Staff Security Engineer, Archer
Office located in San Jose, CA
Urban air mobility developer
Open for applications
Urban air mobility developer
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
Office located in San Jose, CA
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To accelerate the benefits of sustainable air mobility.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum of 10+ years in Information Security or related field
- In depth experience covering a wide range of security disciplines such as, endpoint, cloud, networking, identity and access management, devops, incident response, threat intelligence, and more
- Extensive experience with data loss prevention and insider risk management programs
- Experience with securing hybrid on-premise and public cloud infrastructure (specifically AWS)
- Strong understanding of NIST, ISO, and CIS controls compliance and certification requirements
- Previous experience with deploying and managing PAM, DLP, SIEM and other common security tools
- Experience with zero trust concepts and design
- Experience with integrating security into the full software development life cycle
- Ability to effectively lead cross-functional initiatives and drive alignment to achieve results
- Extensive experience securing Linux, Windows, and Mac OS
- Programming, automation, or development experience
- You must be technically proficient and hands-on
Desirable
- A Bachelor or Master degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related technical field
- CISSP or equivalent industry certifications
- Aerospace industry experience
What the job involves
- Recommend, evaluate and implement the latest security tools, technologies, and processes to advance Archer’s security posture
- Partner closely with different stakeholders to drive security programs and enforce compliance requirements
- Design and implement a data loss prevention program covering endpoints, data, network, cloud, applications and systems. Responsible for the management, advanced configuration, monitoring, and fine-tuning of DLP solution; Design and create new detection techniques and improve existing ones
- Design a full life-cycle data management solutions encompassing data classification, access control, encryption, and data masking
- Implement and conduct risk management to reduce supply chain and enterprise risks
- Perform vulnerability assessment; Lead efforts to prioritize and drive down vulnerabilities
- Lead security investigations and incident response, build automation playbooks, develop queries and analytics, and improve threat detection capabilities
- Support the security design and implementation of best practices for industry certification
- Prepare deliverables, metric reports, and documentations
- Stay up-to-date on current cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, trends, and best practices to proactively improve the cybersecurity risk and controls program
- Implement and apply technologies, processes, and practices designed to protect networks, devices, programs, and data from malicious attack, damage, or unauthorized access
Our take
Electric air taxis may sound like a pipedream, but companies like Archer are in the process of testing models that they hope to begin producing at scale in 2025. Designed to be quiet and efficient, its current model can fly at speeds of 150 miles per hour and cover 60 miles per flight. With urban transport in mind, these air taxis are both greener and vastly more efficient than traditional vehicles.
Given the congestion and pollution issues that many cities are facing, it's easy to imagine such transport taking over. It’s also worth noting that although Archer plans to run them with human pilots initially, the company has automation as part of its long-term goals.
Other players exist in this space: EHang, a Chinese firm, flew its first aerial taxi in America in 2020. However, Archer has big backers and customers such as United Airlines (acting both as an investor and launch customer) and manufacturing partner Stellantis with whom it is mass-producing its flagship Midnight eVTOL aircraft.
There's certainly a growing demand for clean transport without sacrificing speed, but many barriers still remain in Archer's way as it must help to initiate a seismic shift in transportation infrastructure and behaviors to reach mass adoption. That being said, it has the funding behind it, raising close to $2 billion in post-IPO funding since 2021.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
44% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2020
$55.7m
SERIES A
Total funding: $55.7m
Company values
- Transparency - We rely on transparent, direct, and honest communication to achieve our mission in the most productive way possible as one team. We’re all in this together
- Long-term thinking - We are long-term, mission-driven thinkers with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are not afraid to be bold, think creatively, and overcome any obstacles along the way to turning our dream into reality
- Safety - Safety first, always. We are dedicated to ensuring the safety of our employees, future passengers, and the environment by building a high redundancy aircraft with no single point of failure. Through testing, high quality materials, and precision we will never compromise on safety
- Sustainability - We’re dedicated to creating an aircraft that will push the world towards a zero-emissions future. By using advanced technology, electric batteries, and safe materials, the environment and health of our communities always comes first
- Celebration - Most importantly, we celebrate together. From team events to test flights and everything in between, we know how to have fun
Company HQ
Tasman and Zanker, San Jose, CA
Articles
Leadership
Adam Goldstein
(CEO)Started their career in financial services, before co-founding Vettery, a talent marketplace, in 2012. Founded Archer in 2018.
Salary benchmarks
We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.
Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.
Share this job
View 6 more jobs at Archer