Senior Security Engineer, National Security

Google is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to support its Public Sector Cyber Defense and Security Operations Group. The role focuses on identifying and mitigating security vulnerabilities, designing AI-driven detections and offensive security tools, optimizing security monitoring, conducting threat hunts and forensic analysis, and embedding security practices into software development workflows.

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

Requirements:

• 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 be a US Citizen to meet customer and compliance requirements, including potential access to classified information
• Must possess an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with current polygraph
• 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