Security Engineering Lead
Northwood Space - Torrance, CA, Los Angeles, CA, California, USA
Posted Apr 21, 2026
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Market context
- Median wage (BLS OEWS)
- $111,944 national median
- Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)
- +13.7% - Much faster than average
Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Data and ML aggregate by role bucket.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.
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About this role
Security Engineering Lead Torrance, CA, Los Angeles, CA, California, USA ABOUT NORTHWOOD Northwood is deploying a global network of phased array ground stations that will fundamentally change how satellites communicate with Earth. These systems support real-time, high-throughput communications that commercial and government customers rely on for mission-critical operations. ROLE OVERVIEW As Manager of IT Security & Operations, you will build and own our corporate IT, security operations from the ground up. This is the pathway to company wide leadership as the company scales - you will define how Northwood secures infrastructure that simply does not exist anywhere else. Your immediate priorities are owning corporate IT and helpdesk operations and standing up our SIEM. You are the person responsible for keeping the company running day-to-day-endpoint management, identity, access, onboarding, helpdesk. Building the security monitoring foundation we need as a dual use company handling mission-critical space communications. At the start you will manage our IT operations engineer and hire to build out the team: security engineers, IT operations staff, and additional roles as Northwood grows. You bridge hands-on DevSecOps and IT work with security and compliance strategy, progressively automating corporate IT while standing up detection, response, and capabilities. This role reports to the Head of Security RESPONSIBILITIES Corporate IT & Helpdesk - Own all corporate IT: identity management (Okta), device management (Intune/Jamf/FleetDM), endpoint security, SaaS administration, and helpdesk. - Provide and oversee hands-on IT support-new hire setup, desk deployment, A/V, asset management-while building automation to eliminate manual work over time. - Drive
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