The opportunity
SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.
What you'll do
Lead a team of cybersecurity engineers. This team's priority is to be: prepared for immediate response to any active threat against our systems.
Implement Starshield's cyber defense strategy. Continually assess the: landscape of cyber threats and develop specific countermeasures for the Starshield systems. Continually run "red-team" style exercises to both discover vulnerabilities as well as to practice the tactics the team will deploy in the event of attacks.
Lead vulnerability discovery efforts across Starshield. Run internal bug: hunts to search for undiscovered vulnerabilities. Develop a team culture of continual curiosity and open-ended exploration. Utilize the latest tools, including AI, to accelerate both discovery and fixing of bugs in the system.
Drive improvements into our incident discovery and response. This team will: collaborate closely with the team building the internal systems we use to detect security events, and help drive improvement in our ability to discover active attempts at network intrusions.
Work across teams to get results. This team will collaborate closely with the: engineers implementing security features into our systems, as well as the team developing our internal incident discovery tools.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer: security, or a similar field, and 7+ years of professional experience in cybersecurity for active production systems; OR 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity for active production systems.
What they're looking for
- Experience leading a team of direct reports.
- Experience in implementing systems for adversary detection and incident response.
- Expertise in computer networks and large-scale distributed compute platforms.
- Experience leading a team of 3-5 engineers on a technical project in cybersecurity.
