Senior Security Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design security architectures for brand-new ground station infrastructure and space communication protocols.
• Design and implement security controls for distributed systems that span continents and operate where a single failure could impact national security missions.
• Deploy enterprise SIEM solutions that can handle terabytes of satellite communications data while maintaining detailed audit trails for stringent compliance requirements.
• Pioneer security for space communications, writing new playbooks and serving as primary security liaison for Space Force and other government customers.
• Lead incident response and threat hunting across a globally distributed ground station network, coordinating with engineering, network operations, and compliance teams.
• Create automated compliance pipelines that satisfy FedRAMP and NIST 800-171 requirements without slowing deployment cycles.
• Build comprehensive security documentation and reporting standards.

Basic Qualifications

• 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, and how to implement them in modern cloud architectures.
• Familiarity with government cloud environments (AWS GovCloud, Azure Government) and CI/CD deployment pipelines across air-gapped networks.
• Proficiency in one or more general-purpose languages (Python, Go, Rust, etc.) for building custom security solutions.
• Experience implementing defensive controls for endpoints, SaaS apps, and infrastructure in non-traditional environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building large-scale log ingestion and storage pipelines for massive data volumes from distributed ground stations.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM (Splunk, QRadar, Sentinel, Panther) and endpoint security solutions (CrowdStrike, SentinelOne) in production.
• Strong Linux experience in production environments.
• Knowledge of DFARS compliance and government contracting security requirements.
• Familiarity with EMASS or similar government assessment tools.
• Demonstrated ability to own complex security projects impacting national security and interface with government customers.