Senior Threat Intel Engineer: Malware & Exploit Research

Google; North Carolina; Remote; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Security Engineer for Google Cloud to advance threat research, risk modeling, and detection engineering. You will partner with cross-functional teams to identify vulnerabilities, model risk activity, and deliver actionable intelligence that disrupts threats.

The role emphasizes mentorship, project leadership, and collaboration across Security and product teams. The position involves hands-on security analyses, developing detections, and driving security improvements at scale.

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.
• 1 year of experience leading teams in a technical capacity or leading technical risk analysis in an enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Own, prioritize, and drive the tracking of complex, threat actors and associated research projects.
• Lead complex technical analyses, modeling threat activity, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and indicators of compromise (IOCs) across internal platforms (mGraph).
• Create and deploy detection signatures (autoqueries, Watchtower rules) to maintain visibility over threat actors and assist in closing security gaps.
• Produce polished, high-quality technical intelligence documentation and actor profiles to deliver actionable insights to internal and external stakeholders.
• Influence technical direction within your scope, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional Google teams to support threat disruption efforts. Collaborate with security engineers and product teams in designing innovative exploit mitigations.

Skills

Security assessments

Security design reviews

Threat modeling

Security engineering

Security protocols

Coding experience

Team leadership

Threat analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google is seeking a Security Engineer for Google Cloud to advance threat research, risk modeling, and detection engineering. You will partner with cross-functional teams to identify vulnerabilities, model risk activity, and deliver actionable intelligence that disrupts threats.

The role emphasizes mentorship, project leadership, and collaboration across Security and product teams. The position involves hands-on security analyses, developing detections, and driving security improvements at scale.