Bitcoin Security Director

Tysons Corner, VA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 4 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Strategy is launching a Bitcoin Security Program to help advance the security resilience and trustworthiness of Bitcoin. The Bitcoin Security Director will serve as the companys principal architect and external interface on Bitcoin security.

This is a senior individual-contributor role with significant internal and external visibility. The individual will shape Strategys Bitcoin security posture collaborate with Bitcoin developers and researchers and build trust across the Bitcoin security community.

Strategy Bitcoin Security Program Leadership: Lead Strategys Bitcoin Security Program coordinating across Cybersecurity Treasury Legal and Executive Leadership to strengthen Bitcoin security.
Bitcoin Protocol & Network Security Expertise: Serve as the internal authority on Bitcoin protocol network security and consensus-related risks advising on threat models attack surfaces and mitigation strategies.
Cryptography & Key Management: Provide expert guidance on cryptographic primitives key management practices hardware wallets multisignature architectures and custody design decisions.
Wallet Architecture & Custody Strategy: Evaluate and advise on Bitcoin wallet architectures including multisig and alternative custody models with a focus on resilience recoverability and institutional-grade security.
Threat Intelligence & Emerging Risk Analyze: Provide updates on emerging threats vulnerabilities and research developments within the Bitcoin cryptography and blockchain security ecosystem.
Executive & Board Advisory: Translate complex Bitcoin and cryptographic security concepts into clear actionable guidance for executive leadership.
Internal Education & Enablement: Educate internal teams on Bitcoin security principles risks and best practices raising organizational fluency and security maturity.
Bitcoin Community Engagement: Build trusted relationships with Bitcoin developers researchers and security professionals to foster collaboration.
In-Office Position: This role is based at our Tysons Corner headquarters and requires in-office attendance Monday through Friday.

Qualifications

Advanced Technical Education: Bachelors degree required in Computer Science Cryptography Information Security Engineering or a related field; Masters Degree in a relevant discipline strongly preferred.
Senior Cybersecurity & Cryptography Experience: 8 years of professional experience across cybersecurity cryptography distributed systems financial systems or closely related technical domains.
Cryptographic Systems & Key Management Proficiency: Deep understanding of cryptographic primitives and protocols including digital signatures hashing key generation secure key storage and hardware-backed security mechanisms.
Bitcoin & Blockchain Security Expertise: Demonstrated hands-on expertise in Bitcoin protocol security blockchain systems and associated threat models including experience evaluating or securing Bitcoin infrastructure.
Bitcoin Custody & Wallet Architecture: Experience designing reviewing or assessing Bitcoin custody solutions including multisignature wallets hardware wallets recovery mechanisms and operational security controls.
Security Research & Threat Analysis: Ability to analyze emerging vulnerabilities threat models and academic or industry research related to Bitcoin cryptography and blockchain security.
Executive Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate highly technical concepts into actionable guidance for executives boards and non-technical stakeholders.
Independent Leadership & Judgment: Demonstrated success operating as a senior individual contributor with high autonomy sound judgment and minimal oversight.

Additional Information :

Strategy is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race creed color religion national origin gender sex sexual orientation gender identity disability veteran status age genetic information or any other legally-protected basis.

Strategy provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in the hiring process. If you have any difficulty using our online system and you need an accommodation due to a disability you may contact us about your interest in employment at .

Visit Strategys Careers page for additional information.

Remote Work :

Employment Type :

Full-time

Strategy Bitcoin Security Program Leadership: Lead Strategys Bitcoin Security Program coordinating across Cybersecurity Treasury Legal and Executive Leadership to strengthen Bitcoin security.
Bitcoin Protocol & Network Security Expertise: Serve as the internal authority on Bitcoin protocol network security and consensus-related risks advising on threat models attack surfaces and mitigation strategies.
Cryptography & Key Management: Provide expert guidance on cryptographic primitives key management practices hardware wallets multisignature architectures and custody design decisions.
Wallet Architecture & Custody Strategy: Evaluate and advise on Bitcoin wallet architectures including multisig and alternative custody models with a focus on resilience recoverability and institutional-grade security.
Threat Intelligence & Emerging Risk Analyze: Provide updates on emerging threats vulnerabilities and research developments within the Bitcoin cryptography and blockchain security ecosystem.
Executive & Board Advisory: Translate complex Bitcoin and cryptographic security concepts into clear actionable guidance for executive leadership.
Internal Education & Enablement: Educate internal teams on Bitcoin security principles risks and best practices raising organizational fluency and security maturity.
Bitcoin Community Engagement: Build trusted relationships with Bitcoin developers researchers and security professionals to foster collaboration.
In-Office Position: This role is based at our Tysons Corner headquarters and requires in-office attendance Monday through Friday.

Qualifications

Advanced Technical Education: Bachelors degree required in Computer Science Cryptography Information Security Engineering or a related field; Masters Degree in a relevant discipline strongly preferred.
Senior Cybersecurity & Cryptography Experience: 8 years of professional experience across cybersecurity cryptography distributed systems financial systems or closely related technical domains.
Cryptographic Systems & Key Management Proficiency: Deep understanding of cryptographic primitives and protocols including digital signatures hashing key generation secure key storage and hardware-backed security mechanisms.
Bitcoin & Blockchain Security Expertise: Demonstrated hands-on expertise in Bitcoin protocol security blockchain systems and associated threat models including experience evaluating or securing Bitcoin infrastructure.
Bitcoin Custody & Wallet Architecture: Experience designing reviewing or assessing Bitcoin custody solutions including multisignature wallets hardware wallets recovery mechanisms and operational security controls.
Security Research & Threat Analysis: Ability to analyze emerging vulnerabilities threat models and academic or industry research related to Bitcoin cryptography and blockchain security.
Executive Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate highly technical concepts into actionable guidance for executives boards and non-technical stakeholders.
Independent Leadership & Judgment: Demonstrated success operating as a senior individual contributor with high autonomy sound judgment and minimal oversight.

Additional Information :

Visit Strategys Careers page for additional information.

Remote Work :

Employment Type :

Full-time

Key Skills

Crisis Management
Splunk
Google Cloud Platform
Cybersecurity
Identity & Access Management
Management Experience
PCI
NIST Standards
Emergency Management
Security
Information Security
Encryption

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