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Fortress Information Security

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2015

🔒 Cybersecurity

🏛️ Government

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

💰 $125M Series C - Fortress Information Security on 2022-04

Cybersecurity • Government • Artificial Intelligence

Fortress Information Security is an AI-powered cybersecurity company that defends critical infrastructure, government agencies, and their supply chains against cyber threats and mission risk. The firm focuses on threat intelligence, vulnerability management, vendor and third‑party risk management (TPRM), supply chain and product cyber supply chain security (C-SCRM), SBOMs, and protecting public sector and critical infrastructure clients.

📋 Description

• Work directly with U.S. power utility and government customers to reduce cyber risk, improve visibility, and respond to AI-assisted threats • Quickly understand customer processes, systems, data, cyber posture, and business constraints • Help customers determine which products, vendors, components, assets, or supply chain relationships may be impacted by newly announced threats or vulnerabilities • Access, export, normalize, and compare customer data across vulnerability management, endpoint detection, network topology, attack path tooling, asset inventories, SBOMs, business impact analysis, and supply chain mapping • Write secure, outcome-focused code, including agentic workflows and batch jobs, in approved customer or secure environments • Convert bespoke customer work into product requirements for scalable software capabilities • Identify expansion opportunities by demonstrating customer value and shaping repeatable use cases • Present findings clearly to customer executives, technical teams, and internal stakeholders • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• 7–10 years of experience combining software/data engineering, cybersecurity analysis, and customer-facing solution engineering at a senior or principal level • Hands-on experience developing AI-agentic workflows, including LLM-based automation, agent orchestration, or retrieval-augmented pipelines • Ability to access, normalize, and analyze large, messy, multi-source datasets • Ability to write pragmatic, secure, production-appropriate code such as Python in constrained or regulated environments • Strong executive communication skills for presenting complex technical findings to customer leadership • Ability to operate independently in embedded customer environments and manage competing priorities • Must be eligible for a U.S. security clearance • Successful completion of a background check required • Experience with U.S. electric utilities or other critical infrastructure sectors preferred • Familiarity with OT/ICS environments preferred • Knowledge of NERC CIP or comparable regulatory frameworks preferred • Experience with vulnerability management, attack path analysis, and endpoint/security tooling preferred • Experience with SCRM, SBOM/VEX analysis, and third-party risk workflows preferred • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, cybersecurity, or a related field required • Advanced degree or relevant security/cloud certifications preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote and Hybrid working environment • Competitive pay structure • Medical, dental, vision plans with employees covered up to 90% with highly progressive options for dependents and families • Company paid life, short- and long-term disability insurance • Employee Assistance Program • 401(k) match • Flexible Paid Time Off • Parental Leave • Professional growth opportunities through succession planning, up-skilling, and certifications • Tuition and certification reimbursement • Employee Referral Programs • Company Sponsored Events