6 hours ago
Base Salary
$170k - $265k/yr
Responsibilities
- Implement Starshield’s cyber defense strategy and develop countermeasures against evolving threats.
- Conduct red-team exercises, vulnerability discovery efforts, internal bug hunts, and security assessments.
- Improve incident discovery and response capabilities for active network intrusions.
- Collaborate with security-feature, incident-discovery, and other engineering teams across Starshield.
- Support immediate response preparedness for active threats against production systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer security, or a similar field and 5+ years of professional cybersecurity experience in active production systems, or 7+ years of such experience.
- Experience implementing systems for adversary detection and incident response.
- Expertise in computer networks, large-scale distributed compute platforms, vulnerability discovery and triage is preferred.
- Experience with continuity of operations planning and Blue Team or Red Team assessments is preferred.
- Must successfully obtain and maintain a Top Secret Security Clearance.
- Must satisfy ITAR eligibility requirements or be eligible to obtain required authorizations.
- Active Top Secret, Top Secret SCI, or DOE Level Q clearance and an advanced technical or engineering degree are preferred.
Benefits
- Base salary range is $170,000.00–$265,000.00 annually, with a 10% clearance differential up to an additional $20,000 annually for eligible employees.
- Potential long-term incentives, discretionary bonuses, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan participation.
- Medical, vision, dental, 401(k), disability, life insurance, paid parental leave, discounts, and other perks.
- Three weeks of paid vacation, 10 or more paid holidays, and paid sick leave.
- Extended hours and weekend work may be required.
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About SpaceX
SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches orbital rockets and spacecraft, and operates Starlink, a global satellite internet network for consumers, businesses, and governments. Its revenue comes from commercial and government launch services (Falcon 9/Falcon Heavy, Dragon cargo and crew to the ISS) and subscription broadband with Starlink hardware and service. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Hawthorne, California, the privately held company serves NASA and commercial satellite operators, building most systems in-house.