Security Engineer, Detection

1 Month ago • 1 Years + • Cyber Security • $118,000 PA - $170,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Security Engineer, Detection role at Google involves participating in a 24/7 global operation to hunt for and respond to security events. Responsibilities include investigating events to identify threats, collaborating with teams to improve detection capabilities, developing novel detection mechanisms for attacker techniques, and creating tools to scale detection. The role requires deep analysis of threats across various Google environments and handling all malicious activity on Google's networks. This team focuses on advanced persistent threats (APTs) and insider threats. Proactive identification and remediation of security flaws and vulnerabilities are key aspects of the job.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree in CS or related field
  • 1 year experience in security incident response
  • Programming experience (Python, Go, C/C++, Java)
  • Data analysis and intrusion detection experience
Good to have:
  • Experience with signals development
  • Threat hunting and threat modeling experience
Perks:
  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 1 year of experience in responding to security problems in environments, looking at security alerts, front-line analysis and response.
  • Experience programming in Python, Go, C/C++, or Java.
  • Experience in analysis of data sets and intrusion detection systems.

Preferred qualifications:

  • 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 the signals, tools, and infrastructure that Google uses, constantly evolving them to match sophisticated attackers. As part of this team, you will be building advanced and novel 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. You are responsible for handling all malicious activity on Google's networks. You will perform deep analysis of threats on the corporate, production, and acquisition environments. This is the team at Google that hunts for and helps respond to advanced (APT) attackers and insider threats.The US base salary range for this full-time position is $118,000-$170,000 + 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 .

Responsibilities

  • Participate in a 24/7 global operation that hunts for and responds to security events on Google's networks. Participate in large-scale security incidents.
  • Perform investigations on a wide variety of events from various sources to determine whether they pose a threat to Google.
  • Work with teams from around Google to discover new detection capabilities and logging sources.
  • Create and develop new novel detections for different attacker techniques.
  • Create and develop new tooling to enable scaling of detection capabilities.

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