Cybersecurity Engineer II

Relativity Space•Long Beach, CA

10d•$111,000 - $167,000

About The Position

Relativity Space is hiring a Cybersecurity Engineer II to protect the people and technical data behind its rockets by identifying security improvements and building scalable solutions. The role spans security automation, identity and access management, data protection, secure development, and compliance automation. The engineer will build tools and AI-assisted workflows to automate repetitive security activities; work with IAM specialists to strengthen Microsoft Entra ID, Azure, and Google Cloud; help develop data loss prevention controls; partner with application security and infrastructure teams to add security controls to CI/CD pipelines; and translate compliance requirements into automated evidence collection and continuous control checks. The position also offers the opportunity to identify process gaps, propose improvements, and deliver fixes while collaborating with security experts across the organization. The IT team supports computing infrastructure, end-user systems, servers, virtualization, cloud, networking, software services, telecommunications, and information security across the company, including production and flight operations. It develops scalable solutions and processes as the company grows and encourages ownership, cross-training, and advancement.

Requirements

2–4 years of hands-on experience in cybersecurity, IT, cloud, or a related technical field, in roles involving building solutions and solving problems.
Curiosity, initiative, and ability to investigate, test ideas, and learn independently.
Scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar, including connecting systems through APIs and automating repetitive work.
Experience using AI coding assistants and large language models to work faster, learn tools, and prototype, with the judgment to verify their output.
Ability to work cross-functionally with specialists and carry ideas between security areas.
A sound grasp of identity and access, authentication and authorization, networking, common attack techniques, and security-event investigation.

Nice To Haves

Certifications.
Security clearance.
Aerospace experience.
Startup experience.

Responsibilities

Build tools and AI-assisted workflows to automate investigations, enrichment, access reviews, and reporting.
Work with IAM specialists to strengthen Microsoft Entra ID, Azure, and Google Cloud, and address privilege creep, exposed credentials, and misconfigurations.
Apply Conditional Access, least-privilege, and privileged-access best practices.
Help build data loss prevention controls across endpoints, cloud services, and collaboration tools to protect intellectual property and controlled unclassified information while enabling research and development.
Partner with application security and infrastructure teams to add secrets detection, dependency scanning, and vulnerability checks to CI/CD pipelines.
Develop self-service security guardrails that make secure practices easier to follow.
Automate compliance requirements such as CMMC Level 2 and NIST SP 800-171 by collecting evidence and checking controls continuously.
Identify process gaps, propose improvements, and implement solutions.
Collaborate with specialists across IAM, DLP, cloud, application security, and GRC.