Threat Intelligence & Defense Operations Lead (Remote)

Google; United States; Remote; USD 262,000 - 364,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Sick time

Maternity Leave

Baby Bonding Leave

Holidays

Job summary

Google Defense Intelligence, a part of Google’s Threat Operations, seeks a Threat Operations Lead to direct operational execution for security engineers and analysts, overseeing complex investigations and converting intelligence into systemic mitigations.

The role supports Google leadership with strategic risk assessments, scales defenses globally, and balances rapid response with long‑term issue tracking, while encouraging collaboration and technical curiosity in a fast‑paced team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience with security assessments, design reviews or threat modeling.
• 10 years of experience with security engineering, network security and protocols.
• 10 years of experience leading technical teams or risk analysis.
• Experience in people management.

Responsibilities

• Threat hunting and advanced attribution to unmask and disrupt sophisticated global adversary campaigns.
• Provide high-fidelity strategic assessments and threat landscape analysis to guide leadership risk management and enable defense.
• Drive sustainable capacity and performance through toil-reducing automation and streamlined workflows.
• Oversee the integration of agentic workflows and advanced analytics into core investigative capabilities.
• Manage early-warning escalation life-cycles and cross-functional response to emerging, high-exposure threats.

Skills

Threat modeling

Security assessments

Security design reviews

Security engineering

People management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google Defense Intelligence, a part of Google’s Threat Operations, seeks a Threat Operations Lead to direct operational execution for security engineers and analysts, overseeing complex investigations and converting intelligence into systemic mitigations.

The role supports Google leadership with strategic risk assessments, scales defenses globally, and balances rapid response with long‑term issue tracking, while encouraging collaboration and technical curiosity in a fast‑paced team.