Top Security Engineer Jobs

The Forward Deployed Security Engineer manages government cybersecurity projects, achieving ATOs, translating regulations into technical requirements, and providing expertise during audits. Role involves collaboration with stakeholders and policy interpretation.

The Insider Threat Detection Engineer will enhance security by automating detection workflows, investigating security events, and developing alerting strategies to identify insider risks and threats.

As an Information Security Engineer, you'll enhance the security of Windows and Active Directory, reducing attack surfaces and developing detection tools for advanced threats.

As a Senior Identity Security Engineer, you'll oversee the identity security infrastructure, architecting authentication systems, threat modeling, and enhancing identity security outcomes.

The Insider Threat Detection Engineer protects data and assets by detecting and investigating insider threats, automating workflows, and developing security strategies.

The Mission Security Engineer secures national security space systems, implementing cybersecurity measures and compliance controls for various platforms and infrastructures.

Lead design and implement confidential computing and enterprise security solutions across cloud platforms. Develop and review secure production code, perform threat modeling, vulnerability and penetration testing, and advise stakeholders on security controls and mitigation.

Owns security for Azure services and supports secure cloud strategy and adoption. The role reduces operational risk, strengthens security posture, implements Azure security controls, supports compliance for regulated data, and applies NIST and CIS standards. Responsibilities include infrastructure-as-code, GitOps, policy-as-code, IaC security scanning, CI/CD automation, secure cloud operations, and scripting with Python and PowerShell.

Lead security engineer responsible for designing, building, and reviewing secure, high-performance API-first services and integrations. Provide technical guidance, implement secure production code, influence product and architecture decisions, and embed AI-assisted security practices within the SDLC. Ensure scalable, cloud-native distributed systems, validate AI outputs, and uphold traceability, resiliency, and auditability across security workflows.

Build and maintain custom security tools, middleware, automation, APIs, integrations, dashboards, and security workflows. Integrate identity, endpoint, SIEM, SaaS, and other security platforms using APIs, cloud services, containers, and CI/CD. Translate security policies into secure, code-driven solutions while supporting SOAR, continuous monitoring, compliance, and cross-functional collaboration.

Develop and support spacecraft electrical power subsystems for national security missions. Responsibilities include power budgeting, energy balance, voltage drop and bus stability analyses, hardware testing, production support, software updates, requirements verification, failure review participation, and design for manufacturability. The role supports Blue Ring spacecraft systems across development, integration, testing, and production, including work with solar arrays, batteries, PMAD, wire harnessing, and power distribution components.

Designs and implements scalable trust and identity infrastructure, including secrets management, PKI, authentication, and access control services. The role defines architecture, leads technically complex initiatives, improves engineering standards and reliability, and partners across Product, Security, Compliance, and Engineering. It requires strong systems engineering experience with Linux, networking, distributed systems, modern programming languages, and infrastructure tooling. Occasional on-call nights and weekends may be required.

The Cloud Security Engineer designs and maintains security controls across cloud, SaaS, and enterprise application environments. Responsibilities include cloud architecture, IAM, Zero Trust, DevSecOps, vulnerability management, threat detection, incident response, security assessments, automation, compliance, and remediation. The role partners with technology and business teams, supports secure development and CI/CD practices, provides security guidance, and communicates risks and recommendations to business stakeholders.

Build, deploy, and operate infrastructure security tooling, automated controls, and security services across public and private cloud environments. Develop scalable frameworks and automation to address security issues, advise service teams, and improve infrastructure security. The role requires expertise in Linux or containers, cloud security, threat modeling, NIST standards, Kubernetes, CI/CD, container security, encryption, and authorization. An active TS/SCI with CI polygraph clearance and U.S. citizenship are mandatory.

Own and strengthen security across systems, networks, and infrastructure. Design firewalls and IDS/IPS capabilities, conduct security audits and vulnerability assessments, detect and respond to threats, establish organization-wide security practices, collaborate with engineering and operations, and support customer security questionnaires and technical requirements.

Leads technical security sales engagements through demonstrations, proofs of concept, hackathons, architecture workshops, and customer consultations. Designs secure, scalable cloud and hybrid architectures, resolves technical blockers, and advises customers on Microsoft Security solutions, including Defender and Sentinel. Develops security posture recommendations, supports XDR, zero trust, cloud security, and AI adoption strategies, while influencing technical decisions and representing Microsoft in developer communities.

Security Engineer responsible for application security, vulnerability and threat management, cloud and Kubernetes security, DevSecOps tooling, incident response, forensic analysis, and secure system architecture. The role integrates security testing into CI/CD pipelines, automates security tasks, supports IAM and cryptographic key management, and collaborates with engineering teams to strengthen security processes and tooling.

Designs and maintains security controls across cloud, SaaS, on-premises, and corporate environments. Embeds security into software development and CI workflows, leads vulnerability management, conducts threat modeling and risk assessments, develops security automation, responds to incidents, and supports compliance audits. The role also guides secure coding, manages AWS and Azure security controls, develops policies, monitors threats, and mentors engineering teams.

Lead the company’s security engineering function as its first dedicated security hire. Define security architecture across the LLM pipeline, cloud infrastructure, and product; improve tenant isolation and data residency; conduct threat modeling, penetration testing, vulnerability remediation, and security operations; and support audits and enterprise security reviews. The role reports to the CTO and may eventually grow into team leadership.

Leads and mentors cybersecurity professionals implementing the RMF lifecycle for IT systems. Oversees system categorization, security control selection and implementation, assessments, authorization documentation, continuous monitoring, risk analysis, remediation, incident response, audits, and stakeholder reporting. Provides technical guidance, training, and cybersecurity expertise while maintaining alignment with NIST guidance, DoD requirements, and industry best practices.

Lead design and delivery of secure storage software across OS, kernel drivers, microservices and containerized environments. Act as security consultant, manage vulnerability backlog and remediation, influence architecture and compliance (FIPS, Common Criteria, DISA STIG), mentor engineers, and evaluate vendors and technologies to ensure product security and certification readiness.

Lead cloud security architecture across AWS and GCP, strengthening identity, access management, workload protection, encryption, secrets management, and secure deployment paths. Build Terraform and policy-as-code guardrails, improve cloud threat visibility and detection, support threat hunting and incident response, and drive strategic security initiatives across engineering teams. Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance while delivering measurable security improvements at scale.

Own product and infrastructure security across fintech products and cloud environments. Lead threat modeling, architecture reviews, secure code reviews, vulnerability management, bug bounty operations, CI/CD security scanning, IAM and secrets management, and security standards. Partner directly with engineering leadership to identify and remediate critical vulnerabilities across backend services, APIs, frontends, Solana programs, and infrastructure.

Leads end-to-end development of security data pipelines, APIs, services, and endpoint protection platforms. Architects scalable, reliable, and hardened cloud security infrastructure; creates design documentation, monitoring, alerting, and vulnerability defenses. Collaborates with security, infrastructure, and engineering teams, supports on-call operations, mentors engineers, and communicates technical strategies to executives and customers. The role also develops automated systems for threat intelligence, security reporting, and intrusion prevention across public and private cloud environments.

The Senior Security Engineer researches, implements, optimizes, and maintains security products and services. The role manages cloud security and risk, security controls, incident response, forensic investigations, vulnerability scanning, access-log monitoring, and disaster recovery planning. It supports application and infrastructure security projects, develops risk and incident dashboards, conducts root-cause analysis, and serves as an escalation point while coaching junior security professionals.