About the job

There's no such thing as a "safe system" - only safer systems. Our Security team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers. As a Security Engineer, you help protect network boundaries, keep computer systems and network devices hardened against attacks and provide security services to protect highly sensitive data like passwords and customer information. Security Engineers work directly with network equipment and actively monitor our systems for attacks and intrusions. You also work with software engineers to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities.

You are a recognized expert in at least two security domains and use your leadership skills to manage a team that sets the direction and goals for solving Google-wide problems. You identify fundamental security problems at Google and drives major security improvements in Google infrastructure.

In this role, you will be responsible for securing access to Google's infrastructure and services spanning all enterprise environments (e.g., Google Cloud, Production, Corporate, etc.) across all cohorts (e.g., employees, vendors, partners, etc.).

The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.

Responsibilities

• Inspire, grow, develop talent, and set direction for the team.

• Collaborate with partner teams across security engineering.

• Work with security engineers, product managers, technical program managers, stakeholders in product areas, and partner teams to implement preventive exfiltration controls.

• Design and build controls for many systems, including Workspace, Chrome, Buganizer, Endpoints, Access, and more.

• Lead the design of automatic AI based classification systems.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, 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.

• 5 years of experience in managing a team of engineers or security professionals for an organization.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in protecting systems, security assessments, or security testing of platforms.

• Experience implementing AI classification systems.

• Experience prioritizing and managing across multiple time-sensitive initiatives.

• Excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills.

• Background designing security solutions to business problems.