Cybersecurity Engineer II

Relativity Space•Long Beach, CA

9d•$111,000 - $167,000

About The Position

The Cybersecurity Engineer II will protect Relativity Space’s people and technical data by identifying security improvements and implementing fixes that scale. The role spans security automation, identity and access management, sensitive-data protection, secure development, and compliance automation. The engineer will build tools and AI-assisted workflows to automate repetitive security activities, strengthen controls across Microsoft Entra ID, Azure, and Google Cloud, help protect intellectual property and Controlled Unclassified Information, and integrate security into CI/CD pipelines. The role also includes translating compliance requirements into code, automating evidence collection and continuous control checks, and identifying and resolving process gaps. The position is part of the IT team, which supports computing infrastructure and information security across the company, including production and flight operations.

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, self-direction, and willingness to ask questions, investigate, test ideas, and learn by doing.
Ability to script and automate with Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar languages and connect systems through APIs.
Experience using AI coding assistants and LLMs, including the judgment to verify their output when appropriate.
Ability to work across IAM, DLP, cloud, AppSec, and GRC and collaborate with specialists.
Understanding 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 harden Microsoft Entra ID, Azure, and Google Cloud; identify privilege creep, exposed credentials, and misconfigurations; and apply Conditional Access, least privilege, and privileged access practices.
Help build data loss prevention controls across endpoints, cloud services, and collaboration tools to protect intellectual property and CUI while enabling R&D.
Partner with AppSec and infrastructure teams to integrate secrets detection, dependency scanning, and vulnerability checks into CI/CD pipelines.
Develop self-service security guardrails that make secure practices easier to follow.
Automate compliance requirements, including CMMC Level 2 and NIST SP 800-171, through code, automated evidence collection, and continuous control checks.
Identify process gaps, propose improvements, and implement fixes.
Collaborate with specialists across security and IT areas and contribute to improving the wider team’s capabilities.