Hiring: Lead Security Engineer Company: Neurophos Location: Austin, TX Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 12:56:13 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : AI, AutoCAD, Azure, CAD, EDA, IAM, Linux, Okta, R, Risk Management, SIEM, SOC 2, SaaS About the job Experience: •8+ years in security engineering, infrastructure security, or cybersecurity leadership, including experience as the primary security owner at a company under 200 people. Required Skills: •This is a lead role by design. You are the senior-most security voice in the company from day one and the intended future owner of the security function and its team. •Deploy zero-trust network access, secure cloud perimeters, and infrastructure access controls across cloud and physical lab/office environments. Experience with Azure is a major plus. •Safeguard high-value engineering compute environments, CAD/EDA tools, and proprietary chip design repositories against external exfiltration and unauthorized access. •Implement robust Identity & Access Management policies, fine-grained Role-Based Access Control, Multi-Factor Authentication, and automated access review cycles. •Threat Detection, Vulnerability Management & Incident Response •Design and execute end-to-end vulnerability management processes, covering continuous asset scanning, prioritization, and coordinated remediation tracking with engineering teams. •Build, maintain, and test the incident response runbook; serve as the primary incident commander during security events, conducting forensic analysis and root-cause post-mortems. •Establish SIEM/EDR tooling, intrusion detection, and continuous logging across endpoints, servers, and cloud infrastructure to detect unauthorized access attempts in real time. Qualifications: •Hands-on ownership of a SIEM/EDR stack end-to-end. •Demonstrated ownership of IAM/PAM architecture in a modern IdP (Okta or equivalent). •Direct experience leading at least one SOC 2 Type II audit cycle, including auditor-facing evidence delivery. •Direct experience running vendor security assessments and responding to customer/prospect security questionnaires or technical due diligence. •Solid functional working knowledge of export control frameworks (ITAR/EAR) as applied to technical data and access control. •Working proficiency in at least one major public cloud, ideally Azure. •Comfortable operating without an existing team, plus interest in hiring and developing a small security function over time. •Willingness to work across Sunnyvale and Austin as needed. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!