Staff Security Engineer, Google Threat Intelligence Group

Responsibilities

The role involves identifying security issues and designing controls to improve system security while engaging with cross-functional teams to disrupt threat actor operations. You will analyze threat actor infrastructure and tactics to automate disruption efforts and support broader security initiatives.

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 8 years of experience in security engineering, threat modeling, and coding in general-purpose languages. Additionally, 3 years of technical leadership experience and a bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience are required.

Skills

• Security Engineering
• Threat Modeling
• Network Security
• Security Assessments
• Threat Intelligence
• Malware Analysis
• Offensive Security
• Vulnerability Remediation
• Stakeholder Management
• Risk Analysis
• Incident Investigation
• Security Controls
• Automation
• Programming

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Health Insurance

About this role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

* Bachelor's degree 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.

* 3 years of experience leading teams in a technical capacity or leading
technical risk analysis in an enterprise environment.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

* Experience in computer security or threat intelligence to include developing
and deployment of security capabilities (eg, host/network monitoring),
network analysis, offensive security, vulnerability remediation, etc.
* Experience investigating computer intrusions
* Experience in stakeholder management (i.e., leading, presenting, reporting)
to numerous audiences including executives.

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 Disruption Team within the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) is
focused on enabling significant degradation of threat actors’ missions,
operations and capabilities. Our team focuses on the most significant threat
actors targeting our users, customers, and the broader online ecosystem. We do
so through the identification and refinement of disruption opportunities which
bring together a toolbox of both technical and nontechnical capabilities. We
target both nation-state and criminal actors for disruption, prioritizing based
on the level of expected impact to the actor and our users. To accomplish our
mission we partner deeply with a wide array of stakeholders. This includes
mission teams within GTIG Threat Operations responsible for tracking and
analyzing attacker groups, broader GTIG teams such as Intel Delivery, and an
array of product and abuse teams across Alphabet. We also partner with a wide
array of external stakeholders including governments and industry partners.

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

US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

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

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Identify security issues and implement and design security controls, tools,
and services to improve security systems and processes.

* Engage across GTIG and Alphabet to identify, vet and refine disruption
opportunities, working closely with GTIG Mission Tech Leads, Threat
Operations, Intel Delivery, and Product Areas.
* Analyze data to build a comprehensive picture of threat actor infrastructure,
malware, tactics, organizational structure, and other relevant factors in
support of disruption planning.
* Advocate the GTIG Disruption program and develop relationships across
Alphabet, external security and technology companies, non-profit
organizations, internet hosting providers, and government and law enforcement
organizations globally.
* Identify opportunities to automate disruption of malicious activity and
support efforts to improve our systems.

About Google

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