Engineering Manager, SimSpace
Identity & Access Management
$160-220k
+ Opportunity for annual bonuses & equity stock options at hire, with annual performance-based grants
Cyber security training & insights
Be an early applicant
Cyber security training & insights
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$160-220k
+ Opportunity for annual bonuses & equity stock options at hire, with annual performance-based grants
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
- The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills to guide and mentor a growing team with a proven track record of building secure, scalable identity and authorization systems from the ground up, driving engineering excellence and fostering a collaborative, security-first development culture
- Experienced engineering manager with a strong background in identity and access management, authentication systems, or security-focused back-end development
- Proven track record of successfully leading engineering teams building foundational platform services or identity infrastructure
- History of identifying bottlenecks, implementing solutions, and generating buy-in to improve team performance
- A technical understanding of authentication protocols, authorization patterns, and security best practices with the ability to implement and guide teams through complex software challenges
- Strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams, each with varying roles and personality types
- Passionate about building secure, user-friendly services that enable powerful platform capabilities
- Knowledge of identity standards, compliance frameworks, and modern approaches to authentication and authorization
- Comfortable with agile development methodologies and able to balance scope and quality with development velocity
- Ability to mentor engineers in security-focused development and drive adoption of engineering best practices
- Results-driven with a focus on delivering reliable, compliant systems that scale with business growth
- Navigates competing priorities and builds consensus among stakeholders
- Actively solicits healthy challenges and differing viewpoints
- Strong knowledge of identity and access management concepts, authentication protocols (OIDC, SAML, OAuth), and authorization patterns
- Proven track record of leading engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable identity or back-end platform services
- Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to drive technical decisions and mentor growing engineering teams
- Experience with compliance frameworks (SOC2) and security-first development practices
- Understanding of modern authorization approaches including RBAC, ABAC, or relationship-based access control (ReBAC)
- 6+ years of experience in back-end development, platform engineering, or identity systems with at least 2-4 years in management
- Experience with identity technologies such as Keycloak, Auth0, Okta, OPA, or similar identity providers and policy engines
- Can demonstrate that as a tech lead or IC had designed and built secure APIs, distributed systems, and compliance-focused logging and auditing systems
- Experience with policy engines, fine-grained authorization systems, or similar declarative access control technologies
- Experience with SSO integrations, directory services, and enterprise identity management patterns
- Bachelor's in computer science, engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
What the job involves
- SimSpace is looking for an Engineering Manager, Identity & Access Management to lead our IAM and back-end services team building foundational infrastructure for the SimSpace cyber range platform
- In this position, you'll lead your team through greenfield development of critical platform services, collaborating closely with security, platform, and product teams to build robust authentication, authorization, and supporting back-end services
- The focus is on providing engineering management and technical leadership for our identity infrastructure, encompassing user authentication, fine-grained authorization, resource management, and compliance systems
- Lead and manage a team of 6+ engineers responsible for designing and building our greenfield IAM platform and supporting back-end services
- Collaborate with Staff and Principal Engineers to implement the technical architecture for authentication services, authorization policies, and identity integrations
- Collaborate with platform and product teams to ensure IAM services seamlessly support cyber range functionality and user experiences
- Develop and maintain project roadmaps for identity platform capabilities, resource management systems, audit infrastructure, and other back-end services
- Work closely with engineering leadership to establish security standards, API design patterns, and development practices for back-end services
- Mentor, coach, and grow team members promoting their professional growth and technical expertise
- Ensure compliance with security frameworks, audit requirements, and regulatory standards throughout the development lifecycle
- Empower the team to work independently owning key technical decisions and outcomes
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 optimization 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, is also aiding 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
- Owner & Investor: By offering company equity, employees can own part of the business, aligning their interests with the company’s success and rewarding their dedication as the company grows
- Flexible PTO: With flexible PTO, you can take the time you need, whenever you need it, to ensure you are at your best and fully recharge
- Wellbeing Focused: Enjoy access to the Peloton Interactive Wellness Program, where you can prioritize your health and wellness through a variety of engaging and personalized fitness classes
- Ongoing Learning: Embrace a growth mindset with our comprehensive Learning & Development benefits, which include an enterprise LinkedIn Learning membership
- Health Benefits: Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package starting on day one, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, savings and spending accounts, an Employee Assistance Program, company-paid life and AD&D insurance, and long-term disability coverage
- Retirement Savings Plan: Secure your future with our 401(k) plan, featuring a company match to help you invest in the next chapters of your story
- Customized Interview Journey: Your candidate experience is crucial to us which is why you will have a dedicated career partner that will guide you through the interview process and provide 1:1 support and advisement
- Community & Connection: We prioritize building meaningful connections in a flexible work environment. Our employee resource groups, dedicated wellness committee, and monthly reimbursements for team activities help foster a supportive and engaging community
Company HQ
Fort Point Channel Landmark District, Boston, MA
Leadership
Lee Rossey
(Co-Founder & CTO)Former Group Leader at MIT Lincoln Lab, and Member of Engineering Staff at L-3 Communications.
Peter Lee
(CEO & President)Previously spent over 7 years at RapidMiner as the CEO, over 4 years at TIBCO Software as an Executive VP, and 8 years at JP Morgan as a VP. They also co-founded DataSynapse and served as the CEO for 9 years.
Clint S.
(CPO)Previously an Advisor at Smart Hive and Darkbit. They also served as the SVP of Product at Corelight and VP of Product at Malwarebytes and NortonLifeLock. Alongside this, they spent over 16 years at Symantec in various roles, including CPO of Cyber Security Services.
Roger Blanchette
(CFO)Previously CFO at Broadvoice, 360insights, Element AI, Skyword, NuoDB, Episerver, Dune Medical Devices, Cadent, and DataSynapse. They also spent almost 6 years at Concord Communications as the Director of Finance and VP of Finance.
Matt Knutsen
(CRO)Previously the CRo of Immersive Labs. Prior to that, they spent over 4 years at Avecto as the VP of Americas and EVP & GM of America, and over 8 years at AppSense in various roles, including AVP.
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