Altruist
Principal Security Engineer
Los Angeles, CA · Principal
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About the role
- If you're passionate about challenging the status quo and want to do the most important work of your life, we'd love to meet you!
- We embrace, and encourage healthy debate and diverse perspectives.
- We approach conflict openly, honestly, and respectfully.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and grow the security operations / detection & response team, setting priorities and career paths.
- Own our 24x7 security monitoring strategy across our managed detection & response provider
- Drive regular tabletop and purple-team exercises and partner with Cloud, IT, and Engineering to close gaps surfaced by monitoring.
- Own the day-to-day operation and roadmap of the security operations tooling stack.
- Strong ability to lead through influence and operate with urgency
- Experience building or standing up a 24x7 SOC or transitioning to managed detection & response
Requirements
- A B.A. / B.S. degree in relevant fields such as Computer Science or Computer Engineering or Information Security or relevant experience
Skills
- About Altruist
- Kindness - Kindness doesn't just equal niceness.
- About the position
Compensation
- Los Angeles, CA salary range
- $203,000 - $285,000 USD
Company info
- We're looking for exceptional talent to help us achieve our mission of making financial advice better, more affordable, and accessible to all.
- But first, our values Kindness - Kindness doesn't just equal niceness.
- Grit - When challenges arise, we stay laser focused on achieving our mission and finding a way forward, even when it's hard.
- We are proud of the culture we've built and are cognizant of the ever-changing professional landscape.
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