Security Sales Specialist III, Threat Intelligence, Cloud
Google · Chicago, IL | Atlanta, GA | Reston, VA | New York City, NY | Florida, United States
About this role
Google is hiring a mid-level Sales Engineer based in Chicago, IL | Atlanta, GA | Reston, VA | New York City, NY | Florida, United States. The posting calls out experience with Security, GCP, Performance Optimization, Full Stack. Compensation is listed at $138,000–$201,000 per year.
- Role
- Sales Engineer
- Function
- sales
- Level
- mid
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Chicago, IL | Atlanta, GA | Reston, VA | New York City, NY | Florida, United States
- Posted
- Jul 10, 2026
Job description
from Google careersThe Google Cloud Platform team helps customers transform and build what's next for their business — all with technology built in the cloud. Our products are developed for security, reliability and scalability, running the full stack from infrastructure to applications to devices and hardware. Our teams are dedicated to helping our customers — developers, small and large businesses, educational institutions and government agencies — see the benefits of our technology come to life. As part of an entrepreneurial team in this rapidly growing business, you will play a key role in understanding the needs of our customers and help shape the future of businesses of all sizes use technology to connect with customers, employees and partners.
As a Security Sales Specialist supporting our [User Protection Services, Virus Total, Security Operations, Threat Intelligence, Security Command Center] business, you will help us grow our cybersecurity business by building and expanding relationships with new and existing customers. In this role, you will work with customers to deliver true business value, demonstrate product functionality, and provide a comprehensive overview of key business use cases. You will lead day-to-day relationships with cross-functional team members and external customers, leading with empathy, while identifying innovative ways to multiply your impact and the impact of the team as a whole to drive overall value for Google Cloud.
US: $138000 - $201000 (USD) + 100% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Build relationships with customers as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor, managing complex business cycles, identifying solution use cases, and influencing long-term direction of accounts.
- Deliver against quota and achieve or exceed business and growth goals while forecasting and reporting our territory’s business.
- Work with Google accounts and cross-functional teams (e.g., Customer Engineering, Marketing, Customer Success, Product, Engineering, Channels) to develop go-to-market strategies, drive pipeline and business growth, close agreements, understand the customer, and provide excellent prospect and customer experience.
- Construct and execute an effective territory development plan.
- Work with multiple customers and opportunities simultaneously, understanding each customer’s technology footprint and strategy, growth plans, business drivers, performers, and how they can transform their business using our technologies.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 10 years of experience in a sales role in the enterprise software or cloud space.
- Experience selling to clients in the enterprise cybersecurity or IT field.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience carrying and exceeding strategic business goals in a sales role.
- Experience supporting long-term executive relationships, and developing territories/accounts from scratch, while ensuring customer success, adoption and expansion.
- Experience prioritizing, planning, and organizing solution-based sales activity within complex sales cycles, including qualifying high value accounts and leveraging our partner ecosystem.
- Experience working with internal/external teams, including account teams, technical leads, procurement, and legal, to inventory existing software estate, build business cases for transformation with implementation plans, and close agreements.