Senior Security Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and tune threat detections across Google Security Operations.
• Lead sophisticated and high-severity incident-response investigations from triage through root-cause analysis and remediation.
• Build and maintain Tines-based security automation workflows for detection, triage, and response.
• Own SIEM and security-data pipeline health, including log-source coverage, parsing, normalization, and alert quality.
• Develop cross-functional relationships and drive adoption of security tooling and initiatives.
• Translate evolving threat intelligence into improved detection coverage and response playbooks.
• Use and verify AI-assisted coding tools such as Claude Code and OpenAI Codex for detection engineering and automation.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to less experienced engineers.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in security operations, detection engineering, or incident response.
• Demonstrated ownership of incident response and detection work end to end.
• Advanced knowledge of security principles, tools, and detection and response practices.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using Python or SOAR, including experience building response workflows and connecting security tools through REST APIs.
• Experience with SIEM platforms and security-data pipelines, including log-source onboarding, parsing, and alert tuning.
• Hands-on experience extending and tuning EDR, identity, email security, and network security tooling.
• Ability to write technical specifications, identify project risks, and evaluate trade-offs between approaches.
• Ability to resolve ambiguous or high-pressure situations effectively while maintaining professionalism and integrity.
• Ability to coach, motivate, and empower less experienced engineers.

Benefits

• Professional development budget and learning opportunities.
• Flexible in-office collaboration, with managers and teams deciding which 10+ days per month employees come in.
• Team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours, and other company events.
• Competitive benefits covering physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family-forming, and family-support needs.
• Employee giving match and mobile phone stipend.
• R&R days, generous vacation, wellness reimbursement, and weekly onsite and virtual wellness programming.
• Industry-leading parental leave and family-planning benefits.
• Catered lunches, fully stocked kitchens, premium snacks and beverages, and fun events.
• Benefits listed are for full-time employees.