Principal Forward Deployed Cloud Security Architect
Google · Ottawa, Canada
About this role
Google is hiring a staff-level Cloud Security Engineer based in Ottawa, Canada. The posting calls out experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, Networking, Security.
- Role
- Cloud Security Engineer
- Function
- security
- Level
- staff
- Track
- Tech leadership
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Ottawa, Canada
- Posted
- May 6, 2026
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Job description
from Google careersPart of Google Cloud, Mandiant is a recognized leader in dynamic cyber defense, threat intelligence and incident response services. Mandiant's cybersecurity expertise has earned the trust of security professionals and company executives around the world. Our unique combination of renowned front-line experience responding to some of the most complex breaches, nation-state grade threat intelligence, machine intelligence, and the industry's best security validation ensures that Mandiant knows more about today's advanced threats than anyone.
As a Principal Forward Deployed Cloud Security Architect within Mandiant's National Security team, you will embed with clients in Canada's national security and defense sector and directly contribute to building a secure and resilient Canada. You will act as a technical authority bridging the gap between highly secure infrastructure and modern software development. In this role, you will design, deploy, and secure sovereign cloud environments, ensuring that mission-critical, disconnected workloads meet the highest standards of national security.
You will advise stakeholders on secure architecture while building the AI-augmented DevSecOps pipelines that feed it. You will define the security guardrails for Kubernetes workloads, architect zero-trust boundaries, and implement software supply chain security, enabling developers to build agentic-era applications fast while remaining inherently secure.