Senior Security Developer, Google Threat Intelligence Group

There's no such thing as a "safe system" - only safer systems. Our Security team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers. As a Security Developer, you help protect network boundaries, keep computer systems and network devices hardened against attacks and provide security services to protect highly sensitive data like passwords and customer information. Security Developers work directly with network equipment and actively monitor our systems for attacks and intrusions. You also work with software developers to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities. You use your industry experience to own and drive the resolution of complex security incidents, policy questions and technical security issues. Part of Google Cloud, Mandiant is a recognized leader in dynamic cyber defense, threat intelligence and incident response services. Mandiant's cybersecurity expertise has earned the trust of security professionals and company executives around the world. Our unique combination of renowned frontline experience responding to some of the most complex breaches, nation-state grade threat intelligence, machine intelligence, and the industry's best security validation ensures that Mandiant knows more about today's advanced threats than anyone.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 . Conduct and lead research into how threat actors are using and abusing AI models. Monitor and analyze threat activity across the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) Frontier's prioritized data sources, perform threat clustering, deep analysis of tradecraft or TTPs involved, and document research findings in intelligence platforms. Hunt for threat actor activity across data sources, and develop automatable signal logic (e.g., queries, rules, scripts, signatures etc) that help operationalize our ability to surface important threat activity at scale. Develop scripts and other automations to collect and process subsets of data to facilitate intelligence analysis, support the team in driving automation requirements into larger developing efforts and systems. Identify opportunities to disrupt, mitigate and remediate threat activity in available systems. Provide support in drafting intelligence reporting for internal consumption and public facing content. 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 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. Experience with SQL or Python to support automating tasks and interacting with data programmatically. Experience with attacker methodologies and implementing techniques used to hunt for adversarial activity across data sources. Preferred qualifications: Experience identifying and prioritizing cyber threats for investigation, threat actor attribution, threat tracking, and analysis of complex attack chains across the full intrusion lifecycle. Experience with technical analysis, including the development of file, host, and network signatures leveraging multiple malware and network detection platforms, static and dynamic malware analysis, host forensics or other technical topics. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present to technical and non-technical audiences. Deep hunger to learn about AI system security, AI attack vectors and methods to detect where and how threat actors are using or abusing AI systems.