Security Engineer — Governance, Risk and Compliance Sales

Job overview

The Security Engineer — Governance, Risk and Compliance Sales role is onsite in Washington, DC. The stated salary range is $100,000–$228,000. SpaceXSI is building AI models, applications, and computing infrastructure, and this role supports customer trust and sales enablement. The engineer serves as a security-minded presales partner, translating the company’s cybersecurity and governance practices into accurate customer-facing responses. The role coordinates with sales, engineering, security, legal, and product teams to support due diligence, maintain assurance materials, and feed recurring customer concerns into internal roadmaps.

What you'll do

• Attend customer and prospect meetings and explain security and compliance posture
• own responses to vendor security questionnaires, RFPs, and due-diligence requests
• maintain a reusable control-narrative knowledge base
• build working fluency across AI/LLM systems, CI/CD, IAM, DevOps/DevSecOps, Kubernetes, and IT/AI governance
• keep Trust Center materials and security collateral current with partner teams
• translate customer requirements into internal actions
• contribute to third-party risk and vendor security policies
• coordinate framework evidence including SOC 2, ISO 27001, and ISO 42001
• report questionnaire trends and deal-impacting security requests.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

security engineer

governance risk and compliance

cybersecurity

third-party risk

security assurance

presales

ai governance

soc 2

iso 27001

washington dc

spacexsi

$100k–$228k/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Equity
• medical, vision, and dental coverage
• 401(k)
• short- and long-term disability insurance
• life insurance
• discounts and other perks.

Why this role

Requires a bachelor’s degree in computer science, information security, cybersecurity, or an engineering/STEM field and 5+ years of relevant cybersecurity, GRC, third-party risk, or security assurance experience. ITAR eligibility requirements apply; listed certifications are preferred.

About the employer

SpaceXSI is hiring for this role. Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services. Sector: 51.