Company Overview Iridium is an award-winning and innovative satellite communications company with bragging rights to the only network that offers voice and data connectivity anywhere in the world. For over 20 years, Iridium's unique network and services have supported critical communications needs for individuals, businesses, and the evolving Internet of Things.
At Iridium, we understand the importance of staying connected and the limitations of traditional communications networks. People across the globe, including first responders, humanitarians, global militaries, scientific researchers, and lone workers, as well as ships, aircraft and remote operations all rely on Iridium to stay connected. We take our responsibility for providing these essential communications very seriously and pride ourselves on offering a reliable lifeline when needed. Likewise, Iridium is committed to providing an exciting and innovative workplace, where employees are challenged to think outside the box and collaborate on new, bold ideas and solutions. Our talented teams are passionate about their work and the impact our company makes around the world. Iridium fosters an empowering and inclusive culture that allows employees to genuinely be their best selves. We are looking for others who want to join this truly unique company that celebrates our employees and provides the opportunity to truly make a difference in the world.
What We're Looking For:If you are experienced in cybersecurity, systems security, and infrastructure protection, and have over 10 years of experience, then you will be excited about the Principal Cybersecurity Specialist opening with Iridium on our Technology, Development, and Operations team. In this role, you'll be responsible for managing multiple activities and projects, including those with cross-functional teams, to ensure the safety and security of Iridium's government installations and technical infrastructure. In this role, you will focus primarily on monitoring, maintaining, and strengthening the security posture of critical systems and networks. You will thrive in this role if you have a deep understanding of federal cybersecurity standards, enjoy solving complex problems, and can independently drive initiatives to completion in a fast-paced environment.
This position requires an active/current Secret Security Clearance (A U.S. Security Clearance that has been active in the past 24 months is considered active).
What You'll Do:- Interface with technical teams across a variety of topics and provide technical support to the team on behalf of the Satellite Operations & Development department, the datacenter/infrastructure group, and Gateway engineering
- Oversee the upgrade and maintenance of existing system security elements; implementation of security upgrades, patches, modifications
- Be responsible for responding to alerts and taking corrective action; providing root cause analysis and developing improvements
- Independently monitor systems for proper operation, error conditions, and unauthorized changes
- Oversee security scans and generate government specified reports to maintain a highly secure profile across all networking and computational systems; select and direct the replacement of information security tools and technologies as new systems become available
Play a key role in validating information assistance security compliance mandates in accordance with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) and Information Assurance Vulnerability Alerts (IAVA) benchmarks and/or industry standards (Center for Internet Security (CIS), SysAdmin, Audit, Network, and Security (SANS), etc.)
- Oversee and perform security hardening per Space Force and DISA IAVA standards
- Lead engineering support efforts related to design, build-out, update, operations, and maintenance of core system applications and components in the Iridium/government datacenters
- Support programs in other departments to ensure system and device security is properly implemented in new designs
- Coach and provide training or suggestions to team members and colleagues as required
- Evaluate, implement, and document security for all identified systems and components
- Document and apply necessary controls to identified Systems to achieve certification required to meet 800-171, 800-172, and 800-53 compliance
- Initiate automation, where possible, to effectively triage and address security alerts
- Engage with Admins and Engineers across various Iridium organizations to respond to and remediate events
- Respond to service requests and incident tickets within established Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
- Maintain existing IT security elements; implement upgrades, replacements and new equipment as directed
- Foster security awareness and security controls are operating effectively
- Maintain operational reports for Key Performance Indicators as well as weekly and monthly metrics
- Maintain proper Change Control and Configuration Management processes
- Maintain all monitoring systems and travel to remote sites to perform scans and gather data not accessible from the home site
What You'll Need to Succeed:- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or Cyber Security field, or a combination of equivalent education and work experience/certifications
- 10+ years of Cybersecurity experience required
- Network and/or Security certifications (CISSP, CISA, CISM, CRISC)
- Demonstrated proficiencies with security infrastructure
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to confidently present products, deliverables, analyses, and/or issues
- Possess an analytical mindset, with the ability to understand a situation or problem and think critically to make decisions or come up with solutions
- Be comfortable managing upward, including being a proactive communicator and asking for help when needed
- Have confidence and be able to establish valuable relationships with others
- Must be able to prioritize key tasks and have a strong sense of ownership over your work
- Be active in seeking out ways to continuously improve yourself and gain new knowledge
- Cloud-based Security control methodologies in both classified and CUI (Controlled Unclassified Information) environments
- LINUX System Admin CLI experience
Things That Would be Great if You Brought to the Table:- AWS Cloud Experience
- Cisco, Checkpoint and FortiGate Experience
- Active/current Top Secret Security Clearance
- Experience with Cisco routers, firewalls, and switches with special emphasis on NXOS, Cisco IOS, PAN-OS, and Cisco ASA software
- Experience with Cisco, Checkpoint and Palo-Alto Firewalls or similar security appliances with superior knowledge of network security applications, tools, and methodologies
- Knowledgeable of Cisco UCS Architecture to support Virtual Infrastructure
- Experience with system administration; responsible for implementing and maintaining network monitoring with systems such as Sciencelogic, Splunk Enterprise, and Nagios.
- Experience with system backups, system monitoring and system partitioning to meet DoD requirements
- Experienced in network system design requirements for hardware, OS, software procurement and processing
- Experience with AWS, Ansible, and Terraform
- Experience with scripting languages
We'll also need you to: - Participate in 24x7 on-call support when necessary
- Be able to travel 10-20%
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Work Environment: This position primarily works in the company office or in a home office. The position is largely sedentary with the majority of the position sitting in a chair and working with a computer. The role uses basic office equipment including a phone, video, computer, keyboard, mouse and printer. For meetings in person, this position will need to be able stand, walk within the office and climb stairs on occasion.
We believe in-person connection drives innovation, strengthens mentorship, and builds culture, while flexibility enables employees to do their best work. Under Iridium's Hybrid Work Policy, employees are expected to work at least three days per week (approximately 60%) in an Iridium office to support collaboration, relationship-building, and professional growth.
Additional Information This job description outlines the general nature and level of work for this role and is not a comprehensive list of duties, responsibilities, or qualifications. Employees may be assigned additional responsibilities as needed.
Iridium is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans. 
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