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Product Security Lead

Forterra · Arlington, VA · On-site

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About Forterra

About Forterra At Forterra, we are unleashing autonomy at scale to transform the battlefield. Backed by SoftBank VF.

About the role

Forterra is unleashing autonomy at scale to transform the battlefield, and the systems we field have to be trusted in the most contested, disconnected environments on earth. We're seeking a Product Security Lead to own security for all Forterra platforms end-to-end: someone who can own and advance the program.

What they're looking for

  • Own the enterprise product security program across multiple autonomous vehicle platforms and business lines- governance, policies, and roadmap
  • Participate in software release boards as the go/no go authority for security
  • Set and own the 12 and 24 month security roadmap, capability maturity planning, and resource forecasting
  • Brief senior leadership, government stakeholders, and commercial partners on program status, risk posture, and readiness activities
  • Develop cyber security requirements for platforms operating in a multitude of networks, including air gapped, intermittently connections, and operationally constrained environments
  • Lead threat modelling across autonomous, embedded, and command and control systems, driving risk assessments that weigh mitigations against mission requirements
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About the role

Forterra is unleashing autonomy at scale to transform the battlefield, and the systems we field have to be trusted in the most contested, disconnected environments on earth. We're seeking a Product Security Lead to own security for all Forterra platforms end-to-end: someone who can own and advance the program.

This is a hands-on, leadership role, not a paper-compliance seat. You will set the security strategy, own the governance and compliance posture, and drive security execution across software, hardware, and devops. You will lead a small team of product security engineers while coordinating a significantly larger cross functional group of indirect contributors and server as the company's security SME in pre sales, bids/RFPs, and customer evaluations. Additionally you will serve as Forterra's product security voice to government customers, commercial partners, and executive leadership.

This is a senior security role. It requires someone who has built security programs before, earned DoD authorizations from beginning to end, and an operate with equal credibility in the weeds at the engineering level as well as at an executive briefing.

What you'll do

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