Security Analyst I, Threat Detection (English, Spanish)

3 Months ago • 1-1 Years • Cyber Security

Job Summary

Job Description

The Detection team at Google develops and maintains the signals, tools, and infrastructure used to combat sophisticated attackers. This role involves investigating security events, threat hunting, and performing malware indicator analysis. You will be responsible for creating and maintaining the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers, defending network boundaries, hardening computer systems against attacks, and providing security services to protect sensitive data. You will monitor systems for attacks and intrusions, proactively identify flaws and vulnerabilities, and escalate complex incidents to the Detection and Response teams. You will also lead response efforts to low-severity incidents and support the response to high and medium severity security incidents as directed. This role involves analyzing security alerts in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and other external alert sources.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 1 year of experience in data analysis
  • 1 year of experience managing projects
  • Fluency in English and Spanish
  • Ability to work non-standard hours and shifts
Good to have:
  • Certification in Security+ or similar Cyber Security/Incident Response
  • Experience with automation via coding or scripting
  • Experience analyzing, triaging, and remediating common information security incidents
  • Understanding of common attacker tactics, tools, and techniques
  • Ability to work separately, prioritize, and multitask
  • Excellent problem-solving and investigative skills

Job Details


Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 1 year of experience in data analysis, including identifying trends, generating summary statistics, and drawing insights from quantitative and qualitative data.
  • 1 year of experience managing projects and defining project scope, goals, and deliverables.
  • Ability to communicate in English and Spanish fluently to support client relationship management in this region.
  • Ability to work non-standard hours and work rotations/shifts, including night shifts as required.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Certification in Security+ or similar Cyber Security/Incident Response.
  • Experience with automation via coding or scripting.
  • Experience analyzing, triaging, and remediating common information security incidents.
  • Understanding of common attacker tactics, tools, and techniques.
  • Ability to work separately, prioritize, and multitask.
  • Excellent problem-solving and investigative skills.

About the job

The Detection team develops and maintains the signals, tools, and infrastructure that we use, constantly evolving them to match sophisticated attackers, investigate security events, threat hunting, and perform malware indicator analysis.

In this role, you will create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers. You will defend network boundaries, keep computer systems and network devices hardened against attacks and provide security services to protect sensitive data (e.g., passwords and customer information). You will monitor our systems for attacks and intrusions and work to proactively identify flaws and vulnerabilities.

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

  • Search for anomalous activity via manual hunting at Alphabet scale.
  • Escalate complex/unusual incidents to Detection and Response teams.
  • Lead response efforts to low severity incidents.
  • Support the response to high and medium severity security incidents as directed.
  • Analyze security alerts in Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and other external alert sources.

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