in an enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Leverage Gemini and other AI tools to analyze products, identify risks and create remediation strategies.
• Review and develop secure operational practices, and provide security guidance for engineers and support staff.
• Review designs and look for vulnerabilities, both with one-time reviews and longer term engagements.
• Look for vulnerabilities with techniques including agentic AI scanning, reverse engineering, fuzzing, and static analysis.
• Respond to vulnerabilities with repos, mitigations, and hardening, surface vulnerability patterns and design them out, focus on the security strategy for Google Cloud.

Skills

Security design reviews

Threat modeling

Security engineering

Networking security

Coding

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google Cloud is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to help ensure our software and systems meet the highest security standards. You will perform technical security assessments, code reviews, and vulnerability testing to highlight risk and help Google teams improve security across products and infrastructure.

You will leverage Gemini and other AI tools to analyze products, review designs for vulnerabilities, and develop remediation strategies, with responsibilities spanning secure operations and