Senior Security Engineer, Incident Response
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 13, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 13, 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.
The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and drive resolution on a range of incidents.
- Analyze root causes, trends, and systematic issues.
- Improve the security and privacy of Google’s products and services.
- Develop excellence in Incident Management through tools and infrastructure, and preparing teams across Google through exercises and training.
- Manage relationships across the company including Legal, Engineering, Communications, etc.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience with incident or emergency response coordination.
- Experience in a technical role in systems administration, software engineering, digital forensics, security engineering, or privacy engineering.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree in Computer Science.
- Experience with Python, Go, C/C++, or Java.
- Experience with Digital Forensic analysis.
- Understanding of legal, information security, and privacy frameworks (e.g. ISO 27001 and Safe Harbor Frameworks).
- Ability to lead teams of people in ambiguous situations through influence and not authority.
- Excellent organizational, prioritization, and multitasking skills.