Neuralink
IT Security & Identity Engineer
Austin, Texas, United States · Senior · Contract
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Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $97,989 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Computer Occupations, All Other" for prevailing-wage purposes.
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About the role
- We are creating devices that enable a bi-directional interface with the brain. These devices allow us to restore movement to the paralyzed, restore sight to the blind, and revolutionize how humans interact with their digital world.
- Neuralink's Information Technology team owns the corporate environment that every engineer, scientist, and clinician depends on to do their work. Within IT, the Security & Identity function is responsible for who can access what, from which device, under what conditions. That means running the identity provider and SSO federation, enforcing strong
Responsibilities
- Neuralink is looking for a hands-on IT Security & Identity Engineer to own identity, access, and endpoint security for our corporate environment.
- You will be the technical owner of our identity provider, SSO federation, and lifecycle automation, and you will drive endpoint protection, detection, and vulnerability management alongside the rest of the IT team.
- This is a build-and-operate role: you will design controls, implement them in Terraform through GitLab, and then run them in production, including on-call.
- Design, deploy, and operate identity and access management across Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra, and integrated SaaS applications; own SSO federation (SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0) and SCIM provisioning for business-critical tools.
- Manage identity infrastructure and access policy as code using Terraform and GitLab CI/CD; treat the IdP, group membership, application assignments, and conditional access as versioned, reviewable state.
- Drive identity lifecycle automation from onboarding through offboarding, including role-based access control (RBAC), attribute-driven group membership, just-in-time access, and reduction of standing privilege.
- Design and operate strong authentication: phishing-resistant MFA (FIDO2/WebAuthn, passkeys, hardware tokens), certificate-based authentication (X.509, 802.1x), and device-trust conditions tied to MDM compliance.
- Own endpoint security posture across macOS, Windows, and Linux alongside the IT team: EDR policy and operations, disk encryption, secure baselines, and compliance enforcement through MDM (Intune, Jamf, or similar).
- Build and maintain security logging and detection for corporate IT: centralize identity, endpoint, SaaS, and network logs (Grafana/Loki, Prometheus, or a SIEM), write detections for identity abuse and endpoint compromise, and tune alerting.
- Partner with systems, network, and application owners to securely design and operate services on the Tailscale and FortiGate-based network: authentication and authorization, logging, patching, and least privilege.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, cybersecurity, or another STEM discipline, or 5+ years of professional experience in enterprise IT security engineering in lieu of a degree.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience securing corporate IT environments (identity/MFA, endpoint security, logging and detection, vulnerability management, email or file services).
- Strong working knowledge of IAM protocols and standards: SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SCIM.
- Experience administering or operating at least two of the following: enterprise EDR/AV, centralized logging or SIEM, enterprise vulnerability management platform, enterprise MDM.
- Scripting proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell for security automation and integrations.
- Familiarity with NIST 800-53, CIS Controls, or ISO 27001 control families as implemented by IT security engineering.
- Experience in regulated environments (HIPAA, SOC 2, or similar).
Nice to have
- Experience implementing phishing-resistant MFA at scale: FIDO2/WebAuthn, passkeys, hardware tokens, smart cards.
- Certificate-based authentication and PKI operations: TLS, X.509, 802.1x, internal CA management.
- Zero-trust architecture experience, including device trust, Tailscale or comparable mesh VPN, and identity-aware access.
- Detection engineering experience: writing and tuning detections in Grafana/Loki, a SIEM, or comparable tooling.
- Hardening Windows, macOS, and Linux endpoints and servers
- securing file shares, email gateways, and internal applications.
- Privileged access management, just-in-time access, and privilege-escalation reduction.
- SOC or blue-team incident response experience on enterprise IT estates.
Skills
- Own endpoint security posture across macOS,
- Drive scripting and automation (Python,
Compensation
- The anticipated base salary for this position is expected to be within the following range.
- Your actual base pay will be determined by your job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
- As such, in addition to base salary, Neuralink offers equity compensation (in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSU)) for all full-time employees.
- $99,000 - $185,000 USD
Benefits
- Full-time employees are eligible for the following benefits listed below.
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance through a PPO plan
- Commuter benefits
- Equity (RSUs) *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
- Parental leave *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
- Flexible time off *Temporary Employees & Interns excluded
Company info
- We are creating devices that enable a bi-directional interface with the brain.
- These devices allow us to restore movement to the paralyzed, restore sight to the blind, and revolutionize how humans interact with their digital world.
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