Top Cyber Security Jobs in Houston, TX

Designs and implements cloud security solutions for Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 customers. Leads security architecture discussions, Zero Trust adoption, technical evaluations, implementation planning, troubleshooting, and enterprise security strategy. Advises executives and technical stakeholders on identity and access management, threat protection, cloud security, information protection, and secure-by-design architectures. Collaborates with Microsoft engineering, product, and security teams to remove blockers and orchestrates technical resources to deliver customer outcomes.

Designs, implements, and operates AWS cloud security controls for FedRAMP-compliant environments. Responsibilities include AWS security architecture, IAM and network security, Infrastructure as Code guardrails, continuous monitoring, vulnerability remediation, logging and SIEM integration, encryption, incident response, DevSecOps collaboration, SSP and ATO support, and audit evidence documentation. The role also supports RMF, NIST control mapping, boundary definition, and continuous authorization activities.

Owns compliance documentation and security control narratives for an Agentic AI platform. Responsibilities include authoring System Security Plans, managing POA&Ms, coordinating audit evidence, supporting RMF and ATO activities, maintaining policies and SOPs, and partnering with cloud, platform, and security engineers. The role validates that documentation reflects implemented infrastructure and supports CMMC, FedRAMP, DoD, and NIST-aligned compliance efforts.

Customer-facing Cloud Solution Architect driving security transformation on Azure and Microsoft 365. Design and implement security architectures (Identity, Threat Protection, Cloud Security), run design sessions, perform hands-on evaluations of Defender, Sentinel, and Azure AD, and influence product and engineering teams to improve customer security posture and adoption.

Assess cloud, network, infrastructure, and application designs against security and compliance requirements. Translate requirements into technical specifications, security blueprints, and engineering guardrails. Support compliance programs, control assessments, and audits, investigate security risks, define remediation, and improve security-control adoption through AI and automation.

Manages the IT and Security team, including helpdesk workflows, project roadmaps, compliance automation, access management, authentication standards, disaster recovery, vendor relationships, and enterprise system rollouts. Partners with product, engineering, and business leaders on security initiatives and complex technical changes. Maintains audit-ready security processes while overseeing remote IT operations, cloud security, identity tools, and technology spend.

Owns end-to-end security engineering, including risk identification, secure-by-default libraries, least-privilege guardrails, developer machine hardening, supply-chain security, and identity and authentication protections. Partners with compliance to implement effective controls for healthcare requirements such as HIPAA and HITRUST. The role requires production software engineering and security expertise, with broad autonomy in a fully remote environment.

Drive technical pre-sales for data security: deliver demos/PoCs, lead hands-on workshops, design secure architectures, resolve technical blockers, advise on data governance and AI platform security, and represent Microsoft in developer communities.

Lead product strategy, roadmap, and delivery for AI-native security experiences. Partner with engineering, security research, design, and data science teams to translate emerging technologies into customer value. Establish operational readiness practices covering release governance, risk management, quality reviews, incident learning, executive readiness, onboarding, adoption, and partner success. Drive complex cross-organizational programs and ensure scalable, reliable launches and measurable customer outcomes.

Designs, implements, maintains, and improves cybersecurity controls across enterprise systems, networks, cloud environments, and applications. Deploys and troubleshoots security technologies, responds to incidents, identifies security requirements, supports audits and change management, documents procedures, analyzes risks, and delivers remediation recommendations. Collaborates with architects, project managers, engineers, and stakeholders to protect organizational data and infrastructure while automating repeatable security tasks.

Own end-to-end security architecture and risk posture for a strategic, AWS-heavy program protecting trade secrets and sensitive intellectual property. Lead cloud and application security reviews, threat modeling, risk assessments, control design, and risk acceptance. Develop secure reference architectures, design patterns, standards, and guidance across cloud platforms, data flows, identity, and integrations. Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and security direction while communicating risks effectively to technical, business, audit, and executive stakeholders.

Leads the strategy, lifecycle, financial performance, positioning, and growth of Arctic Wolf’s Endpoint Security portfolio. The role oversees product expansion, cross-sell opportunities, competitive analysis, M&A integration, and integration with managed security services. It also leads a global product management team, establishes product metrics and operating cadences, and represents endpoint strategy to executives, customers, analysts, and partners.

Leads enterprise security architecture by assessing threats, performing application security assessments and threat modeling, reviewing designs, and integrating controls into SDLC and DevSecOps environments. Advises business and engineering stakeholders on secure solutions, remediates vulnerabilities, protects APIs, web applications, and cloud workloads, and improves security processes through automation and standardization.

Designs and advances security architecture for Microsoft’s enterprise productivity environment. The role assesses evolving risk, analyzes systems and telemetry, develops reusable security patterns and tooling, partners with engineering teams on deployment, communicates risk and tradeoffs, and establishes priorities and roadmaps amid incomplete information.

Manage the day-to-day cybersecurity program, including audits, risk registers, third-party risk assessments, security policies, awareness training, vulnerability remediation, MDM security, incident response exercises, and compliance with HIPAA, HITECH, NIST, and HITRUST frameworks. The role prepares security metrics for leadership, coordinates cross-functional remediation, and supports continuous improvement of healthcare information security controls. It is primarily remote with limited travel.

Secure Microsoft Windows online services through offensive security, code and deployment reviews, penetration testing, vulnerability research, and scalable mitigation development. Build reusable security review tools and agents, demonstrate exploit impact, identify novel attack vectors, bypass security controls, and collaborate with product engineering teams to strengthen architecture and defenses.

Lead end-to-end red team and adversary emulation operations across cloud, identity, network, endpoint, hardware, and operational security environments. Develop offensive tooling, implants, and AI-driven autonomous agents for reconnaissance, exploitation, and post-exploitation. Serve as a technical lead for customer engagements, brief security executives, collaborate with blue teams and threat intelligence organizations, establish operational standards, and mentor senior operators.

Lead end-to-end red team and adversary emulation operations across cloud, identity, network, endpoint, hardware, and operational environments. Develop offensive tooling, implants, and tradecraft; direct AI-driven autonomous agents; discover and exploit vulnerabilities; brief executive customers; provide defensive guidance; collaborate with threat intelligence and blue teams; establish operational standards; and mentor security operators.

Identify and remediate vulnerabilities across products and AWS infrastructure, respond to security incidents, close security tickets, integrate security controls into CI/CD, review code and infrastructure, support SOC 2 and CASA compliance, and strengthen access management, secrets handling, and cloud hardening.

Owns company-wide security operations, cloud and infrastructure security, incident response, zero-trust architecture, blockchain treasury controls, compliance, privacy, production reliability, Terraform, CI/CD, observability, disaster recovery, and on-call operations. This hands-on leadership role reports to the CTO, represents the company to auditors and customers, and builds security automation across GCP, Cloudflare, GitHub, Google Workspace, and Ethereum infrastructure.

Conduct advanced application security research across GitLab’s DevSecOps and AI-powered platforms. Identify and exploit novel, systemic, and chained vulnerabilities; develop proof-of-concept exploits, testing methodologies, and research automation; assess AI attack vectors and open-source dependencies; drive remediation and security improvements; advise engineering teams, contribute to roadmaps, mentor researchers, and share findings with the security community.

Conducts advanced application security research across GitLab’s DevSecOps and AI-powered platforms. Responsibilities include discovering and exploiting systemic vulnerabilities, penetration testing, developing proof-of-concept exploits, researching AI and agentic security threats, building automated research tooling, coordinating remediation, mentoring security professionals, and communicating findings to engineering and security communities.

Design and implement secure architectures across systems, networks, servers, and cloud. Deliver end-to-end security projects, validate client architectures, identify gaps, implement identity, threat protection, data protection, SIEM/XDR, and cloud security solutions, and produce comprehensive documentation and knowledge transfer.

Designs and leads enterprise cybersecurity architecture across network, cloud, endpoint, identity, and data environments. Develops security strategies, governance frameworks, and controls; conducts risk assessments, vulnerability management, penetration testing, and incident response. Oversees security tool integration, regulatory compliance, third-party risk, and secure development practices. Provides technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-functional guidance to protect business-critical systems and minimize cyber risk.

Architect, deploy, configure, administer, and maintain Splunk instances for clients and internal teams. Develop security use cases, configure alerts, evaluate and prioritize security data sources, and guide log collection and forwarding to SIEM platforms. Collaborate with clients, SOC analysts, and project coordinators, participate in project meetings, and support a rotating on-call schedule.