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Cybersecurity Engineer

Stell

Stell

United States · Los Angeles, CA, USA · American Canyon, CA, USA
Posted on Jan 29, 2025

Security Engineer

Stell Engineering, Inc

Los Angeles and San Francisco based
Early stage start-up - $7.2M raised from Long Journey Ventures, Wischoff, Third Prime
Must be US citizen or green card holder (due to ITAR restrictions).
Able to obtain TS clearance.
Team with aerospace industry expertise: Raytheon, Airbus, DARPA, Hadrian, Palantir, SpaceX

Role begins ASAP

About Stell
Stell helps engineers at hardware companies in heavily-regulated industries (Space, Aviation, Medical Devices) streamline documentation and technical contract compliance.
Key Innovations:
A user-interface for building text-rich documentation with complex linking to describe hardware systems.
Secure collaboration on technical contracts, replacing traditional email and PDFs.
AI powered PDF parsing and automated workflows.
Stell’s clean and powerful interface enables fast collaboration across internal teams and external partners, supercharging engineering projects ​

In this Security Engineer role you will:

Design and implement robust security measures across our enterprise web application and infrastructure
Lead security architecture decisions and drive adoption of security best practices throughout the development lifecycle
Collaborate with engineering team to build and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines
Ensure compliance with FedRAMP processes requirements
Contribute to and optimize our AWS infrastructure, with a focus on GovCloud environments
Implement and maintain comprehensive security monitoring, auditing, and observability solutions

This may be a good fit if you have:

4+ years of professional experience in Security Engineering or DevSecOps roles
Strong experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and services
Experience in Kubernetes cluster management and container security
Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform
Experience with SRG/STIG container hardening and RMF security controls
Deep understanding of modern software development practices and their security implications
A deep knowledge of DevSecOps and infrastructure, information security, cybersecurity, incident management, and root cause analysis.

Preferred Qualifications:

Early stage start up experience
Experience working with aerospace or defense clients
Familiarity with FedRAMP and CMMC 2.0 compliance requirements
Experience building and maintaining security monitoring solutions
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment

What Stell brings to the table:

Flexibility and autonomy at work in a hybrid work environment - we have offices in LA in SF and value our in-person culture, meaning we expect the team to be on-site 3 days a week
Mission to support Aerospace and US Manufacturing - we exist to serve hardware engineers developing and building some of the most important tech in our time (rockets, satellites, drones!)
Sizable equity as part of the compensation package- you become an owner of this company
Competitive salary
Healthcare, vision, dental
If this sounds like you, please email anne@stell-engineering.com with your resume & a few sentences on why you’d like to work with us.