[Remote] Cyber Defense Detection Engineer, Mandiant, Google Cloud

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Google is hiring a Cyber Defense Detection Engineer for Mandiant, part of Google Cloud. The role helps clients prepare for, mitigate, and respond to cybersecurity threats by improving security operations, supporting security tool implementation, and guiding incident containment and remediation.

Responsibilities

• Identify issues in customer Cyber Defense Centers and formulate strategies for improvement, plan implementation of improvements, and execute/oversee plans to completion
• Create and modify Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) use cases and detection logic, leveraging cyber threat intelligence, written in technology-specific query language or Sigma open signature format
• Provide expertise for SIEM and other SOC technologies that assist in incident response
• Measure and improve alert fidelity through metrics creation, tracking, responding to tuning requests, implementing incident-specific detection logic, etc
• Engage and collaborate with client stakeholders and other groups within the customer environment to drive resolution for security issues

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity or related technical field or equivalent practical experience
• 3 years of experience with detection tuning and creation leveraging various security tools (e.g., SIEM, EDR, or NDR tools)
• Experience with content engineering inside SIEM platforms (e.g., rule creation, advanced correlation searching, etc
• Experience with scripting languages (e.g., PowerShell and Python)
• Experience with SPL, KQL, YARA-L or similar SIEM query languages, with an understanding of SIEM log flow, aggregation, and forwarding
• Ability to engage and collaborate with client stakeholders and other groups within the customer environment to drive resolution for security issues
• Ability to develop executive stakeholder client relationships to achieve project/long-term objectives

Benefits

• 15% bonus target
• Equity

Company Overview

Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet. It was founded in 1998, and is headquartered in Mountain View, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.google.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

Google has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 7025 in 2026, 8763 in 2025, 8872 in 2024, 9682 in 2023, 11626 in 2022, 9109 in 2021, 9785 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.