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Security Engineer, Identity and Access Management (IAM)

K2 Space · Los Angeles, CA · On-site

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About K2 Space

Building the largest satellites in orbit. Ultra-powerful, scalable platforms engineered for LEO, MEO, GEO and cislunar missions. Explore the next-generation of satellites. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, First Round and ICONIQ.

About the role

With multiple launches in 2027 and plans to scale to 100 satellites a year, we're Building Bigger — helping develop the solar system and build toward a Kardashev Type II (K2) civilization. If you are a motivated individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and you're excited about contributing to the success of a high-growth Series D-funded company, we'd love for you to apply.

What they're looking for

  • Administer and support the enterprise identity platform, including the identity provider, single sign-on, and directory services across corporate, engineering, and mission environments
  • Onboard SaaS and internal applications to SSO and automated provisioning using SAML, OIDC, and SCIM, retiring local accounts and shared credentials as you go
  • Operate and improve identity lifecycle workflows, including joiner, mover, and leaver processes, provisioning and deprovisioning, and access requests
  • Help drive adoption of phishing-resistant MFA (FIDO2/WebAuthn) and support users through enrollment and rollout
  • Maintain role-based access groups and entitlements under established least-privilege standards, and flag where access models need to evolve
  • Support privileged access management operations, including administrator accounts, service accounts, and break-glass credential handling
More about this role

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, unlocking performance levels previously out of reach across every orbit. Backed by over $1 billion in total funding from leading investors including Altimeter Capital, ICONIQ, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, and T. Rowe Price — and with over $1 billion in signed contracts across commercial and US government customers, we're mass-producing the highest-power satellite platforms ever built for missions from LEO to deep space.

The rise of heavy-lift launch vehicles is shifting the industry from an era of mass constraint to one of mass abundance, and we believe this new era demands a fundamentally different class of spacecraft. Engineered to survive the harshest radiation environments and to fully capitalize on today's and tomorrow's massive rockets, K2 satellites deliver unmatched capability at constellation scale and across multiple orbits.

With multiple launches in 2027 and plans to scale to 100 satellites a year, we're Building Bigger — helping develop the solar system and build toward a Kardashev Type II (K2) civilization. If you are a motivated individual who thrives in a...

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