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Security Engineer II, Enterprise Detection Engineering

Google· Security
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San Jose, CA, USA$123k - $174kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Security Engineer role focusing on enterprise detection engineering to secure Google's enterprise systems and users from human and agentic cyber threats. Involves building detections, collaborating with incident response and engineering partners, and maturing detection pipelines with automation and threat modeling.

Responsibilities

  • 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.

Qualifications

  • 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.

Skills

Required:Security assessments / threat modelingGeneral purpose programmingSecurity engineering
Nice to have:Detection engineering / automationThreat intelligence / risk modeling
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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