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SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.
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The Security Engineer (Embedded & Networking) joins the Information Security department to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems and processes across the enterprise. This role focuses on behind-the-scenes technologies, including authentication and identity services, multi-factor solutions, network access control, and cloud deployment security policy enforcement. The engineer will design, build, and maintain scalable infrastructure for network security, application level controls like web application firewalls, and automated identity lifecycle management scripts. Candidates should possess experience with Python, Go, C#, C/C++, or Rust, along with knowledge of Linux, Windows, and Mac system internals. Technical expertise in PKI, SAML, OIDC, OAuth, and hardware security modules is preferred. The role addresses the critical challenge of securing high-risk services and infrastructure to ensure operational success within a complex, large-scale technical environment.
What does a Security Engineer earn in California?
Median $196000 from 31 postings across 16 companies.
Applied Cryptography
Network Security
Operating System Security
Incident Response
Vulnerability Research
Software Engineering
Python
C++
Golang
TCP/IP
UDP
Distributed Systems