Security Engineer, Corporate Security

Cape is America’s privacy-first mobile carrier. Our mission is to be a force for good in global wireless. Founded in 2022, we believe privacy is a fundamental right, not a luxury. We built America’s most private and secure mobile carrier from the ground up, designing a suite of privacy and security features that no other carrier can offer. Today, Cape serves consumers, businesses, and government agencies, providing a secure network that gives people back control of their most personal information.

About the Team

At Cape, we are the architects of a privacy-centric movement. We are relentless builders, innovating at the edge of telecommunications with a foundation of high trust and high expectations. Our structure is flat, and collaboration matters more than hierarchy. You will work with world-class engineers, architects, and visionaries to solve "impossible" problems and deliver mission-critical results for our users every day.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage security controls and policies across corporate IT systems, focusing on the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of employee, customer, and business data.
• Own and mature identity and access management (IAM/SSO/MFA), endpoint security (EDR, MDM), and email/network security (phishing defense, DLP, firewalls, VPN) across the organization.
• Perform comprehensive security assessments of corporate systems and vendors to identify vulnerabilities, assess risk, and recommend actionable mitigation strategies.
• Establish governance, guardrails, and monitoring for emerging employee tooling, including associated data-handling, access, and third-party risks.
• Own the vulnerability management lifecycle across the corporate fleet: scanning, risk-based prioritization, remediation and patch SLAs, and closure tracking across endpoints and internal systems.
• Lead security awareness and phishing simulation programs to build an organization-wide culture of security.
• Contribute to compliance and audit efforts as needed, lending security context to help the business move faster.
• Assess and manage third-party/vendor security risk, including security questionnaires, contract reviews, and ongoing vendor monitoring.
• Assist in running and addressing findings from penetration tests, red team exercises, and internal audits, ensuring prompt and effective remediation.
• Stay informed about the latest security threats, vulnerabilities, and compliance mandates affecting corporate environments; provide strategic guidance on technologies and best practices.
• Investigate security incidents and insider-threat concerns in partnership with HR, Legal, and IT as needed.
• Raise the security bar across the company by mentoring engineers and partners on secure practices, fostering a culture of security awareness and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to integrate security requirements effectively into IT projects and broader business initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field or equivalent experience. Advanced degrees or certifications (e.g., CISSP, GIAC, Security+, CISM) are advantageous.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in information security, with meaningful experience across corporate/IT security domains (identity, endpoint, network, GRC).
• Deep understanding of enterprise identity providers and SSO/MFA platforms, endpoint/EDR tooling, MDM platforms, and email security tooling.
• Working knowledge of common compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001).
• Familiarity with government/public-sector security frameworks (FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST SP 800 series, CJIS) is a plus, given Cape's government-facing customer base.
• Working knowledge of consumer privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA, and other regional privacy laws) as they apply to handling customer data.
• Exposure to secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) practices and partnering with engineering on secure design reviews.
• Proficiency in scripting or automation (Python, shell scripting, or similar) to streamline security operations and reporting.
• Familiarity with vendor/third-party risk management processes and tooling.
• Solid knowledge of network security, encryption technologies, and secure business-system configuration.
• Excellent analytical skills for identifying and mitigating complex security vulnerabilities and risks.
• Strong communication and leadership abilities, capable of working collaboratively across teams and effectively conveying technical information to non-technical stakeholders.
• Organized and able to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Skills

• Security Expertise – Experience identifying and resolving security issues across corporate systems (identity, endpoint, network, and data). Secure-by-design principles, and partnering with IT/engineering during design time.
• Analytical – Collects data and information; uses critical thinking to solve problems and make sound decisions.
• Collaboration & Teamwork – Builds partnerships with others to reach common goals. Able to share credit with coworkers, display enthusiasm, and promote a friendly group-working environment. Works closely with other departments, supports group decisions, and solicits opinions from coworkers.
• Communication – Presents information through verbal and written communication; reads and interprets complex information; listens well. Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey clear understanding of unique audiences.
• Decision-Making – Acts quickly to solve problems and exercises good judgment by making sound and well-informed decisions. Perceives the impact and implications of decisions; makes effective and timely decisions, even when data is limited.
• Dependability/Self-Management – Possesses the personal discipline and diligence necessary to keep commitments and complete tasks. Is accountable for actions and outcomes. Makes effort to improve situations without explicit instructions; a self-starter who consciously manages time and resources.
• Customer Centric – Values delivering high-quality, innovative service to employees; understands client needs; responds promptly and is accessible; follows through on commitments in a timely manner; maintains positive, long-term working relationships; assumes ownership of process issues and takes steps to mitigate problems. Gets consistently high feedback from stakeholders.
• Flexibility / Adaptability – Adjusts quickly to changing priorities, conditions, and challenges. Copes effectively with complexity and change. Is comfortable navigating ambiguity and handling limited unknowns in familiar areas.
• Planning & Organization – Manages multiple projects, determines project urgency in a practical way, uses goals to guide actions, creates detailed action plans, and organizes tasks.

Cape-Specific Competencies

• Do Excellent Work
• Respect The Opportunity (each other, the user)
• Overshare
• Bias Towards Action

Pay

Salary range for this role in New York, New York is $200,000-$255,000 depending on experience and interview performance.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation that is geo-adjusted based on your location, along with meaningful equity so you share in the value you help create.
• 401(k) match
• 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and your dependents
• 12 weeks paid parental leave (for all parents, no waiting period)
• Stipends for:
  • Family-forming needs
  • Gender-affirming care
• Unlimited PTO

About Our Culture & Values

We hire excellent people, give them outsized responsibility, and trust them to execute. Every person at Cape has a proven track record of tackling hard problems and winning. We believe that personal privacy and national security are not at odds, and that they can be reconciled through strong technology. We believe companies exist to build awesome things and take care of the people who build them, so we offer top-tier healthcare, 401(k) matching, and a generous vacation policy that our team actually uses to recharge. We believe that a stronger company and a better product are built by people from all walks of life. We hire without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. If you are great at what you do, you belong here.