Senior Digital Forensics Security Engineer

Google; New York (NY); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Security Engineer in Digital Forensics with expertise in incident response, DFIR investigations, and cross-team collaboration across New York and San Francisco locations. The role emphasizes forensics tooling, threat modeling, and secure design reviews to protect user data and infrastructure.

You will work with a global Security Response team, grow forensic and crisis management skills, and impact Google's security posture across multiple regions.

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.
• 4 years of practical experience with digital forensic analysis.

Responsibilities

• Perform investigations on a wide variety of security and privacy events from various sources to determine whether they pose a threat to Google.
• Participate in large-scale security and privacy incidents, write incident reports, and participate in post-mortems.
• Participate in internal training to make sure forensic best practices are followed.
• Work with teams from around Google to discover new investigative and forensics capabilities.
• Develop internal and Open Source tools used to respond to incidents (e.g., digital forensic toolkits) to support Google’s unique environment.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

GRR

Plaso

The Sleuth Kit

libyal

Cellebrite

Crowdstrike Falcon

Volatility

Job description

Google is seeking a Senior Security Engineer in Digital Forensics with expertise in incident response, DFIR investigations, and cross-team collaboration across New York and San Francisco locations. The role emphasizes forensics tooling, threat modeling, and secure design reviews to protect user data and infrastructure.

You will work with a global Security Response team, grow forensic and crisis management skills, and impact Google's security posture across multiple regions.