Insider Risk Analyst (Cybersecurity)

Location: Hawthorne, California, United States; onsite

Base salary: $85,000–$110,000 for Level 1 or $100,000–$135,000 for Level 2 annually.

Company

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

What you will do

• Conduct investigations and analysis protecting intellectual property, personnel, infrastructure, programs, and operations.
• Collect, organize, and analyze insider threat program data, including anomalous events and indicators of data exfiltration or destruction.
• Use network monitoring, data analytics, DLP, SIEM, and UEBA tools to identify anomalous activity and investigate underlying trends.
• Conduct internal investigations with Information Security, HR, Legal, Government Security, Physical Security, and external partners.
• Build queries, metrics, reports, case studies, and data pipelines aligned with mission requirements and timelines.
• Communicate findings, support security training and briefings, exchange threat intelligence, and improve the insider threat program.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree plus 2+ years of experience in internal investigations, information security, or counterintelligence, or 4+ years of equivalent professional experience without a degree.
• Experience using SIEM or conducting digital forensic investigations in a government or corporate environment.
• Working knowledge of insider threat missions, risk-based alerting, detection, investigation planning, evidence handling, interviewing, and reporting.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Purview for eDiscovery and strong written and oral communication skills.
• Active TS/SCI clearance or ability to obtain one; pre-employment and random drug and alcohol testing may apply.
• Must meet ITAR eligibility requirements, including U.S. citizenship or nationality, lawful permanent residence, refugee or asylee status, or eligibility for required U.S. authorizations.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, high-tech environment with independent and collaborative work.
• Extended hours, weekends, and ad hoc travel may be required to support critical operations.
• Medical, vision, dental, life, disability, and 401(k) coverage.
• Paid parental leave, approximately three weeks of paid vacation, paid holidays, and paid sick leave.
• Potential stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, employee stock purchase plan access, and a 10% clearance differential up to $20,000 annually after briefing into a classified program.