Principal Systems Security Engineer

About Torus

Torus is headquartered in Utah and is expanding manufacturing at our 540,000-square-foot facility in Salt Lake City called GigaOne. Our mission is to build the world’s first mesh energy infrastructure — built to unite people and communities through resilient, secure, and intelligent power. We design, engineer, manufacture, install, and support our systems end-to-end, standing behind them throughout their lifecycle. Torus systems help reduce costs, lower emissions, and protect facilities from outages, while strengthening the security and reliability of the broader utility grid. Torus is committed to American manufacturing, engineering excellence, and building energy systems that last.

At Torus, you will be part of something larger than a single product or technology. Your work will help build energy infrastructure that supports critical systems, industry, and communities for decades to come. We value accountability, collaboration, and clear thinking. We are looking for people who want to solve hard problems and build things that matter.

About the Role

The Principal Systems Security Engineer will define and implement the security architecture of the Torus system — spanning devices, cloud infrastructure, control planes, APIs, and integrations. You will define secure patterns and guardrails that allow application teams to build and integrate systems safely and reliably.

Security is a foundational property of the Torus system. This role ensures security is built into the architecture from the ground up. This is a hands-on senior role with real influence. You’ll set patterns, raise the bar for reliability and developer experience, and help scale how teams build and connect software.

Responsibilities

- Security Ownership Across the Platform

- - Maintain a clear, current view of the security posture across all Torus products, services, devices, and infrastructure — and know what needs attention

- Define and drive the security roadmap, prioritizing by risk and business impact

- Lead threat modeling across product and infrastructure systems, proactively surfacing exposure before it becomes an incident

- Architecture & Standards

- - Design and own the security architecture spanning device firmware, cloud services, APIs, and third-party integrations

- Establish and enforce standards for authentication, authorization, secrets management, and secure communication — device-to-cloud and service-to-service

- Design and implement a secure API gateway and integration layer enabling internal and external systems to interact safely

- Execution & Tooling

- - Build security testing into CI/CD pipelines (SAST, dependency scanning, etc.)

- Design and implement network discovery, vulnerability scanning, and anomaly detection capabilities across the Torus environment

- Develop internal security tooling where commercial solutions fall short

- Leverage AI-assisted development tools to move fast and operate with a high degree of independence

- Resilience & Incident Response

- - Evaluate and harden system resilience against adversarial scenarios including compromised devices, malicious integrations, and infrastructure failures

- Lead investigation and remediation of security incidents across the platform

- Cross-functional Partnership

- - Partner with application and platform engineers to raise the security bar without becoming a bottleneck — abstract complexity, improve developer experience, and embed security into how teams build

- Communicate risk clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders

- Securing the Torus energy system architecture

Required Experience

- 8+ years of information security experience with demonstrated scope and ownership at a systems or platform level - 5+ years of hands-on engineering experience; you can build, not just advise

- Deep experience in AWS (IAM, networking, compute, managed services)

- Strong working knowledge of security tooling: CrowdStrike, Nessus/Tenable, SIEMs, and similar

- Proven ability to assess and secure fleets of devices, distributed services, and complex integrations

- Strong understanding of networking, identity enforcement, service mesh patterns, and API gateway design

- Comfortable working with AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery and operate independently

- A self-starter who identifies what needs to be done and executes without waiting to be directed

- Clear communicator with the ability to convey risk and recommendation to any audience

Preferred Experience

- Experience in OT/IoT security or energy/industrial environments

- Familiarity with event-driven architectures or service meshes

- Experience in regulated or security-sensitive industries

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field

You’ll be a great fit if you have a passion for helping to solve complex climate challenges and are committed to finding new innovative ways to preserve and enhance our planet. As a member of a rapidly growing startup with an excitement to learn new technologies, you’ll add incredible value as a self-starter and apply your technical skills to empower our customers to discover, purchase, and install the Torus products that will help them live clean, renewable lives.

Additional Details

Background Check All candidates are subject to a background check.

Location This role is remote based in Salt Lake City. The Engineer will be expected to travel to Torus locations located in Salt Lake and Utah counties as needed.

Compensation $150,000-175,000 (Note: We have the flexibility to hire at different levels, which may impact the corresponding pay range.)

Work Authorization Applicants must already have the legal authorization to work in the US without requiring any employer sponsorship.

Physical Requirements

- Constantly operates a computer and other peripheral office equipment such as a printer or mouse.

- Ability to communicate information so others can understand. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.

- Must report to work reliably and with the ability to use full and unimpaired skills and judgment to safely execute your job.

- Proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking English required.

- When on the production floor, required to don personal protective equipment to include, but not limited to ear protection, gloves, eye protection and/or safety helmet.

- When on the production floor, ability to observe, detect and respond to audible and visual machine malfunction warnings.

Our Benefits and Perks

Benefits eligibility is based on employment status.

- Employee Rewards Package including Equity

- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

- Health Benefits Package: Choice between traditional PPO or HSA eligible medical plans; Dental insurance; and Vision insurance

- Human-centered Paid Time Off including Unlimited Discretionary PTO; 10-days paid company holidays; Waiting period-free 100% paid parental leave

- Torus paid Life and AD&D Insurance with option to purchase additional coverage

- Voluntary Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance

- Peer Recognition Program

Torus is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

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