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Federal Security Sales Specialist, Public Sector

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Reston, VAJob$138–200K/yrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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Compensation
$138–200K/yr
Location
Reston, VA
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Job overview

The Federal Security Sales Specialist supports federal civilian agencies in strengthening cyber defenses with Google SecOps and Mandiant consulting. The role develops security sales across public-sector accounts, builds customer relationships, and coordinates with internal teams to advance opportunities. The position requires extensive federal sales and cybersecurity experience, and candidates must be U.S. citizens to meet customer and compliance requirements.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Federal SalesCybersecurityCloud SecuritySecurity ArchitectureIncident ResponseSecurity OperationsSecurity GovernanceExecutive Relationship ManagementTerritory DevelopmentCustomer SuccessStrategic SalesSales PlanningComplex Sales CyclesAccount QualificationPartner EcosystemBusiness Case DevelopmentImplementation PlanningStakeholder Collaboration

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Practical Experience10 Years Federal Civilian Sales Experience5 Years Cybersecurity ExperienceUS CitizenshipEnglish Proficiency

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Federal Security Sales Specialist, Public Sector

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XMust be a US Citizen to meet customer and compliance requirements, including potential access to classified 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 (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)

  • Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks

  • Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks

  • Holidays: 13 paid days per year.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Reston, VA, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA .

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

  • 10 years of sales experience with federal civilian customers.

  • 5 years of experience in cyber-security, cloud security, security architecture, incident response, security operations, or security governance.

  • Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience supporting long-term executive relationships, and developing territories/accounts from scratch, while ensuring customer success, adoption and expansion.

  • Experience carrying and exceeding strategic business goals in a sales role.

  • Experience prioritizing, planning, and organizing solution-based sales activity within complex sales cycles, including qualifying high value accounts and leveraging our partner ecosystem.

  • Experience working with internal/external teams, including account teams, technical leads, procurement, and legal, to inventory existing software estate, build business cases for transformation with implementation plans, and close agreements.

About the job

The Federal Civilian Security Specialist team helps federal agencies strengthen their cyber defenses with Google SecOps and Mandiant consulting. We combine deep security expertise, threat intelligence, and federal fluency to protect mission-critical systems and drive security growth across Google Public Sector's civilian accounts.

Google Public Sector (https://about.google/intl/ALL\_us/public-sector/#:~:text=We) 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 - $200000 (USD) + 100% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .

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 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 Public Sector 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.

Information collected and processed as part of your Google Careers profile, and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Google'sApplicant and Candidate Privacy Policy (./privacy-policy) .

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See alsoGoogle's EEO Policy (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/eeo/) ,Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal (https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) ,Belonging at Google (https://about.google/belonging/) , andHow we hire (https://careers.google.com/how-we-hire/) .

If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing ourAccommodations for Applicants form (https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2) .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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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 https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCP_EEO_Post.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.

How this job compares

Set against the 53,069 open Sales jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$138–200K/yr
  • Virginia median$100–150K/yr743 salary ranges
  • US median$95–145K/yr25,705 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $169K, is 35% above the Virginia median midpoint ($125K) — in the middle half of Sales salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,388 open Sales jobs in Virginia and 53,069 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Sales postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 29,246 postings).
Education
11,105 of the 53,069 open Sales jobs (21%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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