Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Experience with Hardware System Architecture.

Experience with Reverse Engineering.

Experience with Firmware.

Experience in the Security field.

Preferred qualifications:

Understanding of both offensive and defensive security methods.

Experience with hardware and/or firmware security.

Ability to influence others without authority.

Excellent communication and documentation skills.

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.

The Product Security Engineering (PSE) team within the Cloud CISO organization is responsible for helping ensure every product Cloud ships is as secure as it can be and for increasing the assurance levels of security in the infrastructure underlying all Cloud products (which includes hardware/firmware!).

The Off the Shelf (OTS) Hardware Security team within PSE specializes in the hardware underpinning Cloud products. The OTS Hardware Security team has the ambitious strategic mission to protect the world's devices against all hardware and firmware security threats.

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.

Identify business critical hardware/firmware devices within Cloud for team review. Perform in-depth and holistic hardware and firmware security review of critical business devices (e.g., Hardware Security Modules, Servers, Switches, Solid State Drives).

Write detailed threat models and reports to support and augment reviews. Present the risk findings and risk mitigation recommendations to technical and organizational leadership across different organizations.

Inform vendors of the hardware and firmware vulnerabilities found in their devices. Partner with vendor and internal teams in order to effectively mitigate identified risks.

Partner with device vendors to advocate for necessary design changes to hardware and firmware. Design changes due to risk findings both internally and to the vendor.

Collaborate with team members to come up with new attack scenarios, mitigation, vendor collaboration strategies, and to ensure consistency in team approach and methodology.

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