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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Staff Security Engineer, GCP Cyber Defense Center - **Company:** Google LLC - **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Network Security, Google Cloud, Cloud Platform System, Cyber Warfare - **Published:** August 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://us.experteer.com/career/view-jobs/senior-staff-security-engineer-gcp-cyber-defense-center-sunnyvale-ca-usa-58800387 ## About the Role * * Architect methods to identify root causes of major incidents and drive cross-organizational remediation * Provide architectural guidance for detection engineering and resolve complex security escalations * Collaborate with cross-functional teams across Google Cloud to secure cloud infrastructure and data * Contribute to threat intelligence programs and scale security operations across Cloud Tasks * Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience * 10 years in security assessments, design reviews, or threat modeling * 10 years in security engineering or related technical discipline with systems focus * Experience designing, building, and securing cloud-based infrastructure and services * Experience across incident response, threat detection, network security, and data protection Key requirements * bonus target * equity * benefits ## Description Experteer Overview As a Security Engineer at Google Cloud, you define and steer multi-year vision for threat detection and incident response modernization. You will lead unified security detection platforms adoption across Cloud engineering teams and champion AI/ML-enabled security capabilities. You'll architect novel approaches to uncover systemic root causes of high-severity incidents and drive cross-organizational remediation programs. You provide technical leadership for detection engineering, guiding architecture decisions and resolving complex security escalations. This role centers on strengthening Google Cloud's security posture at scale and enabling product teams to make safer decisions. Compensation / Benefits * Define and own the long-term security vision for threat detection and incident response for Google Cloud * Lead development and adoption of unified detection platforms and operational standards * Pioneer integration of AI/ML to accelerate detection and automated response * Architect methods to identify root causes of major incidents and drive cross-organizational remediation * Provide architectural guidance for detection engineering and resolve complex security escalations * Collaborate with cross-functional teams across Google Cloud to secure cloud infrastructure and data * Contribute to threat intelligence programs and scale security operations across Cloud Tasks * Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience * 10 years in security assessments, design reviews, or threat modeling * 10 years in security engineering or related technical discipline with systems focus * Experience designing, building, and securing cloud-based infrastructure and services * Experience across incident response, threat detection, network security, and data protection Key requirements * bonus target * equity * benefits ## Related Videos - [The Cloud is Calling: Answer with In-Demand Skills](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/945-the-cloud-is-calling-answer-with-in-demand-skills) - [Thinking Differently - How to Make Money from Cyber Attacks & Cheats](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/745-thinking-differently-how-to-make-money-from-cyber-attacks-cheats) - [A Computer Is All You Need](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100142-a-computer-is-all-you-need) - [Cyber Security: Small, and Large!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/259-cyber-security-small-and-large) - [Cloud Run- the rise of serverless and containerization](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/106-cloud-run-the-rise-of-serverless-and-containerization) - [You can’t hack what you can’t see](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/41-you-can-t-hack-what-you-can-t-see) ## Related Articles - [Got AI ideas but no money? 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