Top Remote Cyber Security Jobs in Washington, DC

Designs and delivers enterprise security solutions, including micro-segmentation and security platform deployments. Leads product installation, integration, configuration, optimization, and automation across diverse customer environments. Provides advanced professional services, customer training, and post-sales support while coordinating with cross-functional teams. The role requires expertise in web and API security, bot mitigation, DNS, SIEM integrations, DDoS protection, observability, CI/CD security, compliance standards, and AI application security.

Provides technical leadership for enterprise AI security, designing secure AI platform architectures, vetting frameworks, identity and posture management for AI agents, and preventative security guardrails. The role requires building scalable security systems with Python, Go, or Java, managing infrastructure as code, addressing cloud and container security, mentoring engineers, and advising leadership on AI security risks.

Architects and deploys cybersecurity infrastructure centered on Splunk and Palo Alto solutions. Integrates SIEM, SOAR, EDR, network visibility, firewalls, and ticketing platforms; supports log management, intrusion detection, network forensics, secure access, and compliance with NIST and FedRAMP. Troubleshoots infrastructure incidents, provides escalation support, communicates technical designs to customers, and mentors junior team members.

Provides cybersecurity consulting for customers using the Akamai platform. Responsibilities include network integration, security architecture reviews, cloud security strategy, threat modeling, risk assessment, DevSecOps, vulnerability management, API security, security testing, and implementation of cloud and container solutions. The consultant collaborates with account teams, evaluates web architectures, develops long-term security strategies, and contributes to training, best practices, and service quality improvements.

Leads complex cybersecurity Governance, Risk, and Compliance workstreams from discovery through delivery. Responsibilities include risk and control assessments, compliance readiness, policy governance, third-party risk, workshops, executive communications, client deliverables, roadmaps, and program design. The role serves as a trusted client advisor, coaches consultants, supports proposals and solution shaping, develops reusable practice assets, and manages scope, quality, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations.

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.

The Senior Security Engineer architects, implements, and supports enterprise security capabilities across vulnerability management, cloud security, identity, endpoint, application security, and security architecture. The role leads security initiatives, resolves complex platform issues, develops automation and AI-assisted workflows, establishes documentation and reporting standards, and mentors security engineers and analysts while partnering across infrastructure, application, network, cloud, and security teams.

Designs and operates controlled cyber-capability evaluations for frontier AI models and agentic systems. Builds vulnerable applications, cyber ranges, exploit-development targets, and evaluation harnesses; runs experiments; collects telemetry; analyzes model behavior and evaluation artifacts; and documents security findings. The role also develops sandboxing, containment, access, and secrets-management controls while collaborating with red-team operators, researchers, engineers, and Responsible AI stakeholders.

Leads the company’s information security operations and reports to the CISO. Oversees SIEM, threat detection, vulnerability management, penetration testing, incident response, SOC 2 Type II compliance, third-party risk, security awareness, cloud and endpoint security, and regulatory cybersecurity coordination. Manages security policies, breach readiness, tabletop exercises, KPIs, audits, and emerging technology evaluations while partnering with IT, infrastructure, compliance, regulators, and executive leadership.

Designs, deploys, troubleshoots, and supports enterprise network and security infrastructure, including routing, switching, firewalls, wireless, cloud networking, VPNs, and data center services. The role analyzes operational incidents, implements remediation, maintains documentation, communicates with management, supports roadmap decisions, and participates in on-call rotations. It requires extensive experience with multi-vendor network security technologies, cloud platforms, and customer-facing technical work.

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.

Build and operate Dave’s technology governance program covering cyber risk, IT controls, change and incident management, business continuity, policies, and audit readiness. Own control inventories, risk registers, exceptions, assurance programs, and remediation accountability across SOX ITGC, PCI, SOC 2, and related frameworks. Partner with Security, IT, Engineering, Data, Internal Audit, Legal, and external assessors to establish practical controls, escalate material risks, and improve governance through automation and AI while maintaining appropriate oversight.

Leads cybersecurity consulting engagements for large, complex organizations, overseeing project delivery, client relationships, security strategy, governance, risk management, proposals, statements of work, and business development. Provides thought leadership, advises senior stakeholders, guides cybersecurity solutions and emerging-threat initiatives, supports sales growth, and mentors junior team members. Travel up to 25% is required.

Lead Slate’s company-wide cybersecurity program across corporate IT, cloud, applications, vehicle systems, manufacturing OT, enterprise platforms, privacy, compliance, security operations, and supply-chain risk. Set strategy, governance, budgets, and risk priorities; mature audit readiness; build and lead the security team; establish vehicle and OT security programs; oversee identity, incident response, threat intelligence, vendor risk, and secure development; and communicate security posture to executives and the board.

Lead enterprise network segmentation projects using Guardicore Micro Segmentation across data center and cloud environments. Responsibilities include architecture design, project planning, installation, integration, configuration, policy deployment, documentation, customization, training, optimization, and troubleshooting. The role partners with customers, Support, and Engineering teams to deliver successful implementations and improve post-sales satisfaction.

Perform advanced security monitoring, threat hunting, incident investigation, and triage across endpoint, server, and network environments. Analyze SIEM and endpoint data, identify indicators of attack and compromise, map customer use cases to MITRE ATT&CK, scope incidents, provide recommendations, maintain documentation, and participate in an after-hours incident-controller rotation.

Perform advanced threat hunting and deep analysis of attacker activity across on-premises and cloud environments, notify customers of imminent threats, build proof-of-concept hunting tools and automations, synthesize findings into mitigation recommendations, and drive product/tool improvements by transferring threat intelligence and investigation best practices to engineering and customer teams.

Lead enterprise-wide security compliance and regulatory authorization initiatives across global cloud environments. Architect unified control frameworks, map controls to federal, defense, international, and commercial standards, manage audits and assessments, coordinate evidence and remediation, and communicate compliance risks to executives, government stakeholders, assessors, and defense agencies. Drive continuous monitoring and recurring audit readiness across multiple compliance lifecycles.

Secure CrowdStrike’s software supply chain and code-hosting environments by assessing GitHub organizations, open-source integrations, repositories, dependencies, and third-party packages. Implement repository guardrails, secret scanning, access controls, and automation; investigate supply-chain threats such as typosquatting and dependency confusion; promote secure coding and open-source compliance; and collaborate with engineering teams on security initiatives.

Designs and integrates secure information systems, cloud, and defense architectures; leads federal NIST RMF and ATO processes; implements security controls; performs vulnerability, threat, and risk assessments; advises engineering and program teams; and manages continuous monitoring, compliance, audit, and patch-management activities.

Monitor, investigate, triage, and respond to security events across customer environments. The analyst examines endpoint, network, identity, cloud, and log telemetry; supports incident containment and remediation; documents investigations; communicates with customers; escalates high-risk incidents; and improves detection, automation, and security operations processes.

Build and maintain custom security tools, middleware, automation, APIs, integrations, dashboards, and security workflows. Integrate identity, endpoint, SIEM, SaaS, and other security platforms using APIs, cloud services, containers, and CI/CD. Translate security policies into secure, code-driven solutions while supporting SOAR, continuous monitoring, compliance, and cross-functional collaboration.

Lead the creation and growth of a new OT/IoT cybersecurity practice, owning its P&L, offerings, pricing, partnerships, hiring, delivery quality, and go-to-market strategy. Serve as a senior technical SME and trusted advisor for client assessments, regulatory compliance, executive workshops, roadmaps, and security engagements. Shape and close consulting opportunities, develop methodologies and deliverables, manage teams, and advise organizations on ICS/SCADA, segmentation, monitoring, IT/OT convergence, and AI-related risks.

Leads Security Operations Center activities, including incident response, complex threat investigations, detection engineering, SIEM development, security tooling, log pipeline management, vulnerability remediation, risk analysis, automation, and operational reporting. Serves as the senior escalation point and incident coordinator, leading containment and eradication while collaborating with technical and business stakeholders. The role is fully remote within approved states and may require extended or non-business hours during crises.

Own Hightouch’s application security posture as the first dedicated security hire. Secure multi-tenant systems, sub-tenant access controls, distributed architecture, internet-facing APIs, and multi-region, multi-cloud infrastructure. Lead threat modeling, compute isolation, rate limiting, abuse detection, authorization, privacy controls, and security program initiatives. The role is highly hands-on, emphasizing code-level fixes, architecture influence, roadmap ownership, and collaboration with engineering teams.