Sr. GRC Engineer

Blue Origin; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 157,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Parental leave

Disability insurance

401(k) match

Education support

Stock options

PTO & holidays

Job summary

Blue Origin is hiring for a Cybersecurity GRC automation role in the Enterprise Technology group. You will design, build, and operate automation to make compliance measurable and repeatable across cloud and on‑prem platforms.

The role emphasizes software and platform engineering with a focus on automation, security controls, and risk assessments. WA applicants are welcome with a strong foundation in GRC and DevOps practices.

Qualifications

• 7+ years building and operating production software or infrastructure automation.
• Proficiency in Python or similar; REST API integration experience.
• Experience with CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or similar.

Responsibilities

• Automating collection of compliance artifacts across cloud, SaaS, and on‑prem platforms.
• Building and operating CI/CD pipelines and Compliance-as-Code with version control.
• Automating configuration management and drift detection against baselines.
• Supporting continuous monitoring and correlating security telemetry into reports.
• Building GRC dashboards to enable data‑driven decisions.
• Developing outcome‑driven metrics to measure control effectiveness.
• Identifying manually intensive processes and engineering them away.

Skills

Automation experience

Python (preferred)

REST APIs

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Configuration management

Security frameworks

Bachelor's degree

Education

Bachelor's degree or certification

Tools

GitLab CI

Terraform

Bicep

Job description

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

This role is part of Enterprise Technology (ET), where we’re developing the digital infrastructure needed to build the road to space, with an emphasis on digital capabilities required to advance Blue Origin’s mission. Enterprise Technology is the center of excellence for digital technology at Blue Origin, providing oversight and governance to align technology and business strategies.

The Blue Origin Cybersecurity GRC team is reducing the cost of security compliance through automation and engineering. This is primarily an engineering role: you will design, build, and operate the automation that makes compliance measurable, repeatable, and efficient, applying software and infrastructure engineering practices to the governance, risk, and compliance domains. It is well suited to software, SRE, platform, or DevOps engineers seeking to apply their automation expertise to security operations. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Automating the collection of compliance artifacts and evidence across multiple cloud, SaaS, and internal platforms by integrating their APIs and normalizing the data.
• Building and operating CI/CD pipelines and Compliance-as-Code so compliance content is version-controlled, tested, and validated automatically.
• Automating configuration management and configuration monitoring - continuously validating system and platform configurations against approved baselines, detecting drift, and capturing results as evidence.
• Supporting continuous monitoring by integrating and correlating security telemetry and findings from partner-team platforms (including vulnerability management and SIEM/observability) into control-status reporting.
• Building GRC dashboards that integrate observability solutions to enable data-driven decisions.
• Developing outcome-driven metrics and KPIs to measure control effectiveness.
• Identifying manually intensive processes and engineering them away.
• Supporting risk assessments and maintaining policies aligned with security frameworks.

Minimum Qualifications

• 7+ years building and operating production software or infrastructure automation (software, SRE, DevOps, platform, or security engineering).
• Proficiency in a general-purpose programming language (Python strongly preferred; Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, or similar welcome), with maintainable, tested, version-controlled code.
• Experience integrating disparate systems via REST APIs and automating data/evidence collection across multiple cloud and SaaS platforms.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Bicep, or similar).
• Experience with configuration management and configuration monitoring - config-as-code and continuous validation of system state against baselines, including drift detection.
• Ability to translate ambiguous, multi-stakeholder requirements into reliable automation.
• Aptitude and appetite to learn security compliance frameworks (NIST, ISO, CMMC); extensive prior GRC experience is not required.
• Bachelor's degree or certification in a technical field, or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with GRC/compliance frameworks: NIST 800-53/800-171, ISO 27001, ISO 28000, SOC, CMMC, and privacy frameworks.
• Compliance-as-Code / OSCAL / policy-as-code (OPA/Rego, InSpec) experience.
• Configuration compliance and desired-state tooling (SCAP, CIS Benchmarks, Ansible, Salt, Chef/Puppet, or PowerShell DSC).
• Continuous vulnerability monitoring - automating collection and correlation of findings from vulnerability management platforms (enterprise scanning is owned by a partner team).
• SIEM / observability integration.
• AI security experience.
• Aerospace, manufacturing, or OT/safety-critical environment experience.

Base Pay Range for: WA applicants is $156,802.00 - $219,522.45

Other site ranges may differ

Culture Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building an authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Background Check

• Required for all positions: Blue’s Standard Background Check
• Required for Certain Job Profiles: Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation
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• Required for certain Job Profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical

Benefits

• Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
• Stock Options for all regular employees (working at least 20 hours/week)
• Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
• Dependent on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for benefits and bonuses based on the company's intent to reward individual contributions and enable them to share in the company's results, or other factors at the company's sole discretion. Bonus amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed and subject to change and cancellation. Please check with your recruiter for more details.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Washington Fair Chance Act, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws. For more information on “Know Your Rights,” please see here.

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