Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Google is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to support its Public Sector Cyber Defense and Security Operations Group. The role focuses on identifying and addressing security vulnerabilities, designing security controls, developing AI-driven detections and offensive security tools, optimizing monitoring systems, conducting threat hunts and forensic analysis, and embedding security practices into software development workflows.
Responsibilities
- Identify security issues and implement and design security controls, tools, and services to improve security systems and processes
- Create custom AI-driven detections and workflows. Lead the design of automated, AI-native offensive tools and simulation frameworks to identify vulnerabilities at scale
- Implement monitoring strategies, response plans, and awareness programs. Optimize SIEM, IDS/IPS, and core security tools
- Conduct ongoing threat hunts using intelligence. Perform forensic analysis and provide actionable post-incident guidance
- Embed best practices into the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), building automated evaluation pipelines and guardrails for secure code deployment
Skills
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
- 5 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling
- 5 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols
- 5 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages
- Must possess an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with current polygraph
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field
- Experience building, deploying, or evaluating AI-native solutions and generative AI technologies, including integrating LLMs or agentic workflows into complex operational environments
- Experience in offensive security, red teaming, or advanced pen testing, with the ability to apply an attacker's mindset to infrastructure defense and defensive engineering
- Experience in Developer Security Operations practices, including designing high-performance evaluation pipelines, building security automation, and integrating security controls directly into Continuous Integration (CI)/Continuous Deployment (CD) workflows
Benefits
- 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
- 15% bonus target
- Equity
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