Job Description

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in technical program management, with a focus on network security or infrastructure deployments.
• 8 years of experience designing, constructing, or managing infrastructure projects.
• Experience with Operational Technology (OT), Industrial Control Systems (ICS), or critical facility networks.

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Network Engineering, Cybersecurity, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in network engineering or security architecture, applying technical judgment to network topology challenges.
• Understanding of standard industrial protocols (e.g., Modbus, DNP3, IEC 61850) alongside modern networking/security standards (TCP/IP, IPsec, VLAN, routing tables, ACLs).

About the job

A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you’ll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You’ll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers.

The Infrastructure Development and Delivery team designs, builds, and operates gigawatts of reliable, efficient, and flexible data centers around the world that power all Google services and advanced AI hardware. Within ID2, Google’s Data Center Operations (DCOps) Operations Engineering organization serves as the central technical authority bridging upstream data center design/construction and 24x7 global fleet operations.

As a Staff Technical Program Manager for OT Network Security, you will lead the architecture, operationalization, and deployment of security initiatives verifiably reducing cybersecurity risk across Google’s Global Data Center Infrastructure. Sit within the operations engineering pillar, this role acts as the primary technical bridge between physical data center operations, network engineering, and centrally managed security platforms. You will own complex, high-visibility cybersecurity programs from concept to global operationalization, navigating ambiguous environments to protect our critical cooling, power, and building automation systems.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $192000 - $278000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

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As a Staff Technical Program Manager for OT Network Security, you will lead the architecture, operationalization, and deployment of security initiatives verifiably reducing cybersecurity risk across Google’s Global Data Center Infrastructure. Sit within the operations engineering pillar, this role acts as the primary technical bridge between physical data center operations, network engineering, and centrally managed security platforms. You will own complex, high-visibility cybersecurity programs from concept to global operationalization, navigating ambiguous environments to protect our critical cooling, power, and building automation systems.

Responsibilities

• Drive and own large, complex, cross-functional network security programs spanning multiple organizations to ensure alignment with company-level OKRs and the overarching portfolio.
• Define and roll out network security architectures including Zero Trust micro-segmentation, firewall policies, and Access Control Lists (ACLs) across data center power, cooling, and building automation networks.
• Drive New Product Introduction (NPI) and lifecycle rollouts of secure control-network architectures across both new (greenfield) and operating (brownfield) data center facilities.
• Serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex OT network security and industrial control communication issues, balancing security controls with 24x7 facility availability.
• Design and implement robust Layer 2/Layer 3 segmentation, micro-segmentation, and security gateways across global facility control networks.