Senior Staff Security Engineer, Google Distributed Cloud

Responsibilities

Lead security architecture, threat modeling, and design reviews for Google Distributed Cloud products, while setting long-term security strategy and driving adoption of organization-wide security standards. Lead incident response and root-cause analysis, implement scalable remediation, and provide technical leadership and mentorship across engineering teams.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience, at least 10 years of security engineering and coding experience, and experience with security assessments, design reviews or threat modeling, Linux internals, and Kubernetes environments. Preferred qualifications include hardware security, reverse engineering, compliance and accreditation, cloud security, vulnerability management, risk assessment, and security control design and verification.

Skills

• Security Engineering
• Computer And Network Security
• Security Protocols
• Security Assessments
• Security Design Reviews
• Threat Modeling
• Coding
• Linux Internals
• Kubernetes
• Hardware Security
• Reverse Engineering
• Cloud Security
• Vulnerability Management
• Risk Assessment
• Security Controls
• Incident Response

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits

About this role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

* Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
* 10 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network
security, and security protocols.
* 10 years of experience with security assessments, security design reviews, or
threat modeling.
* 10 years of coding experience in one or more general-purpose languages.
* Experience working on Linux internals.
* Experience managing Kubernetes environments, deploying containerized
applications, monitoring cluster health, and troubleshooting issues.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

* Experience in hardware security and reverse engineering.
* Experience with Security Compliance and Accreditation processes.
* Experience with cloud security concepts and technologies, including Identity
and Access Management (IAM), encryption, data loss prevention, security
information and event management, cloud workload protection platforms, and
threat detection/prevention solutions.
* Experience in vulnerability management, risk assessment, triage, or
remediation.
* Experience in designing, implementing, and verifying security controls.

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.

The Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) Security Team is dedicated to ensuring the
security and privacy of GDC connected and air-gapped products. We are seeking a
Staff Security Engineer to embed security expertise into every stage of the
product development lifecycle. In this role, you will manage a wide range of
security priorities, continuously assessing our systems to design, develop,
deploy, and enhance security solutions. You will be responsible for safeguarding
customer data and Google IP across the full stack—from hardware to the
application layer.

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.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related
skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $262000 - $364000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google
[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Lead security architecture, threat modeling, and design reviews for GDC
products, ensuring a strong security-by-design posture from inception through
deployment.
* Drive the long-term security strategy and roadmap for large-scale distributed
systems, proactively identifying and mitigating systemic risks and complex
architectural vulnerabilities.
* Partner across engineering, SRE, and product teams to establish and drive the
adoption of organization-wide security standards, best practices, and secure
coding patterns.
* Lead complex security incident response efforts, conduct root-cause analyses,
and implement scalable remediation strategies to protect the integrity of GDC
infrastructure.
* Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior and executive
engineers, fostering a culture of security excellence and continuous
improvement across the engineering organization.

About Google

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