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Mainspring Energy, Inc.

Information Security Manager

Mainspring Energy, Inc., Menlo Park, California, United States, 94029


Driven by our vision of the affordable, reliable, net-zero carbon grid of the future, Mainspring has developed a new category of power generation — the linear generator — that delivers local, scalable, and fuel-flexible power to help accelerate the transition to the net-zero carbon grid.The unique combination of attributes offered by Mainspring’s linear generator enables applications on both the commercial and utility sides of the meter for the $816B global electricity equipment market. We serve a wide range of Fortune 500 customers across markets and industries as well as top-tier utilities and other gridside providers.We are looking to build relationships with people who share our values:Pragmatic Optimism.

Building a new category of world-class power generation requires the optimism of ambition and creativity, balanced with practicality to solve problems efficiently. The challenges that arise are opportunities for growth.Excellence without Ego.

We bring expertise and commitment to creating the best customer experience, from sales to deployment and service, just as we apply deep technical rigor to building and delivering world-class products. We strive for excellence and behave as leaders with the humility to acknowledge our challenges, both collectively and as individual contributors.Proactive Collaboration.

The integration and cross-disciplinary nature of Mainspring’s business requires intentionally seeking out others who bring different skills, perspectives, and priorities. Our culture of inclusion and respect extends beyond our team to interactions with our partners and customers.Mainspring has a high-impact opportunity to manage our Information Security Program. Information Security is becoming increasingly important as we expand into the utility, energy, and data center markets. Our customers have strict cybersecurity requirements for our Linear Generator, corporate information systems infrastructure and applications. Implementing and managing a robust program to ensure adherence to these requirements is a cross-functional effort requiring an experienced Information Security Manager. This manager will need to have domain expertise in information security policies and controls, and strong communication skills to work cross-functionally with Engineering, IT, Legal, Product, HR, and Supply Chain teams.As the Information Security Manager, you willCreate and maintain information security policies and controlsPlan and execute regular disaster recovery / incident response drillsWork with external experts to coordinate regular penetration tests and other external vulnerability scansDrive internal preparation for annual SOC 2 auditsLead activities related to adherence to additional cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST CSF, NERC CIP, and others as appropriate to meet customer requirementsMonitor new and evolving cybersecurity threatsCritically, you should enjoy doing these things collaboratively as part of a highly interactive teamQualificationsAt least 2 years of experience creating and maintaining policies and controls supporting SOC 2 audits, familiarity with other cybersecurity frameworksExperience assessing vulnerabilities to determine applicability to a company’s products and systemsPassion for working cross-functionally to successfully engage members of other teams to ensure adherence to cybersecurity requirementsThe Bay Area salary for this role is $140k-$175k base + pre-IPO stock options + benefits. This position is on-site in Menlo Park, CA. The salary will be adjusted based on the experience of the employee.

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