Security Sales Specialist, Federal Civilian, Google Public Sector

Reston, VA, US Washington D.C., DC, US Until 9/11/2026 10+ years exp First posted July 13, 2026 Last posted July 13, 2026
Job description

About the Job

As Security Sales Specialists, your primary focus will be driving the growth of our cybersecurity business by cultivating and expanding relationships with both current and prospective Federal accounts. You will engage directly with clients to demonstrate product capabilities, articulate key business use cases, and deliver measurable value.Google Public Sector brings the magic of Google to the mission of government and education with solutions purpose-built for enterprises. We focus on helping United States public sector institutions accelerate their digital transformations, and we continue to make significant investments and grow our team to meet the complex needs of local, state and federal government and educational institutions.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $138000 - $201000 (USD) + 100% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

  • Construct and execute an effective territory development plan, promote security products to new and existing security customers, meeting or exceeding quarterly goals.
  • Develop and drive pipeline, managing cycles, from lead generation to customer on-boarding.
  • Build and maintain relationships to influence long-term strategic direction, act as a trusted advisor to the account.
  • Partner with Marketing, Customer Engineering, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Customer Success, Channels and Product, and Engineering teams to represent the customer and provide excellent prospect and customer experience.
  • Represent Google Cloud Security in regional forecasts and team meetings, serve as stakeholder to regional Cloud leads, reporting current, accurate and timely forecasting, and business performance in Salesforce and other tools.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10 years of sales experience with Federal Civilian customers or Federal Systems Integrator partners.
  • 5 years of experience in cyber-security, cloud security, security architecture, incident response, security operations, or security governance.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience planning, pitching, and executing customer transformation strategies that drive true business value and support organizational goals.
  • Extensive knowledge of the public sector cyber security landscape and Google Security offerings.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively across organizational boundaries, build relationships, and manage talent and ideas to achieve a broader organizational goal.
  • Ability to quickly learn, understand, and work with new emerging technologies, methodologies, and solutions in the Cloud/IT/Security technology space.
  • Ability to deliver a professional business and technical pitch to the C-Suite and board levels, with excellent presentation skills.

Additional Information

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:
  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
  • Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
  • Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
  • Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
  • Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
  • Holidays: 13 paid days per year
About this role

Summary

Drive cybersecurity sales growth by developing relationships with federal government clients.

Job title

Security Sales Specialist, Federal Civilian, Google Public Sector

Experience level

10+ years

Minimum experience

10+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

Remote or in Reston/Washington D.C., USA

Salary

$138k–$201k

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

salesfederal governmentcybersecuritycloud securitysecurity architecture

Preferred skills

customer transformationpublic sector cybersecurityrelationship buildingtechnology learningbusiness pitch

Specializations

cybersecuritycloud securitysecurity architecturesecurity operationssecurity governance
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

United States

Remote Country

Reston, VA, USA

On-site City

Washington, DC, USA

On-site City