Top Cyber Security Jobs in Minneapolis, MN

Supports cybersecurity risk management and authorization for the VA.gov Platform. Assesses NIST security controls, performs gap and risk analyses, maintains SSPs, POA&Ms, and authorization evidence, and translates deficiencies into engineering remediation. The role supports ATO/cATO readiness, OSCAL automation, threat modeling, secure design reviews, stakeholder coordination, incident response, and continuous synchronization between technical changes and security documentation.

Build and operate infrastructure security platforms centered on workload identity, service-to-service authentication, authorization, and short-lived credentials. Replace static secrets with identity-based systems, develop identity-authenticated proxies and APIs, and unify authorization policy management. Partner with platform and application teams to drive adoption, migrate legacy systems, and ensure reliable production infrastructure with strong developer experience.

Lead secure design and code reviews, conduct penetration testing and code audits, build secure-by-default systems, improve security tooling and vulnerability management, operate responsible disclosure programs, remediate production vulnerabilities, and address customer security concerns. The role partners closely with engineering teams and requires strong coding, risk assessment, offensive security, and security communication skills.

Build and own the company’s enterprise risk management and information security functions. Lead SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliance, security policies, ISMS development, incident response, business continuity and disaster recovery exercises, vendor and audit management, partner security due diligence, and security awareness training. Collaborate with engineering, product, legal, business development, and operations to maintain an audit-ready security posture.

Owns broad product and operational security responsibilities, including identity and access management, threat modeling, code review, fuzzing, bug bounty operations, AI security research, software supply chain monitoring, penetration test coordination, and compliance evidence. The role requires a strong software engineering background, product security expertise, security tooling development, systems programming experience, and familiarity with web3 or DeFi. It is remote-first and emphasizes autonomy, documentation, and high ownership.

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 global cloud security architecture across AWS, Azure, or GCP, including Zero Trust, IAM, micro-segmentation, encryption, AI/ML security, policy-as-code, CNAPP/CSPM, threat modeling, and automated compliance. Develop security automation and testing within CI/CD pipelines, reduce cloud threat detection times, and advise architecture and executive leadership on security risks and regulatory requirements.

Serve as the cybersecurity subject matter expert for Assessment and Authorization processes. Assess threats, vulnerabilities, configurations, and risk; recommend mitigation controls; implement NIST RMF and ISO-aligned security practices; manage GRC documentation and accreditation activities; support cloud and enterprise security assessments; develop security architecture guidance; and coordinate initiatives with stakeholders and cross-functional teams.

Leads RapidFort’s cybersecurity, risk, compliance, and assurance programs. Owns the ISO 27001 ISMS, SOC 2 Type 2, FedRAMP authorization, and CMMC Level 2 programs; directs security monitoring, incident response, vulnerability management, identity governance, penetration testing, vendor risk, and security architecture. Reports risk to executive leadership and the Audit Committee, manages customer security assurance, oversees a compliance specialist, and serves as incident commander for declared security events.

Build backend services and distributed systems for a cybersecurity and software supply chain security platform. Develop scalable APIs, data pipelines, and platform components handling vulnerability, container, package, runtime, and SBOM data. Work across Linux, Kubernetes, containers, and cloud environments while solving concurrency, performance, reliability, and distributed processing challenges. Own projects from design through deployment, participate in architecture discussions, review code, and collaborate with security researchers and product teams.

Leads AI governance and cybersecurity risk advisory engagements for large, regulated organizations. Advises C-suite executives and boards on AI threats, regulatory requirements, governance operating models, risk assessments, control frameworks, and cyber resilience. Owns complex engagement delivery, client relationships, team leadership, business development, proposals, engagement economics, and practice growth. Develops methodologies, thought leadership, and risk-management solutions covering AI governance, cloud security, identity management, data protection, incident response, and third-party risk.

Support and secure mainframe production environments. Manage data center technologies, maintain/enhance security infrastructure, work with mainframe tools (Tivoli, Omegamon), TSO/MVS/JCL operations, RACF/CA-Top Secret, and collaborate with third-party mainframe vendors.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Secure LLMs, generative AI systems, ML infrastructure, training pipelines, and AI applications. Responsibilities include threat modeling, architecture reviews, security controls, hardening, vulnerability remediation, data privacy, incident response runbooks, vendor reviews, governance, policy development, and AI security training. The role also supports proof-of-concept security solutions and monitors emerging AI threats.

Lead application security engineering across the SDLC using AI-assisted threat modeling, automated security testing, vulnerability prioritization, and secure-by-default controls. Partner with Engineering, Product, QA, DevOps, and AI platform teams to secure applications, APIs, cloud infrastructure, data, and AI/ML systems. Build security automation, CI/CD controls, policy-as-code guardrails, developer enablement, and proactive defenses against emerging threats such as prompt injection and data poisoning.

Design and lead secure AI security solutions for enterprise customers across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. Conduct technical discovery, architect integrations spanning AI systems, LLM applications, data pipelines, model layers, and runtime environments, and support presales validations and implementations. Serve as a technical advisor to CISOs and security leaders while partnering with Sales, Product, and R&D to guide deployments, resolve escalations, and influence product strategy.

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.

Leads KeyBank’s Red Team and offensive security program, including adversary emulation, penetration testing, physical and application assessments, cloud security testing, AI security evaluations, and purple team exercises. Develops testing strategy, methodologies, tooling, metrics, and maturity roadmaps; mentors engineers; coordinates internal and third-party engagements; validates remediation and attack paths; and presents findings and strategic recommendations to executives and cybersecurity stakeholders.

Leads application security engineering for enterprise systems, including SAST and DAST scanning, security control implementation, web application protection, and pipeline development. Uses Veracode, Burp tools, Linux, and programming or scripting languages to identify and remediate vulnerabilities. Applies OWASP, CVSS, CWE, federal compliance standards, and secure architecture practices while supporting scalable digital transformation initiatives. Requires Public Trust eligibility and U.S. citizenship.

Provide fractional cybersecurity advisory and hands-on operations for hedge funds and family offices: conduct assessments, run vulnerability management and incident response, implement policies and controls, monitor logs and network traffic, test BCDR plans, advise on vendor selection, and report KPIs and remediation plans.