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title: 'Embedded Operator at Method Security'
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# Embedded Operator at Method Security

- **Company:** Method Security
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2025-11-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/method.security/c600dc34-2d74-4f08-b952-4dfa6331169b

## Job description

## ABOUT METHOD SECURITY

Method Security is dedicated to reshaping cybersecurity in an era where AI-driven threats are growing rapidly. Our mission is to defend critical institutions—such as government, defense, and key commercial sectors—against these sophisticated threats by building cutting-edge, autonomous defense solutions. We bring together expertise in AI, cybersecurity, and software to create products that seek to finally shift the advantage in security from offense to defense.

## OUR TEAM AND VALUES

Joining Method means becoming part of an elite, mission-driven team that values innovation, transparency, and high standards. We work with purpose, embracing diverse perspectives and experiences while maintaining a high bar for quality. Our team is built around trust, efficiency, and respect. We’re committed to creating an environment where everyone can contribute meaningfully. We believe in small, focused teams capable of tackling complex challenges and achieving outsized results. At Method, you’ll have the autonomy to drive projects forward, the support to navigate challenges, and the opportunity to shape the future of cybersecurity.

## ROLE OVERVIEW

As an Embedded Operator at Method, you'll be responsible for the security outcomes with customers, the technical delivery of Method platform, and the enablement users to ensure they are winning. It is a unique mix of hands-on security operations, security tool development, solution architecture, user enablement, and reliability engineering.

Tactically, day-to-day, this means sitting side by side our best users in their daily operations, administering Method platform, training users, troubleshooting, understanding user workflows and pain points, and developing new security tradecraft as the tip of the spear. Strategically, you are the security lead for customers, and you turn a deep understanding of their mission into platform and business advantages.

You have a technical background (CS degree, cyber security degree, or professional cyber operator) and want to maintain your technical chops while staying close to the mission. Likely you are former national cyber operator, red teamer, pentester, security analyst, or engineer with a passion for cyber.

A security background is a requirement. If your security background is not deep, you must be extremely curious and committed to becoming and expert.

You have a business counterpart in the Deployment Lead role which is responsible for the overall customer engagement.

## KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Operate Method Platform alongside users to develop wins and best practices for customers.
- Map and understand technical workflows from users and create well scoped product opportunities with Method Product Development.
- Develop security tradecraft to integrate directly into Method Platform to unlock new value with users.
- Deploy, debug, and integrate Method platform into customer environments and security stacks.
- Troubleshoot Method Platform operations with users.
- Create and manage test range environments for onboarding, training, and testing.
- Serve as the customer facing technical and security expert.
- Collaborate with engineers to develop new features and user experiences for all customers.

## QUALIFICATIONS

- Security expertise (especially in offensive and proactive defense disciplines) and commitment to furthering your craft.
- Deep curiosity about how systems work and obsession over the details.
- Proficiency in software development and prototyping. Experience in Python and Go is preferred.
- High agency mindset to proactively identify issues and solve them self-service.
- Ability to effectively communicate technical concepts and their impact to non-security stakeholders.

## NICE TO HAVE

- Familiarity with offensive security.
- Familiarity with container security, cloud security, or other infrastructure-focused security domains.
- U.S. Security Clearance.

BASE SALARY RANGE: $140,000-$190,000

## About Method Security

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Method Security builds autonomous cyber systems that fuse offensive and defensive capabilities to deliver cyber resilience for America’s most critical institutions.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed + Series A funded)
- **Headquarters**: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States (also offices in New York, NY and Washington, D.C.)
- **Founded**: 2023
- **Founders**: Sam Jones (CEO), Sean Hacker (CTO), Daniel Kelly (President)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Cybersecurity (Computer and Network Security)
- **Target customers**: U.S. Government, Department of Defense, Federal agencies, and Fortune 500 enterprises (B2G / B2B, mission-critical)
- **Mission/purpose**: “Secure what matters” – delivering cyber resilience to America’s critical institutions through full-spectrum, autonomous security products.

## Products & Services
- **Method Platform**: A full-spectrum security platform that fuses offensive and defensive capabilities into a single autonomy framework. Uses a digital twin to map, validate, and control resources and attack paths. Provides flexible deployment, open APIs, and data controls.
- **Bastion**: Digital-twin driven exposure management – maps, validates, and controls all resources and possible attack paths in the context of the business.
- **Reaper**: Software-defined red team operations and adversary emulation – enables autonomous attack simulations with precise guardrails for mission-critical environments.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding – conflicting reports: $26M (press release, CB Insights) or $27M (LinkedIn). Breakdown: $5.5M Seed (Dec 2023, led by Andreessen Horowitz) + $21.5M Series A (Nov 2025, led by General Catalyst) [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/method-security) | [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/method-security)
- **Notable Investors & Partners**: Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Blackstone Innovations Investments, Crossbeam Ventures (Michael Ovitz), NFDG, Forward Deployed Ventures, Pax Ventures, Phil Venables (Google), WndrCo, Frederic Kerrest (Okta), Ryan Noon (Material Security), Aaron Levie (Box) [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/method-security)
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 140% YoY to 19 employees (as of mid-2026); already deployed with DoD, U.S. Federal Government, and Fortune 500; founders and team from Palantir, NSA, U.S. Air Force, CIA, AWS, CrowdStrike, Shield AI, Microsoft; engineering team makes up 54% of headcount; recently opened New York office [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/method-security) | [method.security](https://method.security/)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Autonomous dual-use platform**: Combines offensive (red team) and defensive (exposure management) in one system, purpose-built for government and critical infrastructure.
- **Digital twin foundation**: Provides an interconnected, real-time map of resources and attack paths, enabling precision autonomy with built-in guardrails.
- **Founding team pedigree**: Deep experience in national security, intelligence, and big-tech (Palantir, NSA, USAF, CIA, AWS, CrowdStrike, Microsoft).
- **Mission-driven & trusted**: Designed for “mission-critical environments” with flexible deployment and the highest security standards.

## Strategic Focus
- Accelerate deployment of its autonomous cyber platform with U.S. Government and critical enterprises.
- Continue to grow the platform’s ability to “operationalize autonomy for cyber defense” at machine speed to counter AI-enabled adversaries.
- Expand the team across engineering, mission operations, and consulting to support a growing customer base.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission**: Build at the frontier of security and AI in support of a mission that matters – defending America’s critical institutions.
- **Culture**: High expectations with high autonomy; flat, collaborative organization where individuals have full creative freedom to execute; earned trust and radical transparency.
- **Compensation & Benefits**: Competitive compensation, 100% premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision for employees and families; growth opportunities and challenging projects.
- **Work Environment**: Offices in Saint Paul (HQ), New York, and Washington, D.C. – remote/hybrid policy not explicitly stated, but emphasis on autonomy and flat structure suggests flexibility; engineering-driven culture (54% of staff in technical roles). [method.security/careers](https://www.method.security/careers)

## Sources
1. [method.security](https://method.security/)
2. [linkedin.com/company/method-security](https://www.linkedin.com/company/method-security)
3. [cbinsights.com/company/method-security](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/method-security)
4. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/method.security](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/method.security)

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