Senior Security Engineer, Threat Research & Defenses

Google Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google San Jose, CA, USA is seeking a Senior Security Engineer in Security Research to own outcomes and drive security research initiatives. You will collaborate with engineers to identify and fix vulnerabilities and to scale security research across our systems.

The role requires extensive experience in security assessments, threat modeling, and coding, with leadership experience to guide technical risk analysis in an enterprise environment.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Conduct vulnerability research and exploit development, specifically in iOS, MacOS and XNU.
• Create tools and infrastructure that enables the team to scale up our research efforts.
• Engage the wider defensive community by publishing your results.
• Work with other security engineers on the analysis of, and response to vulnerabilities reported by other parties.

Skills

Security assessments

Threat modeling

Security engineering

Coding

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Google San Jose, CA, USA is seeking a Senior Security Engineer in Security Research to own outcomes and drive security research initiatives. You will collaborate with engineers to identify and fix vulnerabilities and to scale security research across our systems.

The role requires extensive experience in security assessments, threat modeling, and coding, with leadership experience to guide technical risk analysis in an enterprise environment.