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.

We work with a wide range of other teams such as EIP, Platforms, ProdSecLabs, CredInfra, VirtSec, ISE, PSE and other security oranisations at Google to review, design, verify and implement platform security improvements, acceptance tests, firmware, and other technical controls.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities:

• Identify security issues and implement and design security controls, tools, and services to improve security systems and processes.
• Work with platform engineering teams to shape the security of new and changing platforms (hardware, firmware, operating systems).
• Develop threat models and security requirements to best understand who/what we need to protect against and how systems should be protected.
• Assess existing production infrastructure to identify latent and/or systemic issues and drive remediation efforts to address them.
• Design and engineer the necessary security controls for identified risks.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in security and security assessment.
• Experience in software engineering.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in low-level C/Assembly.
• Experience with OS hardening, specifically Linux, or BSD-variants.
• Understanding of both offensive and defensive security methods.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Benefits: 

• Health and Wellbeing (Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents)
• Financial wellbeing (Competitive compensation, regular bonus and equity refresh opportunities)
• Flexibility and time off (Paid time off, including vacation, bereavement, jury duty, sick leave, parental leave, disability, and holidays)
• Family support and care (Fertility and growing family support, parental leave and baby bonding leave)
• Community and personal development (Educational reimbursement)
• Googley extras (Inspiring spaces to work, recharge, and collaborate with fellow Googlers)