Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:
Sunnyvale, CA, USA; New York, NY, USA.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
- 2 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security, and security protocols.
Preferred qualifications:
- 5 years of experience in responding to security problems (e.g., security alerts, analysis, and response).
- Experience in Go, Python, C/C++, or Java.
- Experience with Cloud environments.
- Experience leading analysis of data sets and intrusion detection systems.
- Experience with signals development, threat hunting, and threat modeling.
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 Detection team develops and maintains signals, tools, and infrastructure. As part of this team, you will be building detection mechanisms for attacker techniques tactics and procedures, developing systems to automate remediation, conducting threat hunting, and performing network and systems forensics, as well as malware and indicator analysis. The team is responsible for handling all malicious activity on Google's networks.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $147,000-$211,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about
benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Participate in a 24/7 global operation that reviews and responds to security events on Google's networks.
- Perform investigations on a wide variety of events from various sources to determine whether they pose a threat to Google.
- Participate in security incidents.
- Work with teams from around Google to discover new detection capabilities and logging sources.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also
Google's EEO Policy and
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