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Posted 17 June, 2026
Google

Junior Security Analyst, Threat Detection Operations

Google
Dublin Ireland Full Time

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
  • Experience with host, network, and cloud security principles and concepts (e.g., common attacker tactics, tools, and techniques (TTPs)).

Preferred qualifications:

  • Certification in Security+ or similar Cyber Security/Incident Response.
  • Experience analyzing, triaging, and remediating common information security incidents.
  • Experience with automation via coding.
  • Ability to work separately, prioritize, and multitask.
  • Excellent problem-solving, investigative, and written and verbal communication skills.
  • Excellent log/data analysis skill analysing a large set of data using sql or similar query language.

About the job

In this role, you will develop and maintain the signals, tools, and infrastructure that help Google evolve to match attackers. You will conduct and guide others in security analysis, risk hunting, and malware and indicator analysis. You will manage malicious activity on Google's networks. You will perform analysis of risks on enterprise, production, and cloud environments.The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Ireland: €68000 - €70000 (EUR) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze, investigate, and respond to security alerts.
  • Research new risk hunting techniques to identify/discover security risks.
  • Automate workflows and develop solutions to reduce operational toil.
  • Ensure compliance with legal mandates and internal security and privacy policies.
  • Manage response efforts for low severity incidents.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.