Staff Security Engineer

Google; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Sick leave

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Paid holidays

Job summary

Google is seeking a Security Engineer for GKE to strengthen Kubernetes platform security across Google Cloud. You will collaborate with software and infrastructure teams to identify and fix vulnerabilities, implement risk-based controls, and guide security best practices for container workloads.

In this role you will lead the GKE security program, perform deep security reviews, and help shape a long-term threat-detection strategy to keep Google services and users safe.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with security assessments, 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.
• 2 years of experience working with Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale the GKE Platform Security team to address infrastructure risks.
• Perform deep-dive Kubernetes security reviews and build threat models.
• Establish secure ops practices and deliver security guidance to engineers.
• Conduct design reviews to identify gaps and coordinate threat-detection strategy.

Skills

Security assessments

Threat modeling

Security engineering

Network security

Security protocols

Coding in general-purpose languages

Cloud systems

Open source

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

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

Minimum 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.
• 2 years of experience working with Kubernetes.

Preferred qualifications

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

About The Job

Our Security team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers. Security Engineers work with network equipment and actively monitor our systems for attacks and intrusions. In this role, you will also work with software engineers to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities.

Our missions it to make GKE the most secure managed Kubernetes platform and is ready to run all container workloads safely out of the box.

GKE, Google Kubernetes Engine, is a different kind of project in Cloud. Its core component—Kubernetes—which is also created and maintained by the team, is open source and has a vibrant community of external contributors. In this role, you will focus on security for components of our systems, such as client devices, networking equipment and server infrastructure, addressing threats from all sources. You will be working on securing and hardening the Kubernetes and GKE service using a risk based approach and strategically driving the team to achieve overall security.

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

US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Lead and scale the GKE Platform Security team to proactively address emerging infrastructure risks in the rapidly shifting agentic era.
• Conduct deep-dive Kubernetes security reviews, research/reproduce vulnerabilities, and build threat models for next-generation features like the "Kubernetes for Agents" substrate.
• Establish secure operational practices and deliver concrete security guidance to engineering teams to mitigate top product threats.
• Conduct rigorous, ongoing design reviews to identify security gaps and collaborate across Google Security to build a comprehensive, long-term threat detection strategy.

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 .