Security Engineer, Cloud Threat and Abuse Detection

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Security
Senior Software Engineer
In-Person
7+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS · Cloud · Cybersecurity

Description For Security Engineer, Cloud Threat and Abuse Detection

Google Cloud is seeking a Security Engineer to join their Cloud Threat and Abuse Detection team. As part of Google's Security team, you'll work to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers. This role combines hands-on security engineering with proactive threat detection and mitigation.

You'll be responsible for researching and implementing new detection techniques to combat various forms of abuse, including outbound security attacks, botnets, and DDoS attacks. The position requires expertise in network security, threat intelligence, and intrusion detection systems, with a focus on developing high-fidelity detection mechanisms based on network and host-level telemetry.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with defensive security concepts, including the MITRE ATT&CK framework, and strong knowledge of core internet protocols. You'll work alongside software engineers to identify and fix security flaws, while also managing tools for processing abuse reports and threat intelligence data.

Google Cloud serves customers in over 200 countries, making this an opportunity to impact security at a global scale. The role offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technology and contribute to protecting one of the world's largest cloud platforms. You'll be part of a team that's essential to maintaining trust and security for Google Cloud's enterprise customers worldwide.

The position comes with Google's commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace, comprehensive benefits, and the opportunity to work in either Hyderabad or Bengaluru, India. Join Google's security team to tackle complex challenges in cloud security and help shape the future of digital transformation.

Last updated 15 days ago

Responsibilities For Security Engineer, Cloud Threat and Abuse Detection

  • Research new detection techniques to prevent/mitigate abusive activities
  • Develop high fidelity detection to identify malicious activity based on raw network and host level telemetry
  • Analyze various logs and packets to increase accuracy of detections
  • Hunt for threats/abusers and respond proactively
  • Create, develop, and manage tools to collect and process abuse reports and threat intelligence data

Requirements For Security Engineer, Cloud Threat and Abuse Detection

Linux
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 7 years of experience in cloud security research, network security, intrusion detection system, threat intelligence, or threat detection
  • Experience with defensive security concepts such as adversity tactics and techniques, MITRE ATT&CK framework, logging, etc.
  • Experience with networking and core internet protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP, SSL) and analyzing malicious network traffic
  • English proficiency is required

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