Red Team Security Engineer — Threat Hunting & Remediation

Linuxconfig; Town of Texas, Northern (WI, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Security Engineer to join our Information Security team to protect the SpaceX mission and drive vulnerability management across the enterprise. You will work with software development teams, triage bug reports, and conduct Purple and Red Team activities to identify, assess, and remediate threats.

You will develop internal security tools and provide actionable guidance to leadership. The role requires hands‑on security expertise, collaboration with multiple security sub‑teams,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or another STEM discipline or 2+ years security software development experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience with Python, Go, C#, C/C++, or Rust.

Responsibilities

• Develop tools, processes, and guidance to make security easier to adopt without slowing delivery.
• Conduct software code reviews to identify insecure patterns and remediation plans.
• Perform web application security testing using established frameworks and tools.
• Triage and validate Bugcrowd reports and coordinate with researchers on remediation.
• Conduct Purple Team exercises to test controls and improve detection.
• Contribute to Red Team operations including scoping, execution support, and post‑exercise analysis.
• Build and operate vulnerability communication processes for timely alerts on new threats.
• Conduct continuous threat assessment by integrating threat intelligence and vulnerabilities into scanning and prioritization.
• Collaborate with detection/response, compliance, application security, and infrastructure teams to stay aligned.

Skills

Python

Go

C#

C/C++

Rust

Bug bounty platforms

Scripting/automation

Threat hunting

Purple Team

Red Team

Vulnerability assessment

Network fundamentals

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or STEM

Tools

Bugcrowd

HackerOne

Python

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Security Engineer to join our Information Security team to protect the SpaceX mission and drive vulnerability management across the enterprise. You will work with software development teams, triage bug reports, and conduct Purple and Red Team activities to identify, assess, and remediate threats.

You will develop internal security tools and provide actionable guidance to leadership. The role requires hands‑on security expertise, collaboration with multiple security sub‑teams,