Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

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As quantum computing leaders, Rigetti Computing is building the world’s most powerful computers to solve humanity’s most pressing problems. We believe this technology will fundamentally change the world for the better and will affect nearly every industry over the coming decades. Now a public company, we are expanding our security initiatives!
 
Here at Rigetti, the Security Engineering teams’ mission is to support and enable the development and deployment of our proprietary quantum computing hardware. As our 1st Security Engineering hire, you champion the intersection of technology, process, and people to be the conduit for Rigetti in sharing our cutting edge technology with the rest of the world. We believe security is about building capabilities, employing passionate and motivated people, continually improving processes, and leveraging cutting edge systems to manage risk effectively for the organization. You will own the vital systems that power all aspects of our business and you’ll work cross functionally with world-class engineers and physicists to pioneer the most advanced quantum compute platform in the world.  
 
We value diversity and are committed to building a culture of inclusion to attract and engage innovative thinkers. Our technology, meant to serve all of humanity, cannot succeed if those who built it do not mirror the diversity of the communities we serve. Applications from women, minorities, and other under represented groups are strongly encouraged.

What You’ll Be Doing:

  • Build, deploy, manage and improve critical security platforms, services and systems.
  • Advise account and access management teams on leading security practices for authentication and authorization, SSO, PKI, and secrets management.
  • Deploy and manage assurance tooling, logging solutions, and perform security audits.
  • Contribute to development and implementation of security abstraction layers to improve the security and resilience of the current environment and help our teams build safer code.
  • Own cross functional integration work with Rigetti’s QPU software team (e.g. prod authorization/authentication systems) to enable secure quantum computing. 
  • Have a security-focused mindset and be an outspoken advocate for customer trust and privacy protection resulting in pragmatic security solutions to manage business risk. 
  • Continuously assess and identify areas of the Rigetti infrastructure that can be strengthened.
  • Create and maintain documentation and follow up on tickets to drive mitigation and resolution.
  • Iterate and improve rather than build the initial perfect product.
  • Roll up your sleeves, dig into problems, and get to the bottom of finding root causes of security issues.
  • Mentor the entire Rigetti team on security best practices.
  • Research, evaluate, and recommend new and emerging security products and technologies.
  • Mitigate and minimize the impact of all threats to our networks, ranging from internal malware to botnets and DDoS’s.
  • Directly support the cybersecurity incident response processes as needed to combat threat actors. 

    • What You Bring to the Table:

  • 4-6+ years of combined experience across infrastructure security, information security, cloud security, network security, and/or application security. 
  • Technical deployment, debugging, and diagnostic skills.
  • Solid understanding of multiple Operating Systems as well as virtualization and networking fundamentals.
  • Experience creating and scaling infrastructure using  configuration management tools like Terraform, Chef, Puppet and Ansible.
  • Experience with penetration testing and/or deploying vulnerability management solutions preferred. 
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills to work in collaborative efforts and projects across Infrastructure, Quantum, Applications, Networking IT and business teams. 
  • Ability to participate in incident response activities.
  • Experience working in Hybrid cloud technology environments. 
  • Experience securing 3rd party SaaS applications/platforms.
  • Experience with Security developing solutions that align with regulatory and contractual governance requirements preferred. 
  • Experience building security capabilities while coordinating between engineering, development, and business teams preferred. 
  • Experience coding for configuration or automation purposes preferred.
    • Benefits and Perks:
    Rigetti seeks individuals who are motivated by grand challenges and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the exciting quantum computing space. As long-term visionaries, we offer employees opportunities for continuous personal and professional growth so they can advance our mission to help solve humanity's most important and pressing problems. To support the financial success and health of our employees and their families, we offer the following benefits in addition to a competitive base salary:

    - 401k Plan
    - Generous Equity Grant
    - 98% coverage on Medical (Kaiser or Anthem Blue Cross), Guardian Dental, Guardian Vision
    - Anthem Blue Cross Life Insurance at no cost to the employee
    - Opportunities for additional performance-based equity grants or bonuses 

    To help our employees bring their best selves to work, we also offer various perks to support each individual to perform at their highest level and foster work life balance. All full-time exempt employees are eligible for:

    - Flexible PTO as soon as they join.
    - Fitness Activity & Gym Membership Reimbursement
    - 16 Week Paid Parental Leave
    - FSA & Commuter Benefits
    - Employment Assistance Program (EAP)
    - Flexible Work Schedule

    As we continue to grow our company, we will prioritize applicants who have created a thoughtful application and share our vision and passion for quantum computing. While we regret that we can't hire every applicant, we keep applications on file for 2 years and will reach out if you're a good fit for a future opportunity. 

    About Rigetti
    Rigetti Computing is a pioneer in full-stack quantum computing. The company has operated quantum computers over the cloud since 2017 and serves global enterprise, government, and research clients through its Rigetti Quantum Cloud Services platform. The company’s proprietary quantum-classical infrastructure provides ultra-low latency integration with public and private clouds for high-performance practical quantum computing. Rigetti has developed the industry’s first multi-chip quantum processor for scalable quantum computing systems. The company designs and manufactures its chips in-house at Fab-1, the industry’s first dedicated and integrated quantum device manufacturing facility. Rigetti was founded in 2013 by Chad Rigetti and today employs more than 180 people with offices in the United States, U.K., and Australia. Learn more at www.rigetti.com.

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    This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).  Please note that any offer for employment may be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export control laws and regulations without sponsorship for an export license. In order to ensure compliance, Rigetti must determine U.S. citizenship or U.S. visa/immigration status of all prospective applicants for this position.

    Any citizenship information provided will be reviewed solely for export control compliance purposes.  Only applicants eligible to receive export-controlled items, software, technology, and information will be considered for this position.  Citizenship information will be handled in accordance with Rigetti’s policies prohibiting discrimination based upon classifications protected by federal, state, or local law.

    Rigetti is committed to full compliance with applicable anti-discrimination laws. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We strive to create an inclusive work environment and will not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.