Top Tech Jobs & Startup Jobs in Houston, TX

Provide technical support, implementation, configuration, and operations for multi-layer authentication infrastructure (MFA, PKI, S/MIME, SSL). Integrate identity systems with applications, perform Tier 3 NOC support, manage deployments/upgrades, troubleshoot complex network/authentication issues, and document/security standards. Occasional off-hours and data-center on-site work required.

Senior advisor developing and maintaining enterprise cybersecurity governance, policies, and compliance for federal and intelligence customers. Leads policy interpretation and implementation across cloud and on-prem systems, conducts gap analyses, supports audits and authorizations, advises leadership on risk and regulatory alignment, and mentors junior analysts.

Lead design and implementation of security controls for AI and cloud platforms, configure DLP and alerting, detect and remediate misconfigurations, perform AI security assessments, document findings, and advise clients and presales on AI security best practices.

Support a federal agency SOC by administering Windows/Unix/Linux systems and security tools (Tenable, SourceFIRE, Splunk ES), perform vulnerability and compliance assessments, manage IDS/IPS and log solutions, produce dashboards and monthly vulnerability/patch reports, maintain SOPs and CSIRT wiki, provide O&M and on-call support, and recommend cloud security improvements. Requires extensive documentation and reporting.

Lead Washington and Oregon policy advocacy to advance zero-emission shipping and port readiness. Engage legislatures, regulatory hearings, port leadership, and coalitions; craft policy materials; conduct research; run grassroots and digital campaigns; manage projects, events, and coalition-building with community, labor, and tribal partners.

Lead and scale Cape's security organization to protect a carrier-grade cellular network and corporate systems. Own security strategy, architecture, incident response, red-teaming, threat modeling, vendor/auditor relationships, and board-level risk communication while embedding security into product development.

Lead strategy, operations, and security for a national, multi-site nonprofit. Own MSP/vendor relationships, ServiceNow platform, incident response, and AI-driven automation to improve service delivery and security posture. Manage a team of direct reports plus MSP resources, drive infrastructure initiatives and compliance, and serve as executive liaison and student mentor.

Lead security engineering across web apps, APIs, cloud (AWS/OCI), Kubernetes, and on-prem systems. Build CI/CD security, secure genomic and PHI/PII pipelines (HIPAA), run monitoring and incident response, prepare for HIPAA/SOC2/ISO27001 audits, perform pentesting/vulnerability discovery, improve logging/SIEM, and drive remediation with engineering and DevOps while raising company-wide security awareness.

Design and assess secure architectures for software, embedded, hardware, and cloud systems. Lead threat modeling, risk assessments, compliance/ATO support (RMF, NIST, CMMC), security testing, and remediation. Establish secure engineering standards, mentor teams, and collaborate across engineering and program stakeholders to integrate security throughout the product lifecycle.

Build and maintain tools and services that ingest, classify, store, and review intelligence for Elliptic's graph database. Collaborate with analysts and researchers to automate workflows, deploy AI where appropriate, implement observability, and scale collection and analysis pipelines.