Staff Security Engineer

Cybersecurity Jobs; Seattle (WA); Presencial; USD 207.000 - 300.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health, dental, vision, life, and DIS

401(k) with company match

20 days vacation per year (Seattle)

Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability

Baby Bonding Leave

13 paid days per year

Descripción de la vacante

Google’s Security organization is seeking a Staff Security Engineer to strengthen GKE into the most secure managed Kubernetes platform. This onsite Seattle role blends technical depth with leadership of the GKE Platform Security team and requires driving threat modeling and secure operational practices.

You will lead reviews, develop threat models for new Kubernetes capabilities, and coordinate with Google Security to support a long-term threat detection strategy for container workloads.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with security assessments, security design reviews, or threat modeling.
• 8 years of experience in security engineering, including computer and network security and security protocols.
• 8 years of coding experience in one or more general-purpose languages.
• 2 years of experience working with Kubernetes.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and scale the GKE Platform Security team to proactively address emerging infrastructure risks.
• Perform deep-dive Kubernetes security reviews, research and reproduce vulnerabilities, and create threat models for next-generation features.
• Put secure operational practices in place and deliver actionable security guidance to engineering teams to mitigate top product threats.
• Run rigorous, ongoing design reviews to surface security gaps and coordinate with teams across Google Security to build a comprehensive, long-term threat detection strategy.

Conocimientos

Kubernetes

Security engineering

Threat modeling

Security assessments

Coding

Educación

Bachelor’s degree

Descripción del empleo

Google’s Security organization is dedicated to maintaining a safer operating environment for users and developers. As a Staff Security Engineer on Security, you will help strengthen GKE into the most secure managed Kubernetes platform, with a focus on secure operations, threat-informed design, and practical guidance for engineering teams.

This Seattle, WA (onsite) role combines technical depth in Kubernetes security with leadership responsibilities for the GKE Platform Security team. You will lead reviews, drive threat modeling for emerging Kubernetes capabilities, and collaborate across Google Security to support a long-term threat detection strategy.

Role Summary

Focus areas include scaling platform security, conducting deep-dive Kubernetes security reviews, researching and reproducing vulnerabilities, and providing security guidance to mitigate key product threats. The team’s mission emphasizes running container workloads safely out of the box and hardening both Kubernetes and GKE services using a risk-based approach.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale the GKE Platform Security team to proactively address emerging infrastructure risks in a rapidly changing agentic era.
• Perform deep-dive Kubernetes security reviews, including researching and reproducing vulnerabilities, and create threat models for next-generation features such as the \"Kubernetes for Agents\" substrate.
• Put secure operational practices in place and deliver actionable security guidance to engineering teams to help mitigate top product threats.
• Run rigorous, ongoing design reviews to surface security gaps and coordinate with teams across Google Security to build a comprehensive, long-term threat detection strategy.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with security assessments, security design reviews, or threat modeling.
• 8 years of experience in security engineering, including computer and network security and security protocols.
• 8 years of coding experience in one or more general-purpose languages.
• 2 years of experience working with Kubernetes.

Technologies

• Kubernetes
• GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine)
• Cloud systems

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• 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
• 13 paid days per year

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Cloud systems.
• Contributed to open source software.

Compensation: USD 207,000 - 300,000 per year.