Security Engineer, GKE

About the role

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day.

Responsibilities

• Perform Kubernetes security reviews, research and reproduce vulnerabilities.
• Lead the team in developing secure operational practices, providing engineers with security guidance to mitigate the product's top threats.
• Partner with Security teams across Google to build out a long-term threat detection strategy for the product.
• Review designs and look for security gaps, both with one-time reviews and longer term engagement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.
• 5 years of experience in distributed cloud computing including 3 years of experience in containerization and container orchestration technologies such as Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 5 years of experience with containerization and container orchestration technologies such as Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) at a large-scale.
• 5 years of experience with standard IT security practices such as identity and access management, data protection, encryption, certificate and key management.
• 5 years of experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) techniques such as prompt engineering, dual encoders, and embedding vectors.
• 5 years of experience building prototypes or applications.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, distributed systems and Google Kubernetes engine along with strong ability to stakeholders manage at executive levels with clear written and verbal communication.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance.
• Retailer Benefits: 401(k) with company match.
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment.
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (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.
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year.

Pay

$174,000 - $253,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Schedule

Full-time