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Bitcoin Security Director

MicroStrategy
Tysons, USA
Full-time
Senior · 8+ years experience
Onsite
USD 155900-280500 yearly / year
Discovered 1 months ago

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Qualifications

  • Advanced Technical Education: Bachelor ’s degree required in Computer Science, Cryptography, Information Security, Engineering, or a related field; Master’s 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 & T hreat Analy sis : 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 . Demonstrated success in using expertise, collaboration, judgement, and influence skills to drive consensus among a disparate group.

Compensation

  • The base salary range for this role is $ 155,900 to $ 280,500 and represents a good faith estimate of the range at the time of posting . Strategy maintains broad salary ranges to account for differences in skills, experience, qualifications, internal peer equity, market conditions, and business needs.
  • Candidates are typically placed within the range based on these factors, and it is not common for individuals to be hired at or near the top of the range. The posted range reflects base salary only. Eligible employees may also participate in bonus programs, sales incentives, equity awards, and comprehensive benefits, as applicable.
  • 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 [email protected] .
  • Visit Strategy’s Careers page for additional information.

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