The Senior Security Engineer role at Google focuses on creating and maintaining a secure operating environment for users and developers. The position is part of the National Security team, which provides expert-level cybersecurity services to federal agencies. The engineer will work closely with software engineers to identify and resolve security vulnerabilities. This role requires a strong background in cloud security and security engineering, along with the ability to travel internationally.

• Must be a US Citizen to meet customer and compliance requirements.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
• 5 years of experience in cloud security, application security, security engineering, computer and network security, or security protocols.
• Must possess an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with current polygraph.
• Ability to travel internationally up to 25% of the time.

• Identify security issues and implement and design security controls, tools, and services to improve security systems and processes.
• Embed end-to-end security guardrails directly into the SDLC, building automated evaluation pipelines, custom linting, and continuous validation tools for high-assurance code deployment.
• Architect, build, and maintain production-ready Terraform modules and deployment blueprints that scale core platform capabilities while enforcing zero-trust baseline configurations.
• Leverage Generative AI technologies to automate complex security testing, surface edge-case vulnerabilities, and identify emerging attack vectors beyond conventional scan coverage.
• Establish, monitor, and enforce technical security policies and configuration baselines across distributed multi-tenant and air-gapped cloud environments.

• Employees at Google are often offered benefits like comprehensive health insurance, 401(k) matching, and flexible work arrangements, among other benefits.