Energy Vault is the creator of sustainable energy storage solutions designed to accelerate the transition to a carbon free, resilient power grid and transform the world’s approach to utility-scale energy storage. Energy Vault works to combat climate change by enabling clean and reliable electricity through innovative gravity and kinetic based energy storage technologies. Energy Vault combines innovative design, advanced materials science, and proprietary machine-vision software to orchestrate the storage and dispatch of electrical power by lifting and lowering composite bricks, made from eco-friendly materials. Energy Vault’s commitment to sustainability is reflected in a unique approach to the circular economy which utilizes local industrial and energy waste, including remediated coal ash and recycled wind blades converted to recyclable materials, to build the system’s composite bricks. Energy Vault innovates to enable the global shift to a world powered by renewable resources.
About Energy Vault
Energy Vault develops sustainable energy storage solutions designed to transform the world’s approach to utility-scale energy storage for grid resiliency. Our proprietary gravity-based Energy Storage Technology and the Energy Storage Management and Integration Platform are intended to help utilities, independent power producers and large industrial energy users significantly reduce their levelized cost of energy while maintaining power reliability. Utilizing eco-friendly materials with the ability to integrate waste materials for beneficial re-use, Energy Vault is facilitating the shift to a circular economy while accelerating the clean energy transition for its customers. Energy Vault is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbols NRGV and NRGV WS. For more information, please visit
www.energyvault.com.
Position Title: Network Security Engineer
Location: Westlake Village, CA or REMOTE (USA)
About the role
As a Network Security Engineer, you will develop, implement, and incrementally improve the secure network operations framework for the enterprise. This role is highly technical in nature and spans a spectrum of disciplines with a focus on network and architecture security spanning both on-premises and cloud architectures and associated services. The role will require architecture design skills, proactive monitoring, root cause analysis, auditing, as well as the ability to work cross functionally with various other disciplines. The main objective of this role is to communicate and cross-functionally collaborate to continually improve, scale, and secure an evolving IT ecosystem ensuring the highest levels of network security internally and externally. Strong innovation, curiosity, automation, communication, and organizational skills along with some out-of-the-box thinking will make you successful in this role. Energy Vault is a rapidly growing company so you will have an opportunity to be diverse and play an integral part in the company’s future security posture as the company scales.
At Energy Vault we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants. We believe inclusion creates opportunity for collaborative excellence through diversity of thought. We invite individuals of all genders, races, identities, ethnicities, sexual orientations, national origins, abilities, protected veteran status, religions, educational and socioeconomic backgrounds to explore employment with our organization.
What you will do
Provide high-quality, cost-effective engineering to streamline security testing, evaluation, and reporting.Develop as necessary Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using technologies like Terraform and CloudFormationEstablish a consistent active and passive threat hunting capability using passive scanning technologies such as tenable, rapid7, and intrusion detection and prevention services instilling security first mindset and awareness across the companyEstablish an effective, repeatable, and secure architecture framework for both internal and external stakeholders using industry best practices for design, efficiency, and cybersecurity.Participate in technical design reviews, integration, testing, and documentation efforts.Participate in preliminary development meetings providing security guidance and backlog requirementsIdentify threats and develop suitable defense measures of existing architectures, as well as evaluate system changes for security implementation, and recommend security enhancementsAssist with planning, implementation, and maintenance of a comprehensive enterprise-wide security program that protects Energy Vaults information and technology ecosystemEffectively respond to all reported security incidents and other reports of suspicious behavior related to the networkMonitor and test network performance for potential bottlenecks and vulnerabilities, identify possible solutions, and work cross functionally to implement solutions and improvementsShape a culture of collaboration, innovation, constant improvement, excellence, transparency, open mindedness, humility, integrity, efficiency, joy, compassion, and fulfillmentWhat a qualified candidate should possess
Bachelor’s Degree preferred in Computer Science or Science/Technology/Engineering/Math5+ years of work experienceSecurity related certification would be a nice to have (Security+, AWS Security, CSA)Experience with handling complex network architecturesExperience with fuzz, chaos, penetration, and load testingExperience using GitLab, Rapid7 InsightVM, TenableExperience working with Cloud and Cloud Native architectures (e.g. Lambda, docker, Kubernetes)Experience working with hybrid architecturesExperience doing root cause analysis, risk assessments, and participating in postmortemsFoundational cyber security knowledge in architecture, attacker methodologies, digital forensics, and incident response.Familiar with Agile and DevSecOps (CI/CD) practicesFamiliar with information security best practices (NIST, CMMC, CSA, OWASP, ISO)Strong communication (verbal and non-verbal) and organizational skills, innovative, open-minded, and a team playerWillingness to travel domestic and international an estimated 15-25%Experience in public companies is a plusComfort in fast-paced, rapid growth environments is a plusA passion for sustainability, our mission, and our vision is a bonus!