Security Engineer, GDC, Compliance

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 coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.

Preferred qualifications:

• Cybersecurity certifications preferred (eg: CISSP, ISO 27001, SOC 2/3 audit, FedRamp, PCI, HIPAA) and others.
  

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.

As a part of the Compliance Security Engineers team, you will serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SMEs) requiring specialized knowledge of Google Data Centers (GDCs), air-gapped security protocols and architecture, security regulations and technologies, compliance controls, system-level designs, special soft skills for narrative crafting, certification audits and security assessments, compliance requirements across commercial, U.S. government, foreign governments, ISO and other regimes.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

• Identify security issues, implement and design security controls, tools, and services to improve security systems and processes.
  
• Analyze and advise on relevant regulatory frameworks and technical standards, perform design reviews to guide engineering teams toward secure and compliant implementation options.
• Assess and audit technical systems by conducting risk assessments, implementation reviews, and participate in certification audits to ensure adherence to compliance requirements.
• Oversee and guide engineering projects from a technical compliance perspective, collaborate with teams to improve security and act as a subject matter expert in compliance meetings.
• Initiate and drive compliance process improvements by identifying opportunities and lead engineering projects for solutions like monitoring, audit tooling, and report from conception to completion.