Security Engineer

About Satellogic

Satellogic is a vertically integrated Earth Observation satellite and data company. We design, manufacture, and operate our own fleet of satellites, the Aleph-1 constellation, which delivers high-frequency, high-resolution imagery plus full-motion video.

Earth Observation imagery and data are key to monitoring change at scale, informing critical decisions, and ultimately helping solve the world’s most pressing problems. Our mission is to democratize access to this information, making it affordable and available for those who need it across a wide range of industries, from climate monitoring and agriculture, to energy,  infrastructure and many more. We want to do our part in building a world where every organization is prepared for the challenges of tomorrow.

With a team of around 150 employees spanning 5 countries, Satellogic is a diverse group of purpose-driven professionals across software development, satellite engineering, operations, data science, manufacturing, and sales. We are excited to welcome team members who push the limits, get things done, and never stop learning—all while being humble, honest, and empathetic.

About the team

The Information Security Team is in charge of identifying, evaluating, reporting and mitigating risks to acceptable levels that meet compliance and regulatory requirements. From corporate systems and users’ security, creating security awareness programs, working with development teams to securely design features to enable new markets and products, to incident detection and remediation, the team maintains the corporate wide information security program to ensure that information assets are adequately protected, aligned with the company vision, mission, culture and business objectives. 

About the position

For this role in the Information Security Team, we are looking for someone who is passionate about designing, implementing and testing security controls to secure our systems and users. The role involves understanding the latest trends in infrastructure and systems security with regards to identity driven, context aware access and using that knowledge to enhance our security.

This person will closely work with the VP of Information Security and CISO helping improve our Information Security Program, in particular the processes, standards and tools related to Systems and Users.

The ideal candidate is someone looking to work in a dynamic team and to share their knowledge with peers.

Location  

Remote work from anywhere between UTC-5 and UTC+3 time zones. Satellogic’s office locations include Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Montevideo, Cordoba (ARG)

Responsibilities 

As a Security Engineer, you will: 

• Design, maintain and implement the standards and procedures for supporting:
  • Network Connected Devices (e.g.:standard base OS images)
  • Patching and Vulnerability Management (e.g.: definition of MDM, EDR, AV)
  • Identity Management (e.g.: centralized authentication and password-less approaches)
  • Third-party Vendor Risk Management (e.g.:evaluation of vendor’s security posture and follow-up)
• Interface with Corporate IT following up the security initiatives related to the defined standards that need to be carried out together.
• Interface with the Infrastructure Team to advise when designing and deploying architectures to support our products and operations.
• Perform the security due diligence of new systems and tools that need to be added to our infrastructure for supporting our business.
• Be the subject matter expert when it comes to the design and implementation of our security architecture, configuration of our endpoints and our identity and access management strategy.
• Perform regular vulnerability scans and engage with vendors for penetration testing/red teaming exercises.
• Work with the SIRT whenever needed to support response and remediation tasks.
• Perform proactive research to stay current on security issues and new technologies. Share that knowledge with the rest of the security and engineering team.

About you 

Experience

• At least 5 years of experience in securing servers, endpoints and infrastructure networks, both on premise and cloud.
• Experience performing and analyzing vulnerability scanning results. Red teaming / pentesting experience is a plus.
• Experience evaluating and implementing IAM and IGA products.

Skills

• Knowledge administering Google Workspace productivity suite.
• Knowledge of industry standard security controls and regulations (e.g. NIST-800-53).
• Proficiency in at least one high level programming language (Python preferred). 
• Solid understanding of networking protocols, cryptography, authentication / authorization related protocols (e.g. OAuth/SAML), security architectures and products. 
• Advanced use and administration of Windows and Unix operating systems.

What we value

• Passion for security in particular and technology in general.
• Solid communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate complex ideas and plans. 
• Advanced English proficiency.
• Being purpose-driven, resourceful and able to deliver results autonomously.
• Ability to understand and manage differences and discrepancies by making decisions and proposing alternative solutions.

Diversity Commitment 

Satellogic values diversity and inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer. We are convinced that hiring and developing top talent from around the world for any given discipline will drive innovation, generate new solutions, and deliver a superior product to our global customer base. We work to build an equitable and inclusive environment in which all people, regardless of gender, race, religion, or background, can come together to do their best work.

Please feel free to specify your pronouns following your name on the application.

Learn more about Satellogic

To learn more about us please visit satellogic.com and follow us on twitter (@Satellogic) and LinkedIn

Applicant Data Privacy Statement

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