Security Engineering Manager

Northwood is a modern space infrastructure company bringing the benefits of space to the masses through advanced communications technology. We are building a global network of phased array ground stations that enable real-time, reliable communication for satellite missions such as national security, global connectivity, and disaster response. With a vertically integrated approach, Northwood designs, builds, and rapidly deploys scalable systems that power the next generation of space missions. If you like solving complex challenges and seeing your work deployed around the world with real impact, Northwood is the place to do it. Role: As Security Engineering Lead, you will design, build, and own the security infrastructure that protects Northwood's ground station network, cloud environments, and corporate systems. This is a senior technical leadership role for an engineer who is equally at home architecting security platforms and mentoring a growing team. You will lead the buildout of our SIEM and EDR capabilities, own corporate network security infrastructure including firewall management, and drive secure deployments across on-premises environments and AWS GovCloud and Microsoft GCC. You will define how Northwood engineers and operates security infrastructure at a scale and sensitivity level that does not exist elsewhere in the commercial space industry. This role reports to [... source excerpt omitted ...] plement, and maintain Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies across endpoint, network, and cloud environments to protect sensitive data in alignment with CMMC and NIST 800-53 control requirements. · Develop and enforce DLP rules and rulesets across email, web, and SaaS platforms, continuously tuning policies to reduce false positives while maintaining strong data protection coverage. · Partner with legal, compliance, and IT teams to classify data assets and translate classification requirements into enforceable DLP controls across the enterprise. Identity & Access Support Okta administration in coordination with the IT operations team, including SSO integrations, MFA policy enforcem [... source excerpt omitted ...] collaboration with network operations, mission management, and product engineering teams. Contribute to security architecture reviews and provide technical guidance on regulatory requirements including CMMC, NIST 800-171, and FedRAMP. Basic Qualifications 5+ years in security engineering or DevSecOps with demonstrated experience in a technical leadership capacity. Hands-on experience building and operating SIEM platforms, including log ingestion, detection rule development, and alert management. Experience deploying and managing EDR solutions in a production environment. Demonstrated FortiGate administration experience, including firewall policy management and network segmentat