Senior Security Engineer - Sovereign Cloud Incident Lead

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

Job summary

Google Public Sector is seeking a Senior Security Engineer for the U.S. Sovereign Cloud Security Operations team in Reston, VA. You will lead incident response, proactively hunt for threats, and mature our vulnerability management program across sovereign cloud environments.

You will design and tune high‑fidelity detection rules, develop SOAR playbooks, and mentor other engineers while improving security tooling and automation for scale and reliability.

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.
• Must possess an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with current polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex incident response investigations, proactively hunt for emerging threats and mature our vulnerability management program.
• Defend sovereign cloud environments and protect Google's Public Sector's most critical customers.
• Design, build, and tune high-fidelity detection rules, analytics, and correlation searches within the SIEM platform; develop and implement SOAR playbooks to automate response workflows.
• Own technical aspects of the vulnerability management lifecycle; analyze scan results and drive timely remediation with engineering teams.
• Mentor and guide security engineers as a key escalation point for complex technical issues and lead security initiatives.

Skills

Security assessments

Threat modeling

Security design reviews

Network security

General programming

TS/SCI with polygraph

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google Public Sector is seeking a Senior Security Engineer for the U.S. Sovereign Cloud Security Operations team in Reston, VA. You will lead incident response, proactively hunt for threats, and mature our vulnerability management program across sovereign cloud environments.

You will design and tune high‑fidelity detection rules, develop SOAR playbooks, and mentor other engineers while improving security tooling and automation for scale and reliability.