Staff Security Engineer, Incident Management, YouTube
Description For Staff Security Engineer, Incident Management, YouTube
YouTube, a global technology leader in video sharing and community building, is seeking a Staff Security Engineer to join their Incident Management team. This role represents a unique opportunity to shape the security landscape of one of the world's most influential platforms, serving billions of users worldwide.
The position combines advanced security engineering with strategic leadership, requiring expertise in both technical security implementation and team guidance. You'll be at the forefront of protecting YouTube's vast infrastructure, working with cutting-edge technologies including Large Language Models to identify and mitigate security gaps.
As a Staff Security Engineer, you'll play a crucial role in maintaining the integrity and safety of YouTube's platform, which is fundamental to their mission of giving everyone a voice and showing people the world. You'll work at the intersection of security engineering and product development, ensuring that security is built into the DNA of YouTube's products and services.
The role offers an attractive compensation package, including a competitive base salary range of $189,000-$284,000, plus bonus and equity opportunities. You'll be part of Google's broader organization, benefiting from their comprehensive benefits package and strong commitment to workplace diversity and inclusion.
The ideal candidate will bring 8+ years of security engineering experience, demonstrated leadership capabilities, and a proven track record in incident handling. You'll be working from the San Bruno, CA office, collaborating with world-class engineers and security professionals in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on global digital security while working with some of the most advanced technology systems in the world. If you're passionate about security, love solving complex challenges, and want to protect millions of users while enabling creative expression, this role at YouTube could be your next career milestone.
Responsibilities For Staff Security Engineer, Incident Management, YouTube
- Guide the security strategy for YouTube and consult on security incidents across YouTube products
- Review and develop secure operational practices
- Provide security guidance to engineers and support staff
- Respond to vulnerabilities with appropriate repositories, mitigations, and hardening
- Review designs for security gaps
- Explore foundational/Large Language Models (LLM) for identifying security gaps in product areas
Requirements For Staff Security Engineer, Incident Management, YouTube
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
- 8 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols
- 8 years of experience with coding in one or more languages
- 3 years of experience in leading teams in a technical capacity or technical risk analysis
- 3 years of experience as an incident handler or coordinator
- Experience with information security incident and threat assessments
- Experience in network forensics and IP-based network traffic analysis
- Knowledge of log analysis and forensics across distributed systems
- Knowledge of full-stack software systems
Benefits For Staff Security Engineer, Incident Management, YouTube
- Bonus
- Equity
- Benefits package (as per Google benefits)
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