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About SpaceX
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 joins the Information Security team to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of enterprise systems and processes. This role involves designing, building, and maintaining technology to secure networks and data, including standing up authentication services, multi-factor authentication, and network access control identity. The engineer will automate identity lifecycles, operate backend infrastructure for network security services, and manage web application firewalls. Key responsibilities include enforcing cloud security policies, finding threats, and shipping scalable software solutions. Required technical skills include experience with Python, Go, C#, C/C++, or Rust, alongside knowledge of distributed systems. Preferred competencies include Linux, Windows, and macOS internals, PKI, SAML, OIDC, OAuth, TPMs, HSMs, TCP/IP, UDP, Web APIs, and HTTP-RPC to solve complex security and infrastructure problems.
What does a Security Engineer earn in California?
Median $200125 from 42 postings across 15 companies.
Design, build, and maintain technology to protect SpaceX systems, networks, and data.
Stand up authentication services, multi-factor authentication, and network access control identity.
Automate the identity lifecycle for Information Security and partner organizations.
Run backend infrastructure and operate web application firewalls and application-level security controls.
Enforce cloud security policy, centralized configuration, and monitoring.
Identify security threats and gaps to ship software and deployment changes that reduce risk.
Deliver scalable, repeatable, maintainable, and secure security solutions.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in computer science or another STEM discipline; OR 2+ years of professional experience in security software development in lieu of a degree.
Experience with Python, Go, C#, C/C++, or Rust.
Experience designing and implementing security solutions for operating systems, distributed systems, or other enterprise / large-scale infrastructure.
Ability to pass Air Force background check for Cape Canaveral.
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Writing, shipping, and operating secure software (preferred).
Linux, Windows, and macOS system internals (preferred).
Public key infrastructure (PKI) and related technologies (preferred).
Python
Go
C#
C/C++
Rust
Linux
Windows
macOS
SAML
OIDC
OAuth
PKI
TCP/IP
UDP
REST
Web APIs
HTTP-RPC
Cloud Security
Web Application Firewall
Multi-factor Authentication
Network Access Control
Python
Go
C#
C/C++
Rust
Linux
Windows
macOS
SAML
OIDC
OAuth
PKI
TCP/IP
UDP
REST
Web APIs
HTTP-RPC
Cloud Security
Web Application Firewall
Multi-factor Authentication
Network Access Control
Python
Go
C#
C/C++
Rust
Linux
Windows
macOS
SAML
OIDC
OAuth
PKI
TCP/IP
UDP
REST
Web APIs
HTTP-RPC
Cloud Security
Web Application Firewall
Multi-factor Authentication
Network Access Control
Root-cause Debugging