Google

Security Engineer, Operational Technology, Google Cloud CISO

Google Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Software Development · 10,001+ employees

6 d ago
security Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time Switzerland
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About the role

Identify security risks and vulnerabilities across infrastructure and platform layers, then design and implement controls, tools, and services to address them. Develop risk remediation strategies and provide security guidance for Industrial Control Systems and Operational Technology environments in data centers and management platforms.

What they look for

Security Assessments Security Design Reviews Threat Modeling Security Engineering Computer Security Network Security Security Protocols Coding Industrial Control Systems Security Operational Technology Security Cloud Security Infrastructure Security Platform Security Offensive Security Defensive Security Technical Risk Analysis

Requirements

Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience, five years of experience in security assessments or design reviews or threat modeling, five years in security engineering and computer or network security, and five years of coding experience. Also requires one year of technical team leadership or enterprise technical risk analysis; experience with ICS/OT security, product lifecycle consulting, cloud and on-premise infrastructure, and offensive and defensive security is preferred.

Full description

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
  • 5 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.
  • 5 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
  • 1 year of experience leading teams in a technical capacity or leading technical risk analysis in an enterprise environment.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience on Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Operational Technology (OT) security.
  • Experience consulting product teams on security issues throughout their entire product life-cycle.
  • Experience securing cloud and on-premise infrastructure (e.g., networking, virtualization) and platforms (e.g., OS hardening, containers, and orchestration).
  • Understanding of both offensive and defensive security methods.

About the job:

Our Security team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers. Security Engineers work with network equipment and actively monitor our systems for attacks and intrusions. In this role, you will also work with software engineers to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities.

In this role, you will improve the isolation and hardening properties of Google Cloud to ensure that Google Cloud is the most secure and transparent Cloud. You will identify and resolve risks affecting the broader industrial control systems (ICS)/operational technology (OT) space of Google data centers, as well as other relevant infrastructure and platform security areas, supporting Google Cloud mission of being the most secure Cloud.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems. Responsibilities:

  • Identify security issues and implement and design security controls, tools, and services to improve security systems and processes.
  • Conduct comprehensive security assessments to identify risks, vulnerabilities, and non-compliance with Google standards across infrastructure and platform layers.
  • Develop strategies and roadmaps to identify area of risks and to drive remediation, aligning with business objectives.
  • Review designs and provide security guidance to improve security of Industrial Control Systems (ICS)/Operational Technology (OT) environments of data centers and management platforms.

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