Principal Cybersecurity Engineer - Red/Blue Team Lead (TS Clearance)

Cybersecurity Jobs; Washington (District of Columbia); Presencial; USD 225.000 - 340.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Stock options

Bonuses

401(k) retirement plan

Medical, vision, dental coverage

Paid parental leave

3 weeks paid vacation

10+ holidays per year

Sick leave

Descripción de la vacante

SpaceX is seeking a Principal Cybersecurity Engineer (Starshield) to build and lead cyber defenses for the Starshield network in Washington, DC onsite.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 7+ or 10+ years of cybersecurity experience for active production systems, with leadership responsibilities and expertise in adversary detection and incident response. Expect extensive collaboration and ongoing blue/red team assessments across Starshield.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer security, or a similar field.
• 7+ years or 10+ years of professional cybersecurity experience for active production systems.
• Experience leading a team of direct reports.
• Experience implementing systems for adversary detection and incident response.

Responsabilidades

• Lead a team of cybersecurity engineers focused on immediate readiness to respond to active threats against systems.
• Implement Starshield’s cyber defense strategy.
• Continuously assess the evolving cyber threat landscape and develop targeted countermeasures for Starshield systems.
• Run red-team style exercises to uncover vulnerabilities and practice tactics the team would use during attacks.
• Lead vulnerability discovery initiatives across the Starshield program.
• Conduct internal bug hunts to identify undiscovered vulnerabilities.
• Build a culture of continual curiosity and open-ended exploration within the team.
• Use the latest tools, including AI, to speed up both bug discovery and bug fixing.
• Drive improvements to incident discovery and incident response.
• Partner closely with engineers building internal systems used to detect security events and improve detection of active network intrusion attempts.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver results.
• Work with engineers implementing security features and with teams developing internal incident discovery tooling.

Conocimientos

Team leadership

Threat detection

Incident response

Blue/Red Team

Vulnerability discovery

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer security, or a similar field

Herramientas

AI

Descripción del empleo

SpaceX is seeking a Principal Cybersecurity Engineer (Starshield) to build and lead cyber defenses for the Starshield network in Washington, DC onsite.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 7+ or 10+ years of cybersecurity experience for active production systems, with leadership responsibilities and expertise in adversary detection and incident response. Expect extensive collaboration and ongoing blue/red team assessments across Starshield.