Security Engineer II, Enterprise Detection Engineering
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
$123K/yr - $174K/yr
Entry Level
Google is hiring a Security Engineer II to help protect its enterprise systems and users from human and agentic cyber threats. The role develops and improves high-fidelity detections, detection workflows, and threat modeling in collaboration with incident response, enterprise security, and engineering partners.
Support peers to plan and execute threat models and scope detection requirements for enterprise surfaces, focusing on high-risk areas such as Insider Exfiltration, Access Abuse, and Malicious Process Execution
Support engineers to design and implement components of detection logic for systems involving multiple (2-3) interconnected components, ensuring comprehensive coverage across enterprise surfaces
Assess security risks and justify detection strategies based on threat intelligence and risk models. Design and implement improvements to existing detections to reduce false positives and improve detection fidelity
Participate in post-exercise analysis (e.g., Red Team, Purple Team) to identify detection gaps, document findings, and implement remediation detections
Work with peers to propose and implement incremental improvements to detection engineering pipelines, testing frameworks and automation tooling
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
1 year of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling
1 year of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages
Experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols
Preferred
Experience developing tools or automating workflows to improve security operations
Experience with query languages (e.g., SQL, Logica) and detection rule formats (e.g., Yara-L, YARA, Sigma)
Some on-job or in-classroom experience in detection engineering, security operations (SOC), threat hunting, or incident response
Knowledge of building and tuning detections on enterprise surfaces (macOS, Linux, Google Workspace/SaaS)
Knowledge of AI and agentic systems and concepts
Familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework and threat modeling methodologies
Benefits
15% bonus target
Equity
Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.
