Top Senior Cyber Security Jobs in Huntsville, AL

Designs, configures, validates, and audits secure information systems. Performs security architecture, network and system analysis, vulnerability and risk assessments, and hardware/software security evaluations. Develops security plans, policies, continuity and disaster recovery solutions, and supports Risk Management Framework activities using tools such as Xacta, eMASS, SCAP, and ACAS. Requires onsite work in Huntsville, Alabama, an active Top Secret clearance, and possible Counterintelligence Polygraph completion.

Lead security engineering across AI systems, cloud infrastructure, product security, GRC automation, GitHub controls, and compliance workflows. Develop AI-specific threat models and guardrails, automate security checks and evidence collection, strengthen AWS and GCP environments, manage CSPM tooling, and secure software supply chains. Partner with Engineering, Product, Legal, IT, and GRC to establish security programs and practical controls for Jasper’s AI platforms.

Manages global 24/7 Security Operations Center operations, including processes, playbooks, shift coverage, quality assurance, analyst development, incident response capabilities, and operational performance. Leads cybersecurity analysts, partners with Product and Support teams, reports on objectives and key results, operationalizes new services, and represents the organization in public speaking engagements.

Lead corporate endpoint security architecture with a focus on macOS, designing secure-by-default controls, automation, patching, software distribution, and security baselines across macOS, iOS, Windows, and Linux. Manage configurations through Terraform, GitOps, version control, CI pipelines, and automated rollouts. Partner with IT and security teams to improve telemetry, detection, response, auditability, and operational efficiency. Mentor engineers and serve as a senior escalation point for complex endpoint security issues in a fully remote environment.

Lead and execute IT SOX and SOC testing (ITGC, ITAC, SDLC), coordinate remediation with control owners, perform risk assessments, provide IT audit consulting, and support audit readiness and control framework improvements across US and Europe.

Senior Information Systems Security Officer supporting federal cloud cybersecurity programs. Responsibilities include system categorization, security control selection and implementation, control assessments, RMF authorization documentation, continuous monitoring, risk analysis, incident response, remediation, audits, security training, and leadership reporting. Requires extensive ISSO experience in cleared environments, advanced cybersecurity and cloud certifications, familiarity with security tools, and an active TS/SCI clearance with ability to obtain a polygraph.

Lead cybersecurity compliance and authorization activities for federal systems. Implement and assess NIST security controls, manage RMF v5 workflows and eMASS documentation, develop SSP and ATO artifacts, track POA&Ms, coordinate STIG remediation, conduct risk assessments, monitor incidents, and communicate security requirements across technical and nontechnical teams.

Assesses and documents cybersecurity controls across the Risk Management Framework lifecycle. Reviews system evidence, guides categorization and control selection, oversees assessments and continuous monitoring, prepares authorization risk documentation, and advises stakeholders on remediation, incident response, audits, and compliance. Coordinates with system owners, ISSEs, and ISSOs while reporting security risks and improvement opportunities to leadership.

Leads and mentors cybersecurity professionals implementing the Risk Management Framework for FBI IT systems. Oversees system categorization, security control selection and implementation, assessments, authorization documentation, continuous monitoring, risk analysis, incident response, remediation, audits, and stakeholder reporting. Provides technical cybersecurity guidance, training, and process improvement while ensuring compliance with NIST guidance and organizational requirements.

Lead security engineering for a federal health supply chain and logistics software product line. Own security architecture through authorization, establish engineering standards, assess and remediate complex findings, advise stakeholders on risk, and mentor engineers. The role requires federal security framework expertise, cloud security experience, cross-team remediation leadership, and eligibility for a Public Trust background investigation. Preferred experience includes federal health IT, ATO packages, Kubernetes security, incident response, HIPAA, and Agile or SAFe environments.

Secure federal health IT supply-chain and logistics software by designing and validating application and infrastructure controls, assessing vulnerabilities, driving remediation, embedding security checks into CI/CD pipelines, monitoring security tools, supporting incident response, and translating federal security requirements into implementable technical designs.

Deliver generative AI-enabled source code review and application security engagements. Coordinate with leadership, organize resources, refine and present assessment findings, document recommendations, and mentor junior red team members. Support penetration testing projects, including external and web application testing, while managing engagement delivery and improving security assessment technologies and workflows.

Supports cybersecurity architecture strategy for large-scale government and defense systems. Responsibilities include developing security architectures and standards, implementing Zero Trust, assessing system and vendor security, managing security requirements, supporting FedRAMP, RMF, NIST, and FISMA compliance, and architecting hybrid-cloud security solutions. Acts as deputy to the senior architect, leads security reviews, mentors technical teams, and aligns engineering, operations, and program leadership.

Owner of Vannevar's authentication and authorization platform: build tenant-isolated auth systems, self-service user/group/permission admin UI, tooling to visualize and validate access, feature-flag and platform management interfaces, and shared authorization capabilities across products.

Lead and mature Affirm's third-party security risk program by designing controls, automating GRC workflows, evaluating third-party/cloud security, building integrations and dashboards, and advising stakeholders. Drive automation using Python and agentic coding tools, operate orchestration across systems, manage a portfolio of risk reviews, and establish metrics, processes, and reporting to scale security risk management.

Lead and grow a Security Platform engineering team to design and operate centralized identity and access services (IdP integrations, SSO, authorization frameworks). Define roadmap, partner cross-functionally, and drive adoption of secure-by-default access controls across products.

The Security Engineer will manage Liftoff's SIEM, lead the adoption of AI-augmented SOC tools, triage alerts, and improve incident response processes while collaborating on various security functions.

Manages enterprise information security governance, risk, and compliance initiatives. Develops security policies and frameworks, leads data classification and threat modeling, conducts risk assessments, oversees vulnerability remediation, evaluates security controls, supports audits, and prepares risk metrics and executive reports. Partners with technical teams to embed security requirements and promotes governance best practices across the organization.

Protect Air Force modernization efforts by assessing legacy and modernized applications, conducting security audits and risk analyses, implementing RMF, ATO, and cATO processes, authoring security controls and authorization evidence, researching emerging threats, and coaching government engineering teams on secure software development and compliance.

Define and drive Security Operations strategy at the intersection of Identity and AI. Analyze IAM and AI roadmaps, perform threat modeling, build security frameworks for AI-enabled systems and agentic workloads, identify capability gaps, incubate new security approaches, and partner with engineering and security teams to influence long-term direction and operational readiness.

Lead architecture and hands-on development of Microsoft's AI Safety Platform, building observability, detection, investigation, threat-hunting, and distributed data-processing capabilities. Design attack detection infrastructure, correlate high-volume telemetry, apply AI security research, conduct security and privacy reviews, and partner across engineering, science, and incident response teams. Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership for complex AI security systems.

The Security Compliance Analyst manages cybersecurity, data privacy, classification, retention, governance, vulnerability assessments, incident response, and ATO documentation. Responsibilities include monitoring cloud environments and system logs, using SIEM tools, analyzing security risks, supporting security policies, reporting incidents, and ensuring compliance throughout the system lifecycle. The role also collaborates with Agile teams and stakeholders to protect sensitive data and resolve information assurance issues.

Responds to and resolves cybersecurity incidents, prevents recurrence, and develops innovative solutions for complex security operations challenges. The role applies intelligence-driven defense, Cyber Kill Chain, and MITRE ATT&CK methodologies; uses security operations tools; analyzes intrusion tactics, techniques, and procedures; and may mentor technical staff. The position requires 5+ years of IT or intelligence operations experience, a Top Secret clearance, and a bachelor's degree by Winter 2025.

Lead Uber’s highest-severity security incidents from escalation through containment, recovery, and remediation. Command response teams, make high-consequence decisions, investigate logs and system data, brief executives, conduct post-incident analysis, mentor responders, and improve incident response through simulations, threat modeling, automation, and AI-assisted tooling.

Lead GitLab’s Security Posture Management team within Product Security. Drive governed security capability rollouts across the software estate, establish secure configuration baselines, build software supply chain security, manage risk registers and posture metrics, support audit evidence, and provide customer-zero feedback to Product and Engineering. Hire, coach, and develop the team while representing GitLab’s security practices externally and driving measurable risk reduction in a remote, asynchronous environment.