Top Remote Cyber Security Jobs in Washington, DC

Lead development of Trust & Safety systems to detect and mitigate fraud, billing anomalies, and credential abuse. Build scalable full‑stack, microservice-based tools, mentor engineers, define architecture and processes, and collaborate cross-functionally to measure and enforce safety policies across internal and external workflows.

The Staff Security Engineer will lead technical security initiatives, own architectural security decisions, mentor engineers, and align teams on security strategy while ensuring system integrity and compliance.

Lead product strategy and execution for Access Certifications and Governance within an identity security SaaS platform. Use AI/ML to define features, translate customer needs into requirements, prioritize backlog, work with engineering to ship AI-powered experiences, and drive roadmap, metrics, and stakeholder communication.

Design and implement multitenant workload and network isolation for bare-metal and virtualized GPU infrastructure. Harden Linux kernel and container runtimes, perform threat modeling and penetration testing, write low-level security code (C/Go/Rust), mitigate GPU and PCIe security risks, and lead incident response and forensic work for ephemeral container environments.

Manage and improve vulnerability management, asset visibility, and cloud security across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Operate tools (Wiz, Rapid7), maintain asset inventories, triage and track vulnerabilities, coordinate remediation with Engineering/SRE/IT, support incident investigations and on-call rotation, maintain compliance evidence and runbooks, and contribute to program improvements and reporting.

Lead and build the DevSecOps function: implement SOC 2 controls, automate compliance and evidence pipelines, own cloud security posture, CI/CD security gates, vulnerability management, and AI-assisted auto-remediation to embed security as code across the developer lifecycle.

Lead product strategy and execution for security, compliance, and public-sector capabilities in MongoDB Atlas for Government. Translate FedRAMP/DoD/NIST requirements into roadmaps, drive multi-team programs, align senior stakeholders, enable audit readiness, and support market expansion and GTM for regulated industries.

Lead architecture and scaling of an automated, AI-driven vulnerability detection and remediation platform across cloud, containers, and applications. Correlate SAST/DAST/SCA findings, implement AI-assisted triage, run red/purple team validation, and build automated remediation pipelines integrated into CI/CD for continuous compliance and risk reduction.

Lead design and implementation of compliance and risk programs across products, focusing on AI and cloud environments. Manage audits (SOC, ISO, HIPAA, PCI), drive automation and AI-enabled controls, perform gap assessments, collaborate with engineering/product teams, and advise on regulatory impact and remediation across jurisdictions.

Lead product strategy for Acquia's edge and security platform (CDN, WAF, DDoS, bot management). Own strategic vendor partnerships, define commercial pricing and packaging, and architect solutions for AI-driven and automated traffic. Set team strategy, influence cross-functional stakeholders, maintain executive visibility, and build documentation and frameworks that scale AI-enabled workflows for edge security.