Senior Engineer - Infrastructure & Security

We are looking for a Senior Engineer - Infrastructure & Security. As a Senior Engineer - Infrastructure & Security, you’ll be part of a cross-functional team whose mission is to lead IonQ on its journey to build the world’s best quantum computers to solve the world’s most complex problems. 

Responsibilities: 

• Help build out and maintain our on-premises and cloud-based infrastructure 
• Help develop and implement our digital and physical security plans
• Analyze root causes, trends, and systematic issues
• Coordinate and drive incident response
• Improve the security and privacy of our cloud infrastructure and facilities
• Prepare teams across the company through exercises, training, and collaboration
• Collaborate with both technical and non-technical teams, from legal, to engineering, to finance, to operations, to supply chain

The ideal candidate will have experience leading or contributing to multiple simultaneous initiatives, balancing multiple activities with a keen eye for prioritizing for the biggest impact. You’ll be able to balance technical expertise and savvy with strong business judgment to make great technology choices with lasting impact. You’ll strive for simplicity and demonstrate significant creativity and incisive judgment. You'll enjoy learning technical topics, working across multiple business streams, and be uniquely positioned to help us reach the next horizon in secure quantum computing.

In the first three months, you’ll be helping roll out the next iteration of our formal security program, while getting us ready for our SOC2 audit later this year.

You’d be a good fit with: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience -- untraditional backgrounds are welcome and encouraged!
• Proficient programming expertise in Go or Python
• 3 years of experience with incident or emergency response coordination
• Technical experience in systems administration, software engineering, digital forensics, security engineering and/or privacy engineering

You’d be a great fit with:

• Familiarity with NIST800-53 and other info-sec frameworks
• Prior experience with SOC2 audits
• Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science
• Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform and Terraform
• Excitement to learn and get things done right
• Empathy for your internal and external customers and excellent communication skills, since you’ll be working with folks of all backgrounds -- technical and non-technical alike!