Investigations Analyst (Insider Threat)

Location: Hawthorne, California, United States; onsite role. Extended hours, weekends, and ad hoc travel may be required.

Base salary: $85,000–$110,000 annually for Level 1 or $100,000–$135,000 annually for Level 2. Active clearance holders may receive a 10% differential, up to $20,000 annually.

Company

SpaceX develops aerospace technologies, including launch vehicles, spacecraft, interplanetary transport systems, and satellite communications infrastructure.

What you will do

• Conduct internal investigations supporting intellectual property protection, information security, and counterintelligence.
• Analyze insider-threat program data and triage anomalous events related to data exfiltration, destruction, and other risk indicators.
• Use network monitoring, DLP, SIEM, UEBA, and data-analytic tools to identify anomalous activity and underlying trends.
• Extract and organize data into metrics, reports, and case studies aligned with mission requirements and timelines.
• Coordinate investigations with Information Security, HR, Legal, Government Security, Physical Security, external partners, and government or industry contacts.
• Communicate findings, support training and briefings, and safeguard case files, employee PII, and intelligence reports.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years of experience in internal investigations, information security, or counterintelligence, or 4+ years of relevant experience without a degree.
• Experience using SIEM or conducting digital forensic investigations in a government or corporate environment.
• Understanding of insider-threat missions, risk-based alerting, detection, tuning, evidence handling, interviewing, and investigation reporting.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Purview for eDiscovery and strong written and oral communication skills.
• Active TS/SCI clearance or ability to obtain one is required.
• For ITAR compliance, applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. authorizations.

Nice to have

• Experience with business process automation or constructing data pipelines.
• Experience conducting preliminary assessments, planning investigations, collecting evidence, interviewing, and reporting findings.
• Experience benchmarking insider-threat programs and sharing threat intelligence with external partners.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, high-tech environment focused on protecting advanced aerospace and satellite technologies.
• Medical, vision, and dental coverage, plus short- and long-term disability and life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan, paid parental leave, paid vacation, paid sick leave, and 10 or more paid holidays.
• Potential stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and employee stock purchase plan access.
• Pre-employment and random drug and alcohol testing apply to employees with active clearances.