Staff Security Engineer, Network Security Engineering
Google · New York City, NY | Kirkland, WA | Raleigh, NC | Durham, NC
About this role
Google is hiring a staff-level Security Engineer based in New York City, NY | Kirkland, WA | Raleigh, NC | Durham, NC. The posting calls out experience with Networking, Security, GCP, Distributed Systems and roughly 8+ years of relevant work. Compensation is listed at $207,000–$301,000 per year.
- Role
- Security Engineer
- Function
- security
- Level
- staff
- Track
- Tech leadership
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- New York City, NY | Kirkland, WA | Raleigh, NC | Durham, NC
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Posted
- May 21, 2026
Job description
from Google careersThere'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.
US: $207000 - $301000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Architect secure operational protocols and distributed systems from inception, embedding threat modeling and defensive design principles into the core engineering lifecycle.
- Lead comprehensive security design reviews for business-critical infrastructure, balancing deep-dive tactical assessments with long-term strategic engineering engagements.
- Review designs for vulnerabilities, both with one-time reviews and longer term engagements, using techniques including reverse engineering, fuzzing, and static analysis.
- Scale solutions and influence cross-organizationally.
- Respond to vulnerabilities with repos, mitigations, and hardening. Surface vulnerability patterns and design them out.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
- 8 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.
- 8 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
- 3 years of experience leading teams in a technical capacity or leading technical risk analysis in an enterprise environment.
Preferred qualifications:
- 5 years of experience in Network Security (i.e., network protocols, software-defined networking (SDN), Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), firewalls, or DNS security).
- 5 years of experience in security testing and pen-testing.
- Ability to consult and influence stakeholders.