Senior Security Engineer, Access Security at Google

Seniority in posting: Mid

Compensation · Listed in posting

$174,000 – $252,000/yr

Location: New York, New York
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Sep 30, 2026

Description

Google is hiring a Security Engineer to protect production infrastructure by identifying security issues, designing controls, conducting security assessments and threat modeling, and architecting automated risk-mitigation systems. The role focuses on access risk, secure-by-default solutions, attack-path modeling, and enterprise-scale security engineering, with responsibilities including technical consulting for complex security issues. Candidates need a bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience, five years of relevant security or coding experience, and one year of technical leadership or enterprise risk-analysis experience. The position offers a US salary of $174,000–$252,000 plus a 15% bonus target, equity, and benefits.

Required Skills

Security assessments
Threat modeling
Security engineering
Network security
Security protocols
Coding
Identity and access management
Zero-trust architectures
System hardening

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
Required Previous Experiences: 5 years of experience with security assessments, 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 building or managing security posture management frameworks with continuous visibility and automated governance
Understanding of IAM, MAC, least privilege, and zero-trust architectures in production environments
Technical knowledge of system hardening across operating systems, networks, and applications
Expertise in complex threat modeling, attack-path modeling, and simulation for large-scale distributed systems
Translation Company Name: Google