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Senior Security Engineer
Company | Wing |
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Location | Palo Alto, CA, USA |
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Salary | $214000 – $249000 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
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Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering or related field. A master’s degree in Computer Science or related field is a plus
- 8yrs+ of relevant work experience in security. Experience in consumer electronics, automotive, aerospace industries is highly desirable
- Ability to read, assess and develop production ready code in C/C++ and Python
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify root causes and develop effective solutions
- Results orientated focus, the team’s operational and functional focus is on outcomes with leverage given on how best to achieve the desired output
Responsibilities
- Identify, quantify and/or mitigate security risk by assessing the security risks of Wing’s products, systems and services and communicating them to stakeholders across the organization including non-technical, engineering and executive audiences
- Maintaining up-to-date knowledge of and ensure compliance with evolving cybersecurity and data privacy regulations within the aviation industry globally
- Independently execute gap analysis to assess the organization’s current security posture against new requirements and threats
- Driving mitigation/remediation efforts in a collaborative manner with cross-functional teams
- Designing and implementing security processes for the team on security related issues
- Contributing to the development and test of end-to-end features and bug fixes
- Operating and maintaining security systems, analyze and respond to threats, or execute information security procedures including tasks that are not covered by existing guidelines
- Manage complex and/or long-lived operational security tasks that may be ambiguous in nature
- Identify and implement changes to tools or processes that meaningfully improve the operational and security efficiency for Wing
Preferred Qualifications
- A master’s degree in Computer Science or related field is a plus
- Experience in consumer electronics, automotive, aerospace industries is highly desirable