Senior Security Engineer, Cloud Red Team, Cloud Ciso

Google · Big Tech · Zürich, Switzerland +2

This role is for a Senior Security Engineer on the Cloud Red Team within Google's Cloud CISO organization. The primary responsibility is to simulate real-world adversaries to test and improve Google Cloud's detection and response capabilities against threats. This involves defining roadmaps, building tools, identifying vulnerabilities, participating in threat modeling, designing attack scenarios, and reporting findings. The role requires a strong technical security background with experience in vulnerability assessment, exploitation, and ethical hacking, preferably in a cloud environment.

What you'd actually do

Define and maintain the roadmap for one of the programs within Cloud Red Team, while collaborating within a highly-skilled team to plan and execute attacks against Cloud’s products, services, and infrastructure.
Build tools and infrastructure to support attacker goals, while identifying vulnerabilities and attack vectors across Cloud services, configurations, and related technologies.
Participate in threat modeling exercises to identify potential attack paths and weaknesses in Cloud architectures and deployments.
Design realistic and relevant attack scenarios based on current threat intelligence and the specific Cloud environment being assessed.
Create reports that capture the insights gained during an attack and present them to a variety of audiences.

Skills

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
5 years of experience in a technical security role (e.g., security engineering, security research, DevSecOps, or incident response)
Experience with vulnerability assessments and vulnerability exploitation
Experience in security and ethical hacking

Nice to have

3 years of offensive security experience (red teaming, vulnerability research, pen testing, etc - not just running tools) in Cloud environment
Experience with Artificial Intelligence
Ability to develop custom exploits, modify existing exploits, and bypass security controls
Fluency in programming languages relevant to security and cloud automation (e.g., Python, Go, Bash)
Being able to clearly and concisely articulate complex technical findings, risks, and remediation strategies to both technical and non-technical audiences, both verbally and in writing.

What the JD emphasized

5 years of experience in a technical security role
Experience with vulnerability assessments and vulnerability exploitation
Experience in security and ethical hacking
3 years of offensive security experience (red teaming, vulnerability research, pen testing, etc - not just running tools) in Cloud environment

Read full job description

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.

As a part of the Product Security Engineering team within the Cloud CISO organization, you will be responsible for helping ensure every product in Cloud is as secure as it can be, and increasing the security in the infrastructure underlying all our products.

As a part of the Cloud Red Team, your mission is to evaluate our ability to detect and respond to known and unknown threats by simulating real-world adversaries that aim to compromise and persist in Cloud’s infrastructure. In short: Hack Cloud to make hacking Cloud harder.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $174000 - $253000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

Define and maintain the roadmap for one of the programs within Cloud Red Team, while collaborating within a highly-skilled team to plan and execute attacks against Cloud’s products, services, and infrastructure.
Build tools and infrastructure to support attacker goals, while identifying vulnerabilities and attack vectors across Cloud services, configurations, and related technologies.
Participate in threat modeling exercises to identify potential attack paths and weaknesses in Cloud architectures and deployments.
Design realistic and relevant attack scenarios based on current threat intelligence and the specific Cloud environment being assessed.
Create reports that capture the insights gained during an attack and present them to a variety of audiences.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience in a technical security role (e.g., security engineering, security research, DevSecOps, or incident response).
Experience with vulnerability assessments and vulnerability exploitation.
Experience in security and ethical hacking.

Preferred qualifications:

3 years of offensive security experience (red teaming, vulnerability research, pen testing, etc - not just running tools) in Cloud environment.
Experience with Artificial Intelligence.
Ability to develop custom exploits, modify existing exploits, and bypass security controls.
Fluency in programming languages relevant to security and cloud automation (e.g., Python, Go, Bash).
Being able to clearly and concisely articulate complex technical findings, risks, and remediation strategies to both technical and non-technical audiences, both verbally and in writing.