Open Source Intelligence Specialist, Global Security Operations Center

Google

5 - 7 years

Bengaluru

Posted: 15/11/2025

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Job Description

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience in law enforcement, intelligence, military role or equivalent private sector experience.

Preferred qualifications:

Experience in open source intelligence.
Understanding of threat types and trends including global geopolitical trends as well as emerging risks.
Ability to handle highly confidential and sensitive information with excellent judgment, discretion and diplomacy.
Ability to take initiative while building cross-functional relationships.
Excellent critical thinking, problem-solving and decision making skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

About the job

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 Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) Sentinel team is a front-line resource for operational threat detection, assessment and triage. In this role, you will focus on open-source intelligence (OSINT) tasks that augment GSOC core functions, collecting and documenting incident information to effectively coordinate response to security threats and risks to the enterprise. You will be partner closely with near orbit Global Security and Resilience Services (GSRS) stakeholders to ensure information collection and processes are aligned with best practices and stakeholder needs across functional areas.

Responsibilities

Collect, evaluate, escalate and disseminate intelligence to support action plans based on credibility and likelihood.
Provide intelligence support to the Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) in incident response, crisis management and global travel management.
Use open source material to find, research, and assess information that could indicate a potential concern to Google, our employees, and our interests.
Support in the development of protocols and practices to assess and mitigate issues to Google, to drive efficiency, and to manage crises.

About Company

Google is a multinational technology company founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. It is best known for its search engine but also develops products and services in areas like online advertising (Google Ads), cloud computing (Google Cloud), operating systems (Android, Chrome OS), web browsers (Chrome), and consumer electronics (Pixel devices, Nest). Google is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., its parent company formed in 2015. It plays a major role in shaping the internet, AI, and digital innovation globally.