Senior Security Engineer, Product Security Engineering, Cloud CISO

Google; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off 20 days per year

Sick time 40 hours/year (69 Seattle)

Maternity leave 28-30 weeks

Baby Bonding Leave 18 weeks

Holidays 13 days per year

Job summary

Google is seeking a Security Engineer in Kirkland, WA to strengthen product and cloud security through hands-on defense, risk assessments, and secure design reviews. You will partner with software engineers to fix vulnerabilities and raise security standards across multiple Cloud products.

The role emphasizes vulnerability mitigation, threat modeling, and scalable security practices, with focus on incident prevention and risk reduction. This position is full-time and on-site in Washington state.

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 coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
• 5 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
• Experience with vulnerability management including identification, classification and remediation.

Responsibilities

• Surface vulnerability patterns and implement mitigations and hardening strategies to eliminate them.
• Drive vulnerability discovery coverage across Google Cloud products and shared infrastructure.
• Enable real-time visibility into Cloud product security risks, enabling prioritization based on business impact and exploitability.
• Review and develop secure operational practices, and provide security guidance for engineers and support staff.
• Design and drive implementation of scalable solutions; facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.

Skills

security engineering

coding

security assessments

vulnerability management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.

Minimum 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 coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
• 5 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
• Experience with vulnerability management including identification, classification and remediation.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience applying AI/ML to solve complex security problems (e.g., vulnerability validation, remediation).
• Experience with securing Cloud infrastructure and products running in Cloud environments.
• Understanding of vulnerability assessment and exploitation methods.
• Track record of successfully designing, implementing, and managing security projects and excellent teamwork and communication skills.
• Track record of influencing others without authority, and building strong relationships with stakeholders.

About The Job

Our Security team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers. Security Engineers work with network equipment and actively monitor our systems for attacks and intrusions. In this role, you will also work with software engineers to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities. Product Security Engineering is the team within the Cloud CISO organization responsible for helping ensure every product Cloud ships is as secure as it can be and increasing the assurance levels of security in the infrastructure underlying all our products. This team will also focus on increasing the capabilities of each product team to develop more secure products by design and by default, from patterns, tools and frameworks to increasing the skill level of embedded security leads. As a Security Engineer, you will help to ensure that our software and systems are designed and implemented to the highest security standards. You will oversee technical security assessments, code reviews and vulnerability testing to highlight risk, helping Google teams and partners to improve security, and work to secure a wide variety of software designs and technology stacks. Google Cloud accelerates every organization's ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google's 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 - $253000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

• Surface vulnerability patterns, and implement mitigations and hardening strategies to eliminate them.
• Drive vulnerability discovery coverage across Google Cloud products and shared infrastructure.
• Enable real-time visibility into Cloud product security risks, enabling prioritization based on a number of dimensions, such as business impact, and exploitability.
• Review and develop secure operational practices, and provide security guidance for engineers and support staff.
• Design and drive implementation of scalable solutions. Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .