Senior Information Security Engineer, Product Security Engineering

Google Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, life, accident

401(k) with company match

Paid time off: 20 days per year

Sick time: 40 hours/year (Seattle 69)

Maternity leave: 28–30 weeks

Baby bonding leave: 18 weeks

13 paid holidays per year

Job summary

Google Security Engineering is seeking a Senior Information Security Engineer for Product Security Engineering to help protect Google Cloud and internal systems. You will drive risk reduction across security domains, conduct reviews, and guide engineers on secure design and incident response.

The role emphasizes threat modeling, secure coding practices, and collaboration with product teams to harden features and services against attacks. Strong leadership and mentoring duties are included.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.
• 5 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
• 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.
• Coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.

Responsibilities

• Identify security issues and implement and design security controls, tools, and services to improve security systems and processes.
• Perform security reviews, research and reproduce vulnerabilities, design secure protocols and systems, and write tests and fuzzers.
• Review and develop secure operational practices, and provide security guidance for engineers and support staff.
• Respond to vulnerabilities with repros, variant analysis, mitigations, and hardening.
• Review designs and drive toward defense in depth and security by default.

Skills

Security engineering

Network security

Threat modeling

Coding languages

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Senior Information Security Engineer, Product Security Engineering

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Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.

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X 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

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Kirkland, WA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.
• 5 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
• 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.
• Coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience identifying and mitigating network security risks using threat modeling and other risk identification techniques.
• Experience in applications security, cryptography, network security or systems security.
• Experience with C++ dynamic analysis and static code analysis.
• Expertise in in security assessments, vulnerability management and security research.

About the job

There's no such thing as a "safe system" - only safer systems. Our Security team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers. As a Security Engineer, you help protect network boundaries, keep computer systems and network devices hardened against attacks and provide security services to protect highly sensitive data like passwords and customer information. Security Engineers work directly with network equipment and actively monitor our systems for attacks and intrusions. You also work with software engineers to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities.

You use your industry experience to own and drive the resolution of complex security incidents, policy questions and technical security issues.

In this role, you will help set the focus, direction and impact of this organization with regards to product security. There is an exciting mix of work to be accomplished across multiple security domains. A few examples are: security reviews, security education, web application scanning and testing, vulnerability research and security data analysis all with the goal of highlighting and driving down risk.

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.

About the job

There's no such thing as a "safe system" - only safer systems. Our Security team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers. As a Security Engineer, you help protect network boundaries, keep computer systems and network devices hardened against attacks and provide security services to protect highly sensitive data like passwords and customer information. Security Engineers work directly with network equipment and actively monitor our systems for attacks and intrusions. You also work with software engineers to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities.

You use your industry experience to own and drive the resolution of complex security incidents, policy questions and technical security issues.

In this role, you will help set the focus, direction and impact of this organization with regards to product security. There is an exciting mix of work to be accomplished across multiple security domains. A few examples are: security reviews, security education, web application scanning and testing, vulnerability research and security data analysis all with the goal of highlighting and driving down risk.

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: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

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• Identify security issues and implement and design security controls, tools, and services to improve security systems and processes.
• Perform security reviews, research and reproduce vulnerabilities, design secure protocols and systems, and write tests and fuzzers. Look for vulnerabilities with techniques including reverse engineering, fuzzing, and static analysis.
• Review and develop secure operational practices, and provide security guidance for engineers and support staff.
• Respond to vulnerabilities with repros, variant analysis, mitigations, and hardening. Focus on the security strategy for Google Cloud.
• Review designs and drive towards defense in depth and security by default, both with one-time reviews and longer term engagements.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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