Sr. Security Engineer, Leo Security

About the role

The Leo Security team owns the security of Project Leo, an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites for broadband network connectivity. As a Sr. Security Engineer, you will drive the research and development of critical security systems and mechanisms, collaborate with business leaders, and help establish a security culture within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Establish product-specific security bar, threat models, and security priorities
• Identify design & implementation defects
• Support product development processes by providing consultation services on difficult security decisions
• Collaborate with business leaders to define security priorities
• Support product leaders by acting as a trusted advisor
• Guide teams towards outcomes that produce products that safely handle customer data
• Collaborate with builder teams to assess technical debt and risk
• Propose a security vision for the business that delivers security that protects our customers
• Assist Red Teams in identifying security testing priorities
• Assist in scoping penetration tests and help deep-dive on these engagements
• Investigate emerging security issues, root cause them, and devise mechanisms to prevent them

Requirements

• 4+ years of scripting, programming, and security code review experience in common programming languages
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead, or leading an engineering team
• Bachelor’s degree in CS, CE, or related field, or equivalent work experience
• 8+ years delivering security assessments or reviews
• 5+ years experience assessing the security of distributed software systems in Python, Java, Rust, GoLang or C/C++
• 3+ years experience in delivering security for cloud-native environments and embedded environments
• Hands-on experience with satellite communications and management software
• Experience with low-level programming and embedded systems

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Security, or a related field
• Experience in performing and/or participating in technical security assessments, e.g. code level and design level assessments
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions and recommendations that produce results
• Familiarity with programming and scripting or experience developing security tools & processes that work at scale
• Experience triaging security risks/vulnerabilities and ensuring that they are properly understood by the business and fixed and/or mitigated

Pay

Base salary range: $178,400.00 - $226,700.00 USD annually

Schedule

Full-time