Neurophos

Lead Security Engineer

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26 days ago
Austin, TX, USA or Sunnyvale, CA, USAStaff+

Base Salary

$180k - $235k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Deploy zero-trust network access, secure cloud perimeters, and infrastructure access controls across cloud, lab, and office environments.
  • Protect engineering compute, CAD/EDA tools, and proprietary chip design repositories from exfiltration and unauthorized access.
  • Implement IAM, PAM, RBAC, MFA, and automated access review processes.
  • Design and operate vulnerability management, asset scanning, remediation tracking, SIEM/EDR, intrusion detection, and continuous logging programs.
  • Own incident response runbooks, act as primary incident commander, conduct forensic analysis, and lead root-cause post-mortems.
  • Lead customer and investor security discussions, vendor risk assessments, and responses to security questionnaires and technical due diligence.
  • Own security policies, compliance documentation, data classification, network segmentation, disaster recovery, and the SOC 2 Type II program.
  • Collaborate with legal and engineering teams on secure data handling, export controls, and access controls.
  • Build and eventually hire and develop a small security function.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in security engineering, infrastructure security, or cybersecurity leadership, including primary security ownership at a company with fewer than 200 people.
  • Hands-on ownership of a SIEM/EDR stack from end to end.
  • Demonstrated IAM/PAM architecture experience with a modern identity provider such as Okta or equivalent.
  • Direct experience leading at least one SOC 2 Type II audit cycle and delivering evidence to auditors.
  • Experience conducting vendor security assessments and responding to customer or prospect security questionnaires and technical due diligence.
  • Working knowledge of ITAR/EAR export control frameworks as applied to technical data and access control.
  • Working proficiency in at least one major public cloud, ideally Azure.
  • Ability to operate without an existing team and interest in hiring and developing a security function.
  • Willingness to work across Sunnyvale and Austin as needed.
  • Preferred qualifications include CISSP, CISM, CCSP, or OSCP certification; experience with Vanta, Drata, or similar GRC automation platforms; and experience securing semiconductor EDA/CAD workflows, Linux compute clusters, or physical R&D labs.

Benefits

  • 100% coverage of base health plan premiums for employees and dependents, plus HSA contributions.
  • Unlimited paid time off.
  • 401(k) matching and stock option opportunities.
  • Dental, vision, life, hospital, critical illness, and accident insurance.
  • Personalized benefit-plan options with cash-back alternatives.
  • Full-time onsite work in Austin, Texas, or Sunnyvale, California, with travel or work across both locations as needed.

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