About the role

What will you do at Google?

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

* Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

* 8 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or

threat modeling.

* 8 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network

security and security protocols.

* 8 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.

* 2 years of experience working with Kubernetes.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

* Experience in Cloud systems.

* Contributed to open source software.

ABOUT THE JOB:

Our 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.

Our missions it to make GKE the most secure managed Kubernetes platform and is

ready to run all container workloads safely out of the box.

GKE, Google Kubernetes Engine, is a different kind of project in Cloud. Its core

component—Kubernetes—which is also created and maintained by the team, is open

source and has a vibrant community of external contributors. In this role, you

will focus on security for components of our systems, such as client devices,

networking equipment and server infrastructure, addressing threats from all

sources. You will be working on securing and hardening the Kubernetes and GKE

service using a risk based approach and strategically driving the team to

achieve overall security.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills,

experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google

[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Lead and scale the GKE Platform Security team to proactively address emerging

infrastructure risks in the rapidly shifting agentic era.

* Conduct deep-dive Kubernetes security reviews, research/reproduce

vulnerabilities, and build threat models for next-generation features like

the "Kubernetes for Agents" substrate.

* Establish secure operational practices and deliver concrete security guidance

to engineering teams to mitigate top product threats.

* Conduct rigorous, ongoing design reviews to identify security gaps and

collaborate across Google Security to build a comprehensive, long-term threat

detection strategy.

Which skills does this role require?

Security assessmentsSecurity design reviewsThreat modelingSecurity engineeringNetwork securitySecurity protocolsCodingVulnerability managementInfrastructure securityRisk managementSystem hardeningThreat detectionStaff Security EngineerVulnerability researchRisk-based approachAgentic eraSoftware engineering

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