Offensive Security Engineer, Hardware/Firmware, Cloud CISO

$136,000 - $200,000/Yr

Google - Reston, VA

Full-time

Reston, VA

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About the position

As a Security Engineer at Google, you will play a crucial role in creating and maintaining a secure operating environment for users and developers. Your responsibilities will include protecting network boundaries, hardening computer systems and network devices against attacks, and providing security services to safeguard sensitive data. You will work closely with software engineers to identify and resolve security vulnerabilities, and you will be responsible for managing complex security incidents and technical security issues. The role is part of the Product Security Engineering team within the Cloud CISO organization, focusing on ensuring the security of Cloud products and the underlying infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Scope out and identify business critical hardware/firmware devices within Cloud for team review.
• Perform hardware and firmware security review of critical business devices (e.g., HSMs, Servers, Switches, SSDs).
• Present and campaign the risk findings and risk mitigation recommendations to technical and organizational leadership across different organizations.
• Inform vendors of the hardware and firmware vulnerabilities found in their devices.
• Partner and collaborate with device vendors via regular meetings and emails in order to advocate for necessary design changes to hardware and firmware for long-term improvements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
• 2 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.
• 2 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
• Experience with hardware and firmware security.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with reverse engineering.

Benefits

• Base salary range of $136,000-$200,000 + bonus + equity + benefits.