Principal Security Engineer * Product Security * Washington, DC Position Overview: From software hacking to hardware hacking, we help secure everything from cryptocurrency exchanges and space telescopes to autonomous vehicles and the electric grid. As an Inc. Best Places to Work, Inc. 500 | 5000, CyberSecurity 500, and Austin Fast 50 Award recipient, we are seeking an individual that understands the professional and personal growth attached to this opportunity and who has the corresponding internal drive to maximize it. You will have the opportunity to work with some of the best security engineers in the world who hail from organizations such as Amazon, CIA, Facebook, Google, McAfee, Microsoft, NSA, Redhat, Sun Microsystems, and Symantec. To learn more about Praetorian, visit: https://www.praetorian.com/careers Career opportunity: + Join an industry with massive socio, economic, and political importance in the 21st century + Work alongside some of the best and the brightest minds in the security industry + Partner with prominent clients and help them solve hard security problems + Leave an indelible mark on a company where individual input has real impact + Align your career trajectory with a hyper-growth company that is on the move Core responsibilities: + Lead challenging projects with complex technology stacks across multiple modalities + Perform penetration tests, code reviews, and threat models + Interface with clients, establish technical competency, and deliver complex projects + Assist junior resources hone their security tradecraft skills Accountable for: + Individual project engagement value score objectives and key results + Individual project net promoter score objectives and key results + Individual utilization objective and key result + Individual practice improvement objectives and key results + Individual self-improvement and career advancing objectives and key results Required qualifications: + Offensive security and penetration testing experience + Demonstrated expertise in core software & hardware attack patterns + Strong oral and written communication skills + 5+ years of cyber security experience + BS in computer science, engineering, info systems, physics, or mathematics Desired qualifications: + Prior security consulting experience + Experience leading and mentoring technical teams + Software development and/or hardware design experience + Track record in vulnerability research and CVE assignments + Track record presenting at major security conferences + OSCP, OSCE, OSEE, or OSWE certifications Desired behaviors: + Customer centric focus with an obsessive need to wow and delight each client + Relentless restlessness to improve service execution, service delivery, and the service practice + Ability to maintain high levels of output and work ethic + Personable individual who enjoys working in a team-oriented environment + Comfort dealing with ambiguity in an environment where we build the plane as we fly it + Ability to work within constraints and to challenge the status quo + Ability to self-direct work, orient to action, and truly own the position in a hyper-growth environment If this position is wildly successful, in one year you will have: + Achieved 90% or greater net promotor score + Achieved 90% or greater engagement value score + Demonstrated deep technical competency to our customers + Helped to dramatically improve our existing service lines + Published novel, technical research that moves the industry forward Compensation package includes: + Highly competitive salary + Annual performance-based incentive compensation + Employee stock option plan + 20% bench-time for improving our customers, our practice, and ourselves + $5,000 annual budget for training, certifications, and conferences + 70% company coverage on health insurance premium + 4% company 401K matching vested immediately + No formal vacation policy with flexible hours and working environment In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire. Apply to Job Privacy.Terms.Report + Offensive security and penetration testing experience + Demonstrated expertise in core software & hardware attack patterns + Strong oral and written communication skills + 5+ years of cyber security experience + BS in computer science, engineering, info systems, physics, or mathematics, + Prior security consulting experience + Experience leading and mentoring technical teams + Software development and/or hardware design experience + Track record in vulnerability research and CVE assignments + Track record presenting at major security conferences + OSCP, OSCE, OSEE, or OSWE certifications Desired behaviors: + Customer centric focus with an obsessive need to wow and delight each client + Relentless restlessness to improve service execution, service delivery, and the service practice + Ability to maintain high levels of output and work ethic + Personable individual who enjoys working in a team-oriented environment + Comfort dealing with ambiguity in an environment where we build the plane as we fly it + Ability to work within constraints and to challenge the status quo + Ability to self-direct work, orient to action, and truly own the position in a hyper-growth environment If this position is wildly successful, in one year you will have: + Achieved 90% or greater net promotor score + Achieved 90% or greater engagement value score + Demonstrated deep technical competency to our customers + Helped to dramatically improve our existing service lines + Published novel, technical research that moves the industry forward Compensation package includes: + Highly competitive salary + Annual performance-based incentive compensation + Employee stock option plan + 20% bench-time for improving our customers, our practice, and ourselves + $5,000 annual budget for training, certifications, and conferences + 70% company coverage on health insurance premium + 4% company 401K matching vested immediately + No formal vacation policy with flexible hours and working environment In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.