Senior Security Engineer
northwoodspaceabout 3 hours ago
Torrance, CA, USASenior
Base Salary
$120k - $190k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design security architectures for new ground station infrastructure and space communication protocols.
- Implement security controls for distributed systems that track hundreds of satellites.
- Deploy enterprise SIEM solutions to manage large volumes of satellite communications data.
- Write security playbooks and serve as the primary security liaison for government customers.
- Lead incident response and threat hunting across a globally distributed ground station network.
- Create automated compliance pipelines that satisfy FedRAMP and NIST 800-171 requirements.
Requirements
- 5+ years of production experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, AWS CDK).
- Ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI clearance.
- Experience conducting security architecture reviews in regulated environments.
- Strong knowledge of NIST 800-171, CUI, and FedRAMP frameworks.
- Familiarity with government cloud environments and CI/CD deployment pipelines.
- Proficiency in one or more general-purpose programming languages (Python, Go, Rust).
- Experience implementing defensive controls for endpoints and SaaS applications.