Top Cyber Security Jobs in Des Moines, IA

Design, implement, and support enterprise identity and access management using Microsoft Entra. Build controls for Conditional Access, MFA, identity governance, privileged access, authentication modernization, and Zero Trust. Develop PowerShell automation for identity lifecycle and governance, partner with technical and business teams, improve security operations, and mentor engineers. The role also includes on-call participation and occasional after-hours work.

Leads enterprise AI tooling and security engineering, designing scalable cloud platforms and secure AI applications. Responsibilities include protecting models, agents, prompts, data, APIs, and outputs; securing the AI/ML lifecycle; implementing identity, encryption, monitoring, threat detection, adversarial testing, and incident response; and establishing engineering standards. The role mentors engineers, influences architecture and technology strategy, and partners with governance, risk, compliance, and business teams to support responsible AI adoption.

Leads enterprise AI tooling and security strategy, building secure cloud-native platforms and protecting AI models, agents, prompts, data, APIs, and outputs. Designs controls for identity, access, encryption, monitoring, threat detection, adversarial testing, governance, and incident response. Provides distinguished technical leadership, mentors engineers, establishes engineering standards, and partners across architecture, security, governance, risk, compliance, and business teams.

Serves as the senior technical authority for enterprise browser data protection and security. Owns architecture, roadmap, standards, lifecycle, browser-based DLP controls, integrations, automation, and operational support. Leads complex troubleshooting, major incident response, root-cause analysis, runbook development, and continuous improvement. Partners across cybersecurity, identity, endpoint, network, cloud, risk, compliance, and vendor teams while mentoring engineers and influencing enterprise security design.

Build and operate security log pipelines, SIEM detections, endpoint controls, security automation, and internal tooling across AWS, macOS, Windows, CI/CD, and infrastructure repositories. Develop primarily in Python, implement Terraform-based infrastructure and policy-as-code safeguards, integrate security tools through APIs, and embed scanning and secrets detection into developer workflows. Own the reliability and coverage of security platforms while independently driving projects and implementing fixes directly in systems managed by other teams.

Own AWS cloud security posture and vulnerability management using Wiz and AWS-native services. Build Infrastructure as Code guardrails, secure CI/CD pipelines, automate vulnerability workflows, and operate WAF protections. Partner with DevOps and engineering on IAM, network segmentation, containers, secrets, data exposure, telemetry, threat modeling, and application security. Drive projects independently while reducing organizational risk.

Staff Security Engineer partners with Product, Engineering, and DevOps to embed security into application architecture, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD processes. Responsibilities include secure design and code review, vulnerability remediation, AWS cloud security, WAF tuning, security automation in Python, SIEM and log pipeline contributions, endpoint controls, and security standards. The role requires deep expertise in application security, cloud security, or security automation, plus threat modeling and independent project ownership.

Supports application security across product and engineering teams by reviewing code, configurations, pull requests, logs, and system designs; identifying and prioritizing vulnerabilities; guiding remediation; and contributing scripts, tooling, detections, tests, and secure coding practices. The role also involves vulnerability management, risk-based analysis, security communication, and collaboration across engineering, infrastructure, compliance, and product teams.

Lead detection, response, and digital forensics for security incidents. Monitor alerts, perform technical analysis, act as Incident Commander, build automation and runbooks, mentor engineers, and coordinate cross-team investigations and insider threat work.

Lead and scale an AI Security incubation team to drive technical GTM, recruit and mentor principal AI security specialists, build repeatable POVs and sales playbooks, advise C-level customers on secure AI deployments (RAG, agents, prompt workflows), and channel field insights into product and engineering roadmaps while supporting high-value deals.

This role involves owning the security architecture for AI platforms on GCP, designing guardrails, and integrating security into CI/CD pipelines. Candidates should have extensive experience in cloud security, specifically with GCP services, Kubernetes security, and AI/ML security practices.

Analyze in-the-wild exploits and perform deep reverse engineering to track adversaries. Build detection, automation, and classification frameworks; develop host/network signatures and tooling. Produce high-quality intelligence reports and briefings, collaborate across teams, and contribute to mitigation and large-scale hunting efforts.

Lead OSINT and engagement-driven investigations into Russian-language eCrime actors across surface, deep, and dark web. Collect actionable intelligence, produce contextual internal reports, collaborate with analytic teams, employ secure virtual OPSEC tradecraft, and leverage AI to accelerate research and decision-making under tight deadlines.

Conduct advanced OSINT and operational tradecraft to collect, track, and report on hacktivist and state-sponsored threat actor activity across South Asia, Latin America, and North Africa. Produce contextual internal reports, collaborate on analytical products, and employ secure methods to support threat intelligence operations.

Lead large-scale collection and analysis of deep and dark web data, build and maintain production-grade automated collection systems (LLM-integrated), operate Docker/cloud-based pipelines and APIs, respond to collection failures and incidents, perform threat actor research, and apply OPSEC tradecraft while collaborating globally.

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.

Manage security operations and lead a security engineering team defending endpoints, SaaS, infrastructure, and corporate systems. Serve as senior Incident Commander, oversee detection and response using CrowdStrike, conduct cybersecurity risk assessments, and improve vulnerability, patch, access, and configuration management. Build detection coverage across endpoint, identity, SaaS, and cloud signals while partnering with AppSec and technical leaders. Lead the company’s AI security strategy and develop specialized security capabilities.

Own the security and identity architecture for CDW’s MyCDW ServiceNow platform. Lead consolidation of Entra, Okta, and ServiceNow authentication; architect SailPoint-to-Entra IGA migration; define RBAC, lifecycle, certification, governance, and compliance controls; and guide threat modeling, monitoring, risk reduction, and remediation. Partner across technology and compliance teams, lead IAM and security engineers, manage vendors, and develop strategic roadmaps for secure, cost-effective platform transformation.

Conduct third-party security assessments, evaluate vendor controls, document risk findings, and automate governance workflows using Python and coding tools. Configure integrations across ticketing, GRC, and vendor-management platforms; develop risk dashboards and reporting; and partner with Procurement, Legal, Engineering, IT, Compliance, and Privacy. The role also supports security governance process improvements and applies frameworks including NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and PCI DSS.

Lead and mentor a small IT security engineering team to deploy and operate enterprise-grade Zero Trust security across networks, endpoints, applications, and cloud. Drive Customer Zero initiatives, manage cross-functional security projects, optimize policies (SSL decryption, segmentation, access control), and serve as an internal subject-matter expert.

Lead federal cloud security and compliance efforts to achieve and sustain ATOs. Implement and automate FedRAMP/IL-5/RMF controls, manage continuous monitoring, coordinate 3PAO audits, drive cloud security architecture, oversee change control/SCRs, and lead incident response and POA&M remediation using AI-enabled automation and monitoring across high-security GovCloud environments.

Lead end-to-end Application Security product and program: set strategy, prioritize roadmap, ship AI-powered threat modeling and code-evaluation surfaces, enable secure-by-design SDLC, enforce CI/CD gates, drive vulnerability prioritization/remediation, establish governance and metrics, and align security initiatives with engineering and executive stakeholders.

Lead design and implementation of secure global network infrastructure. Architect security standards, conduct threat modeling and network assessments, build security automation and tooling, integrate controls with SDN/BGP/MPLS platforms, support incident response, and mentor engineering teams to maintain resilient, observable network security posture.

Support day-to-day GRC operations: assess third-party vendors, maintain vendor risk register, track remediation and control evidence, assist with internal control testing and audits (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS), maintain policies, prepare reporting, and contribute to process improvements.

Senior security engineer responsible for developing automation and tooling, building and deploying security solutions, conducting incident response and proactive threat hunting, supporting investigations through data analysis, and advising development teams. Must document solutions, participate in agile teams, mentor juniors, and continuously research evolving security threats.