Senior Staff Security Engineer, Google Distributed Cloud

As a Senior Staff Security Engineer for Google Distributed Cloud, you will embed security expertise across the product lifecycle while protecting customer data and Google IP from hardware through application layers.

Responsibilities

• Lead security architecture, threat modeling, and design reviews for GDC products to maintain a security-by-design approach from inception through deployment.
• Own the long-term security strategy and roadmap for large-scale distributed systems, identifying and mitigating systemic risks and complex architectural vulnerabilities.
• Collaborate with engineering, SRE, and product teams to drive adoption of organization-wide security standards, best practices, and secure coding patterns.
• Lead complex security incident response, perform root-cause analyses, and implement scalable remediation to protect GDC infrastructure integrity.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior and executive engineers, strengthening security excellence and continuous improvement across the engineering organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in security engineering, computer and network security, and security protocols.
• 10 years of experience with security assessments, security design reviews, or threat modeling.
• 10 years of coding experience in one or more general-purpose languages.
• Experience working on Linux internals.
• Experience managing Kubernetes environments, deploying containerized applications, monitoring cluster health, and troubleshooting issues.

Technologies

• Linux
• Kubernetes
• Containerized applications
• Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Encryption
• Data loss prevention
• Security information and event management
• Cloud workload protection platforms

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in hardware security and reverse engineering.
• Experience with Security Compliance and Accreditation processes.
• Experience with cloud security concepts and technologies, including IAM, encryption, data loss prevention, security information and event management, cloud workload protection platforms, and threat detection/prevention solutions.
• Experience in vulnerability management, risk assessment, triage, or remediation.
• Experience in designing, implementing, and verifying security controls.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• 40 hours/year sick time (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
• 13 paid days per year

Location: Seattle, WA (onsite)

Salary: USD 262,000 - 364,000 per year

Preferred working location (share during application): Sunnyvale, CA; Kirkland, WA; Seattle, WA