Senior Security Engineer, Cloud Red Team, Cloud CISO — Google Switzerland
- Location
- Zürich
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 11 days ago
Role overview
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience in a technical security role (e.g., security engineering, security research, DevSecOps, or incident response).
- Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Define and maintain the roadmap for one of the programs within Cloud Red Team, while collaborating within a highly-skilled team to plan and execute attacks against Cloud’s products, services, and infrastructure.
- Build tools and infrastructure to support attacker goals, while identifying vulnerabilities and attack vectors across Cloud services, configurations, and related technologies.
- Experience with vulnerability assessments and vulnerability exploitation.
Main responsibilities
- Define and maintain the roadmap for one of the programs within Cloud Red Team, while collaborating within a highly-skilled team to plan and execute attacks against Cloud’s products, services, and infrastructure.
- Build tools and infrastructure to support attacker goals, while identifying vulnerabilities and attack vectors across Cloud services, configurations, and related technologies.
- Participate in threat modeling exercises to identify potential attack paths and weaknesses in Cloud architectures and deployments.
- Design realistic and relevant attack scenarios based on current threat intelligence and the specific Cloud environment being assessed.
- Create reports that capture the insights gained during an attack and present them to a variety of audiences.
Key requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience with vulnerability assessments and vulnerability exploitation.
- Experience in security and ethical hacking.
Company and context
- As a part of the Product Security Engineering team within the Cloud CISO organization, you will be responsible for helping ensure every product in Cloud is as secure as it can be, and increasing the security in the infrastructure underlying all our products.
- As a part of the Cloud Red Team, your mission is to evaluate our ability to detect and respond to known and unknown threats by simulating real-world adversaries that aim to compromise and persist in Cloud’s infrastructure.
- In short: Hack Cloud to make hacking Cloud harder.
- Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
- US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
- Learn more about benefits at Google .
Additional details
- Being able to clearly and concisely articulate complex technical findings, risks, and remediation strategies to both technical and non-technical audiences, both verbally and in writing.
Notes and original content
- About the job
- Responsibilities
Questions about this listing
What salary does Google Switzerland offer for this role?
Google Switzerland lists CHF 101'500 - 154'000 gross per year for this position in Zürich. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Google Switzerland offer?
This listing is a full-time position. The contract type shown here comes directly from the employer's original posting; always confirm exact hours, notice period and probation length with Google Switzerland during the application process, since these details can vary by role even within the same contract category.
Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Zürich?
EU/EFTA residents living in the border zone of the country adjoining Canton Zürich can apply for a G permit; the Swiss employer files it with that canton's migration office after the contract is signed. Border-zone rules and processing times vary by neighbouring country and canton, so confirm the specifics with Zürich's cantonal migration office or with HR during the application.
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