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X In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.
In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:
- Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
- Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
- Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
- Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
- Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Minimum qualifications:- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, and with data structures and algorithms.
- 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
- Experience in Linux kernel programming, device bring-up, BSP.
- Experience with Kernel-Based Virtual Machine, Kernel Programming, Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Monitor, Operating Systems, Security Analysis, Threat Modeling.
Preferred qualifications:- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
- 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
- Experience with systems engineering, familiarity with operating system principles and architecture.
- Experience in system architectural security measures: threat modeling, risk mitigation, memory safety, privilege reduction, etc.
- Understanding of virtual machines/hypervisors.
- Strong programming skills (C/C , Python, Rust).
About the jobWith your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.
The Core Virtualization Security Team is evolving node security architecture, with a focus on our Virtual Machine Manager:
- End-to-end virtual machine monitor (VMM) hardening, from low level Kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) interfaces to lifecycle management.
- Partnering with product teams to securely add new platform support, including the latest Intel, AMD and Arm chips.
- Taking advantage of new software techniques and hardware capabilities to enhance security.
- Rapid adoption of Rust across the codebase.
- Developing novel solutions for architecture hardening as the overall virt stack evolves.
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
Responsibilities - Design and develop new architectural hardening and defensive measures that improve the security of the VMM and the virtualization node overall.
- Provide technical leadership, participate in planning, and own outcomes for large initiatives.
- Work with various other teams, PMs, TPMs etc. in Google Compute Engine (GCE) and Cloud to collaborate on large-scale security initiatives.
- Triage and fix production issues, while also creating ways to reduce ongoing toil and improve quality over time.
- Evolve the security of the core virtual machine monitor (VMM) layer and the virtualization node overall through low-level systems engineering and architectural improvements.
