Top Cybersecurity Jobs in Boston, MA

Conduct application security assessments, discover and validate vulnerabilities, analyze complex codebases, build custom security tooling, perform threat modeling and architecture reviews, and deliver actionable findings to clients. Independently own assessment workstreams, develop proof-of-concept exploits, communicate technical conclusions, review team work, and contribute to security research, open-source tools, and technical writing.

Build and lead a scalable application security and secure SDLC program across engineering teams. Establish policies, standards, tooling, vulnerability management, threat modeling, developer enablement, security champions, software supply-chain controls, and executive reporting. Partner with development, platform, DevOps, product, and leadership teams to integrate security into CI/CD, source control, build, release, and deployment workflows while supporting audits, advisories, incident response, and regulatory requirements.

Operate application security across the SDLC, including secure design, code reviews, threat modeling, API security, DevSecOps tooling, CI/CD security gates, cloud and container security, vulnerability management, and risk communication. Partner with engineering teams on secure coding standards, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, mobile ecosystems, and responsible AI integration. Participate in an on-call rotation and develop scalable security platforms, paved roads, documentation, and developer training.

Develop and maintain high-fidelity detections across endpoints, identities, SIEM, and operating systems. Conduct hypothesis-driven threat hunts, translate intelligence and attacker tradecraft into detection rules, tune detection efficacy, investigate ambiguous activity, and escalate likely intrusions. Build hunting queries and dashboards, document findings, support incident reporting, contribute to security content, and use validated AI-assisted workflows for detection development and analysis.

Supports the third-party risk management lifecycle by applying risk methodologies, assessing standard vendor relationships, reviewing documentation, coordinating stakeholder and subject matter expert reviews, tracking remediation, maintaining assessment records, and preparing status reports. The role performs data-quality checks, communicates with third parties regarding lower-risk gaps, escalates complex or high-risk issues, and contributes to TPRM process improvements and audit readiness.

Build and lead Motive’s globally distributed SOC, owning detection engineering, 24/7 incident response, threat hunting, intelligence, security analytics, endpoint protection, cloud and workload monitoring, and AI-driven automation. Establish operating models, coverage strategies, runbooks, telemetry platforms, incident command processes, and measurable detection and response capabilities across corporate and production environments.

The Senior Security Engineer will secure networks, systems, applications, databases, and cloud infrastructure; embed security controls into build pipelines; manage vulnerabilities and remediation; respond to incidents through on-call rotation; and promote security awareness across engineering. The role requires cloud security, infrastructure-as-code, application security, REST API protection, IAM, and tools including AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Wiz, Exaforce, and CrowdStrike.

Leads enterprise data security and information governance by building data intake, catalog, marketplace, classification, lineage, and access-control programs. Translates privacy and security requirements into technical controls, self-service workflows, and governance documentation. Partners with Legal, InfoSec, engineering, product, and data teams to support compliant data use, AI/ML initiatives, and regulatory requirements including HIPAA, GDPR, and CCPA. Measures adoption, turnaround times, and governance maturity across a global SaaS organization.

Own and mature the company’s DevSecOps and cloud security function. Responsibilities include implementing SOC 2 controls, automating compliance evidence, managing cloud security posture and runtime security, embedding security gates into CI/CD, leading vulnerability remediation, developing auto-remediation and AI-assisted workflows, and securing infrastructure through Terraform and policy-as-code. The role also partners with GRC and corporate security teams while building reusable security tooling and developer-platform guardrails.

Monitor and analyze security events, lead incident response and employee investigations, conduct digital forensics, and communicate findings to technical, executive, legal, and compliance stakeholders. Build investigation scripts, runbooks, automated workflows, and security operations capabilities. Mentor engineers and support insider threat initiatives while collaborating across teams on cloud security and incident response.