Senior Security Engineer, Digital Forensics
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 3, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 3, 2026. Google scores B on the Alion truth index.
About the job
There's no such thing as a "safe system" - only safer systems. Our Security team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers. As a Security Engineer, you help protect network boundaries, keep computer systems and network devices hardened against attacks and provide security services to protect highly sensitive data like passwords and customer information. Security Engineers work directly with network equipment and actively monitor our systems for attacks and intrusions. You also work with software engineers to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities.You use your industry experience to own and drive the resolution of complex security incidents, policy questions and technical security issues.
Google is creating next-generation technologies that will revolutionize how billions of people connect and interact with each other and information. Security and Privacy are critical components to these new solutions. If you are passionate about information security, privacy and technology, and want to help keep the world safe, then joining our Security Response team might be for you! Google’s “Detection and Response” team finds and responds to threats 24/7 across 3 regions.
In Security Response, you will be a member of our global on-call response team and use your broad security experience and Digital Forensic and Incident Response (DFIR)-specific domain knowledge to investigate and respond to escalations from across Alphabet. As a part of the Security Response team member, you will train and grow in broad forensic investigation and crisis management skills, but specialize in one or the other as their career grows.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Perform investigations on a wide variety of security and privacy events from various sources to determine whether they pose a threat to Google.
- Respond to security and privacy incidents, write incident reports, and participate in post-mortems.
- Participate in internal training to make sure forensic best practices are followed.
- Work with teams from around Google to discover new investigative and forensics capabilities.
- Develop internal and Open Source tools used to respond to incidents (e.g., digital forensic toolkits) to support Google’s unique environment.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
- 5 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.
- 5 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
- 4 years of practical experience with digital forensic analysis.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with, and detailed understanding of, digital forensics and incident response tools such as GRR, Plaso (log2timeline), The Sleuth Kit (TSK), libyal, or alternatives like Guidance Encase, AccessData FTK, X-Ways Forensics, Cellebrite, Crowdstrike Falcon, Volatility, Mandiant MIR, etc.
- Experience with reverse engineering or firmware analysis.
- Experience with the current threat landscape including common attack types and malware capabilities.
- Experience with security of two or more operating systems (e.g., Android, Linux, Mac OS X).