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About Nominal
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Nominal is a venture-backed company with offices in Los Angeles, Austin, and New York City. We’re focused on building software and data solutions for organizations that test and validate complex systems—think drones, rocket engines, satellites, and nuclear reactors. Supported by leading investors like General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and more, we’re gaining strong traction in the commercial and government aerospace and defense industrial base, including working directly with the Department of Defense.
Our team includes engineers and operators from SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril, Lockheed Martin, and NASA, all working toward a common goal : making it faster and easier for hardware engineers to push the boundaries of advanced technology safely and efficiently. Our platform helps engineering teams accelerate test data review and analysis, scaling testing campaigns to save time and cut costs.
Nominal’s customers operate in some of the most sensitive data environments in the country. The Nominal platform was built to protect the sensitivity of this data and prioritizes its security above all else. Additionally, our internal systems must meet a commensurate standard of security.
As the first fully dedicated technical hire focused on secure deployments, information technology (IT), and information security to join the team, you’ll be responsible for shaping and developing our long-term posture on these topics to meet the high bar described above.
This includes hardening Nominal’s software platform (both security and availability / reliability), deploying into secure environments, assisting with incident response, managing Nominal’s network, ensuring endpoint security, establishing baseline device configuration, guaranteeing technical compliance with information security standards, and more.
About the role
- Own the Posture : Technical excellence in product hardening and information security is table-stakes for Nominal’s success due to our product and industry. You would need to internalize this and fully own it in a first-class way. Set Nominal up for success in serving large DoD and enterprise customers in a secure manner.
- Plan & Execute : Translate compliance requirements (e.g., NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, CMMC) into technical actions and policies to meet a stringent standard of government- and enterprise-defined information security. Oversee the RMF lifecycle management. Apply technology standards to classified, air-gapped environments.
- Manage the Network : Oversee network design, configuration, and administration. Handle endpoint device management across Nominal’s locations and assets. Includes VPNs or firewalls, SSIDs, malware / antivirus software, system configurations, software allowlisting / blocklisting, etc. to guarantee secure IT systems.
- Coach Our Team : Create and deliver approachable, relevant trainings to ensure all employees are equipped to maintain high technical standards of information security and compliance. Provide guidance regarding procurement or download of secure, vetted third-party software, applications, and libraries.
- Communicate the Standard : Prepare communications for government partners, auditors, and customers that satisfactorily explain Nominal’s technical security posture, both for our software platform and IT systems / endpoints, as well as inspire confidence in our secure product and business practices.
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Benefits / Perks
120,000 - $160,000 a year The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offers may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and / or training, critical skills, and / or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in all offers and are considered part of Nominal’s total compensation package.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.
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Salary : $120,000 - $160,000
