Security Engineer, Detection and Response

3 Weeks ago • 3 Years + • Cyber Security

About the job

Job Description

The Security Engineer, Detection and Response role at Google involves building and maintaining detection logic and automation to protect Google's data, network, and infrastructure from threats. This includes working with various teams to identify new detection capabilities and logging sources. The role requires participation in a 24/7 global operation, actively hunting for and responding to security events. Investigations into various events are a key responsibility, determining their potential threat to Google. Collaboration with software engineers to identify and fix security flaws is also crucial. The successful candidate will leverage their industry experience to resolve complex security incidents, policy questions, and technical security issues. The overall mission is to understand, detect, and respond effectively to sophisticated threats against Google's data and user privacy.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree in CS or related field
  • 3+ years security experience
  • Threat hunting, modeling, and security programming
  • Code reviews and incident response
  • Build and maintain detection logic
  • Work with cross-functional teams
Good to have:
  • Master's degree in CS
  • Insider threat experience
  • Automation experience
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Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 3 years of experience with security in attacks and mitigation methods.
  • Experience in threat hunting, threat modeling, security, programming or code reviews.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • Experience with insider threat and automation.

About the job

There's no such thing as a "safe system" - only safer systems. Our Security team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers. As a Security Engineer, you help protect network boundaries, keep computer systems and network devices hardened against attacks and provide security services to protect highly sensitive data like passwords and customer information. Security Engineers work directly with network equipment and actively monitor our systems for attacks and intrusions. You also work with software engineers to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities.

You use your industry experience to own and drive the resolution of complex security incidents, policy questions and technical security issues.

The mission of the Security and Privacy organization is to protect, respect and defend our users, Googlers, and the Internet. Users trust Google with large quantities of highly important data and expect it to be protected from illicit access. Increasingly, sophisticated actors attempt to threaten the security of this data and the privacy of our users. The Detection and Response team mission is to understand these threats, detect them, and respond with equal vigor.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain detection logic and automation to detect and investigate threats to Google's data, network, and infrastructure. 
  • Work with teams from around Google to discover new detection capabilities and logging sources.
  • Participate in a 24/7 global operation that hunts for 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.
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