Senior Security Engineer, Global Risk, Privacy and Compliance

In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:

New York, NY, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; Raleigh, NC, USA; Durham, NC, USA; Seattle, WA, USA

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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.
• 1 year of experience leading teams in a technical capacity or leading technical risk analysis in an enterprise environment.
• Experience interpreting and implementing controls mapped to industry frameworks and regulatory standards (e.g., NIST SP 800-53, SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001, GDPR).

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience defining, implementing, and measuring Key Control Indicators to transition compliance systems from reactive audit models to proactive engineering assurance.
• Experience streamlining control portfolios by consolidating disparate platform controls and standardizing them against centralized frameworks.
• Familiarity with leveraging AI-driven tooling to automate control language harmonization, policy alignment, or complex security reporting.
• Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills, with a track record of partnering with executive stakeholders to drive system remediation and root-cause analysis.
• Strong scripting or software development skills (e.g., Python, Go, SQL) with ability to design, implement, and automate security monitoring systems or compliance-as-code platforms (e.g., Comply, RDP).

About the job

Our Security team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers. Security Engineers work with network equipment and actively monitor our systems for attacks and intrusions.

In this role, you will also work with software engineers to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities.Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably.

Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.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

Responsibilities

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• Drive high-impact technical initiatives spanning multiple quarters under the Cloud Controls Uplift Strategy and Control Reporting Expansion, establishing Comply as the single, authoritative catalog aligned with ESF (NIST 800-53).
• Perform complex technical risk assessments, system design reviews, and threat modeling across Google Cloud products to identify technical security vulnerabilities and compliance gaps.
• Translate regulatory standards (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST, GDPR) into actionable technical control specifications, and design, implement, and automate security controls and reporting mechanisms using AI to streamline language and reduce catalog complexity.
• Define Key Control Indicators and publish tailored Control Performance and Coverage Reports to drive accountability.
• Lead cross-functional remediation efforts, performing root-cause analysis to address underlying system-wide security risks, and provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers, setting technical direction for controls engineering and assurance across the team.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .