Senior Aerospace Security Engineer (Satellites & Cloud)

Telemetry Today LLC; San Jose (CA); Híbrido; USD 154.000 - 207.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Equity compensation

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k retirement plan

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Paid parental leave

Descripción de la vacante

Muon Space seeks a Senior Security Engineer to join our Security Engineering & IT team. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise across multiple security domains and can operate independently to protect Muon’s infrastructure, data, and people.

You will own and advance our security posture across our satellites, ground systems, mission networks, and cloud infrastructure while contributing to compliance efforts including NIST 800-171 and ITAR/EAR requirements.

Formación

• 5+ years of information security or security engineering experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance, or eligibility to obtain one.
• Familiarity with satellite communication protocols and RF/space-ground links.
• Experience securing aerospace or mission systems (satellites, ground systems, C2 interfaces).
• Experience with threat modeling, code reviews, security testing, and vulnerability management.
• Strong IAM knowledge with Okta or Azure AD administration.
• Proficient cloud security experience in AWS (IAM, VPC, Security Groups, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Config).
• SIEM experience with Splunk, Sentinel, Elastic, or similar.
• Familiarity with NIST 800-171, CMMC, SOC 2, ISO 27001.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for risk and technical findings.

Responsabilidades

• Design and implement cybersecurity controls for satellite software, ground systems, and mission infrastructure.
• Develop secure software practices including threat modeling, code reviews, vulnerability management, and security testing.
• Monitor mission networks and satellite systems for cyber threats and coordinate containment.
• Collaborate with aerospace, software, systems, and compliance teams to meet regulatory requirements.
• Own network security architecture including firewall rules, IDS/IPS tuning, segmentation, and VPNs.
• Assess vulnerabilities in flight software and satellite protocols; coordinate remediation with engineering.
• Administer and harden IAM systems (Okta, AWS IAM) including SSO, conditional access, and lifecycle automation.
• Develop and maintain security monitoring and alerting using SIEM platforms with detection rules.
• Conduct security assessments of new tools, vendors, and architectural changes prior to deployment.
• Drive cloud security posture across AWS environments; review IAM policies, S3, security groups, CloudTrail/GuardDuty.
• Support CMMC Level 2 and NIST SP 800-171 compliance; maintain SSP narratives and evidence collection.
• Develop and deliver security awareness training and phishing simulations.
• Lead or support incident response activities and post-incident reporting.
• Maintain and improve data loss prevention for CUI and sensitive data.
• Keep security policies current as the environment evolves.

Conocimientos

Security engineering

TS/SCI clearance

Satellite security

IAM (Okta/Azure)

Cloud security AWS

SIEM experience

Compliance knowledge

Communication skills

Herramientas

Okta

Azure AD

AWS IAM

Splunk

Sentinel

Elastic

GuardDuty

CloudFormation/Terraform

Descripción del empleo

Muon Space seeks a Senior Security Engineer to join our Security Engineering & IT team. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise across multiple security domains and can operate independently to protect Muon’s infrastructure, data, and people.

You will own and advance our security posture across our satellites, ground systems, mission networks, and cloud infrastructure while contributing to compliance efforts including NIST 800-171 and ITAR/EAR requirements.