Principal Engineer, Data Center Platform Security

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 15 years of experience in engineering
• Experience delivering security solutions at scale robustly and safely

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or other Engineering discipline
• Ability to promote product excellence and collaboration
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally, partnering with groups such as Sales, Engineering, Product Management, Product Marketing, UX and UI, brokering trade offs with stakeholders and understanding their needs
• Entrepreneurial and strategic mindset thriving at the intersection of technology and business, and up-to-date on industry with historical context, while working to push the industry forward

About the job

As a Principal Engineer for Data Center Platform Security, you will have a focus on the key security features required for Google Platforms Hardware and Systems. In this capacity, you will support a variety of engineering leaders across multiple teams. This role is critical to the support of new product launches at the bottom of the software stack.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $278,000-$399,000 bonus equity benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities

• Conduct research into new network, encryption, CPU isolation, and root of trust technologies and standards.
• Make recommendations on technology direction, balancing security with high availability and performance at scale.
• Deploy and manage remote attestation, secure boot, disk locking, and network firewalling technology.
• Plan, deploy, and manage rollouts for critical vulnerability mitigations in firmware and kernel software, monitor deployment of security rollouts, and troubleshoot where required.
• Orchestrate the delivery of security measures in a dynamic environment with constant new product introduction across servers, ML, Cloud, networking, and storage.