Google

Senior Security Engineer, National Security, Google Public Sector

Google$174K — $252K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years in security assessments, design reviews, or threat modeling.
  • 5 years in security engineering, computer/network security, and protocols.
  • 5 years coding experience in a general purpose language.
  • Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance required.

Responsibilities

  • Identify and address security issues through design and implementation of controls, tools, and services.
  • Lead the development of AI-driven detections and automated offensive tools for large-scale vulnerability identification.
  • Implement effective monitoring strategies and response plans, optimizing core security tools.
  • Conduct ongoing threat hunts and forensic analyses to provide actionable insights post-incident.
  • Integrate best practices into the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) with automated evaluation pipelines.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
  • Retirement savings plan with company match.
  • Generous paid time off and flexibility.
  • Access to professional development programs.
  • Unique opportunities to work on innovative security technologies.
Full Job Description
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This position requires onsite client-facing work 5 days a week in Dayton, Ohio.

Must be a US Citizen to meet customer and compliance requirements, including potential access to classified information.

Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
  • 5 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.
  • 5 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
  • Must possess an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field.
  • Experience building, deploying, or evaluating AI-native solutions and generative AI technologies, including integrating LLMs or agentic workflows into complex operational environments.
  • Experience in offensive security, red teaming, or advanced pen testing, with the ability to apply an attacker's mindset to infrastructure defense and defensive engineering.
  • Experience in Developer Security Operations practices, including designing high-performance evaluation pipelines, building security automation, and integrating security controls directly into Continuous Integration (CI)/Continuous Deployment (CD) workflows.


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 Public Sector (GPS) Cyber Defense and Security Operations (CDSO) Group leads our Security Operations function for a range of GPS platforms and services. Combining Mandiant's deep security expertise with Google technologies, our team sets the standard in Security Engineering, Assessment, and Operations across Government Cloud programs.

Salary Info:

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

US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities
  • Identify security issues and implement and design security controls, tools, and services to improve security systems and processes.
  • Create custom AI-driven detections and workflows. Lead the design of automated, AI-native offensive tools and simulation frameworks to identify vulnerabilities at scale.
  • Implement monitoring strategies, response plans, and awareness programs. Optimize SIEM, IDS/IPS, and core security tools.
  • Conduct ongoing threat hunts using intelligence. Perform forensic analysis and provide actionable post-incident guidance.
  • Embed best practices into the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), building automated evaluation pipelines and guardrails for secure code deployment.


About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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156,500 employees
Market Cap
$1,115.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
+23.3%
Revenue
$182.5 billion
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