Senior Security Research Engineer, SimSpace
$130-195k
+ opportunity for annual bonuses tied to company performance and individual contributions + Equity
Cyber security training & insights
Be an early applicant
Cyber security training & insights
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$130-195k
+ opportunity for annual bonuses tied to company performance and individual contributions + Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To work on solutions that drive better cybersecurity across the world to ensure a secure future for us all.
Role
Who you are
- Previous experience in creating trainings
- Solid understanding of tactics and techniques used during offensive network operations and the ability to modify them to subvert defensive countermeasures
- A deep knowledge of the newest computer and network security. This includes preventing attacks, defending against them, recognizing them, and investigating afterwards, along with other protective actions
- Experience as a practitioner of cyber red-blue exercise concepts as a learning technique
- Thorough understanding of adversary kill-chain and exploitation scenarios
- Basic knowledge of one or more scripting languages such as PowerShell, Bash, or Python
- Demonstrable experience in building and operating custom defensive toolsets
- Experience in multiple technical areas to include incident response, vulnerability assessment, risk management, information assurance, scripting, cyber threat intelligence, digital forensics, malware analysis, network and/or host-based monitoring
- Experience with commonly used attack frameworks (Cobalt Strike, Metasploit, CANVAS, Empire, Core Impact, etc.)
- Desire to learn, fostering a growth mindset, and sharing knowledge to others on the team
- Ability to develop and present your own course materials based on your assessment of participant needs
- U.S. citizenship as required by our U.S. Government contracts
- A broad knowledge of standard cyber defense tools and offensive cyber techniques, along with deep specialization knowledge in at least one of the following domains:
- Microsoft Active Directory Security
- Application Security
- Host Forensics
- Linux Security
- Network Forensics
- Threat Hunting
- Incident Response
- Malware Analysis
- Red Teaming or Penetration Testing
- Reverse Engineering
What the job involves
- A Senior Security Research Engineer at SimSpace, who will design, develop and execute network intrusions on live ranges using real-world adversary tactics coupled with modern security defense and investigative strategies.
- You will join a team of skilled offensive operators and strategic defenders to develop world-class skills assessments and trainings that are critical in shaping information security professionals of tomorrow
- As a Senior Security Research Engineer, you will develop practice tests and training programs.
- These will assist all users, from novices to professionals, in enhancing their skills. Through realistic simulations, they will learn how to safeguard their networks from sophisticated cyber threats
- Develop educational curriculum that encompasses a range of foundational to advanced red team/offensive tactics and/or blue team DFIR/investigative strategies
- Create learning materials in the form of functional exercises, written lessons, and simulated attack scenarios
- Architect cyber range scenarios that include adversarial tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), advanced detection and investigative strategies
- Work with our range-operations and DevOps teams to develop toolsets and scenarios in a simulated network to model real-world threat offense or defense scenarios
- Install and baseline security monitoring, detection, and response technologies in enterprise-scaled cyber ranges
- Stay abreast of the latest in offensive strategies and cybersecurity defenses, technologies, methodologies, policy, and breaches
- Assess the cybersecurity knowledge, skills and abilities of individuals and teams
Our take
Founded by experts from the US MIlitary’s Cyber Command and MIT Lincoln Laboratory, SimSpace is a cyber training platform that provides users with simulations, training exercises and rehearsals that act as stress tests for the cyber security of tech and its users.
At a time when cybersecurity is becoming a military and corporate priority, SimSpace’s Cyber Force Platform helps train sophisticated tech enterprises, governments and national infrastructure companies to become more resilient. Its comprehensive medley of stack optimisation tools, attack simulations, actionable analysis, and “live fire” exercises are built to both strengthen cybersecurity and increase the efficiency of a company’s tech.
With the founding team's background in the military and government research and development sectors, the company has a good foundation of expertise surrounding its target market. Substantial funding from L2 Point, that was awarded in 2023, will aid its growth as it accelerates expansion into new territories.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (1 round)
Dec 2023
$45m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $45m
Company benefits
- Insurance: medical, dental, and company-paid vision
- Unlimited PTO
- Equity options at hire and potential for additional based on performance
- Generous employee referral bonus program
- Peloton Interactive Wellness Program
- Semi-flexible hours, with the expectation that you overlap the main part of the day to meet deadlines, collaborate with colleagues and attend key meetings
Company HQ
Fort Point Channel Landmark District, Boston, MA
Leadership
William Hutchison
(CEO)Previously a Senior Military Officer with the US Department of Defense.
Lee Rossey
(CTO)Former Group Leader at MIT Lincoln Lab, and Member of Engineering Staff at L-3 Communications.
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