Staff Network Security Engineer, Google Enterprise Network

Google LLC; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 176,000 - 256,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC's Enterprise Network (GEN) Engineering team seeks a Staff Network Security Engineer to manage risks to GEN hardware and software, and to build automation enforcing security policies. You will collaborate with customers, vendors, network operations, and deployment teams to ensure safe, secure and efficient designs aligned with user needs.

The role focuses on developing security programs, architectures, and scalable patterns across various network domains, including enterprise networks

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years with network routing protocols, design and troubleshooting.
• Experience planning and designing networks across multiple sites/products.
• Experience with network security architecture, threat modeling and security assessments.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and technical direction to cross-functional teams.
• Develop security framework, standards and baselines for infrastructures and networks.
• Conduct threat modeling and security assessments for products/services to reduce risk.
• Explain security risks to both technical and non-technical audiences and propose remediation.
• Lead security programs from inception to roadmap, milestones and impact.

Skills

Network routing

Network design

Security architecture

Threat modeling

Security assessments

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Austin, TX, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience with network routing protocols, design and troubleshooting, with network equipment providers.
• Experience with planning and designing networks (e.g., multiple sites, multiple products, etc.).
• Experience with network security, network security architecture, threat modeling, security assessment and security standards.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience working with and leading cross-functional teams from technical and non-technical backgrounds to drive positive security outcomes across organizations.
• Experience developing security policies, standards, and controls with practical implementation experience across enterprise network environments.
• Experience in security engineering, security assessment, vulnerability management, and threat modeling, with experience in automation and delivering organization-wide programs.
• Experience developing architectural patterns with several reusable components to drive security at scale.
• Experience in several domains such as network enterprise architecture, identity and access management, network security, application security, cloud security, or infrastructure security.

About The Job

Google is proud to boast a network that provides service to millions of Internet users around the world. The Network Engineering team is responsible for operating that network reliably and at scale. As a member of the team, you have a direct impact on design and feature enhancements to keep our systems running smoothly. You also ensure that network operations are safe and efficient by monitoring network performance, coordinating planned maintenance, adjusting hardware components and responding to network connectivity issues. Google's complex network generates a constant stream of challenges which require you to continually be innovative with an evolving set of technologies. Keeping the network reliable ensures that our users stay connected with our suite of applications, products and services.

The Google Enterprise Network (GEN) Engineering team is responsible for designing the next generation network and software platforms that run Google’s day-to-day business.

As a Staff Network Security Engineer, you will be responsible for the managing risks to GEN network hardware and software systems, developing automation and tools to enforce security policies, and partnering closely with customers, vendors team, network operations, and deployment teams to ensure the designs and solutions are safe, secure, efficient and address our user's requirements.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $176000 - $256000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Provide leadership and technical direction, driving cross-functional teams to achieve significant organizational impact.
• Develop security framework, policies, standards and baselines for various infrastructures and network designs with the goal of uplifting security and reducing risks.
• Conduct threat modeling and security assessments for various product, services, and offerings to help secure them while collaborating with the teams to develop solutions to help reduce overall risks.
• Experience in developing network and software technologies, with an understanding of associated security risks to recommend risk remediation to both technical and non-technical audience.
• Lead security programs and initiatives from inception to define roadmap, milestones, and impact, with consideration of resourcing, technical issues, and risks factors.

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 .