Security Engineer, Vulnerability Coordination Center

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
• 2 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.
• 2 years of experience with coding in one or more general purpose languages.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Certification in Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or similar Cyber Security/Incident Response.
• Experience analyzing, triaging, and remediating common information security incidents.
• Experience with automation via coding or scripting.
• Understanding of common attacker tactics, tools, and techniques.
• Ability to work separately, prioritize, and multitask.
• Excellent problem-solving, investigative, and written and verbal communication skills.
  
  

About the jobOur 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.

Google has been world-renowned for the security posture of the products and platforms, and many of the risk-sensitive consumers and business users rely on the products on a daily basis.

The Security team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers.

The Detection and Response team is on the front lines of this changing landscape, providing capabilities to ensure the safety of the users.

In this role, you will actively monitor our systems for security threats, attacks and intrusions. You will work with software engineers and technology subject matter experts to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities.

Responsibilities

• Establish and mature cross-company processes around vulnerability management including operating models, maturity models, Service Level Agreement (SLA)/Service Level Objectives (SLOs), discovery, managing and reporting processes, roles/responsibilities, etc.
• Coordinate resolution of issues cross-company that arise from vulnerabilities, working with internal and industry stakeholders to comprehensively remediate security risk.
• Work with industry partners in the vulnerability coordination space, including working groups, standards bodies, common vulnerabilities and exposures issuance, etc.
• Ensure compliance with legal mandates and internal security and privacy policies.
• Automate security workflows and develop appropriate tooling and processes.
  
  
  

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .