Security Operations Lead

Number of employees

120

San Francisco, CA, United States

Posted on: 2025-08-06

Category: energy

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Gridware is a technology company focused on protecting and enhancing the electrical grid. We pioneered a groundbreaking new class of grid management called active grid response (AGR), focused on monitoring the electrical, physical, and environmental aspects of the grid that affect reliability and safety. Gridware’s advanced active grid response platform uses high-precision mechanical sensors to detect potential issues early, enabling proactive maintenance and fault mitigation. This comprehensive approach helps improve safety, reduce outages, and ensure the grid operates efficiently. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and is backed by climate-tech and Silicon Valley investors. For more information, please visit www.Gridware.io.

About Gridware
Gridware is a San Francisco-based technology company dedicated to protecting and enhancing the electrical grid. We pioneered a groundbreaking new class of grid management called active grid response (AGR), focused on monitoring the electrical, physical, and environmental aspects of the grid that affect reliability and safety. Gridware’s advanced Active Grid Response platform uses high-precision sensors to detect potential issues early, enabling proactive maintenance and fault mitigation. This comprehensive approach helps improve safety, reduce outages, and ensure the grid operates efficiently. The company is backed by climate-tech and Silicon Valley investors. For more information, please visit www.Gridware.io.

Role Overview
As Security Operations Lead, you’ll report to the Sr Manager, Infosec. You’ll build and lead a team to evolve our threat detection and response program, manage our penetration testing program, and help improve the security posture of our products.

This describes the ideal candidate; many of us have picked up this expertise along the way. Even if you meet only part of this list, we encourage you to apply!

Benefits
Health, Dental & Vision (Gold and Platinum with some providers plans fully covered) 
Paid parental leave 
Alternating day off (every other Monday)
“Off the Grid”, a two week per year paid break for all employees. 
Commuter allowance 
Company-paid training 

Responsibilities

  • Continuously improve our incident response program, including playbook, cross-functional readiness, and post-incident reviews, ensuring rapid, effective, and transparent handling of security events.
  • Build and operationalize a threat intelligence and threat modeling program that continually assesses our attack surface, proactively mitigates future risks, and aligns with the Sr Manager, Infosec on compliance needs.
  • Infuse security into company culture making security a shared responsibility of everyone.
  • Collaborate with IT and Engineering driving cross-functional security initiatives.
  • Partner with Sr Manager, Infosec to maintain the compliance requirements of our selected security frameworks, and customer and regulatory requirements.
  • Required Skills

  • 5+ years of experience in security engineering, with a strong software engineering background before.
  • Hands-on experience with compliance frameworks and audits.
  • Track record of building relationships with IT and Engineering teams.
  • Self-starter who can manage multiple security initiatives.
  • Excellent communication skills.
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