Top Cyber Security Jobs in Rochester, NY

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.

Provides security engineering and architecture expertise for FedRAMP authorization and continuous monitoring. Reviews cloud service provider architectures, security controls, authorization packages, assessment reports, vulnerabilities, and compliance documentation against NIST, FedRAMP, FISMA, RMF, and agency requirements. Leads vendor interviews, identifies technical and documentation gaps, advises government program leads and CISOs on risk posture, and supports secure, compliant, resilient system design.

Lead customer security strategy and architecture using Microsoft security products. Assess security posture, design cloud-native solutions, remove technical blockers, author customer insights, and support complex enterprise deployments to accelerate adoption and secure cloud/hybrid environments.

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.

Create challenging coding tasks for AI systems, implement deterministic solution verifiers, and contribute backend expertise across feature development, bug fixing, refactoring, performance optimization, testing, and security reviews. The role requires strong programming and software engineering skills, with cybersecurity experience in secure coding, application security, penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, or security-focused code reviews preferred.

Lead end-to-end red team and adversary emulation operations across cloud, identity, network, endpoint, hardware, and operational environments. Develop offensive tooling, implants, and tradecraft; direct AI-driven autonomous agents; discover and exploit vulnerabilities; brief executive customers; provide defensive guidance; collaborate with threat intelligence and blue teams; establish operational standards; and mentor security operators.

Lead Microsoft's global Security partner strategy to accelerate customer adoption, consumption, and value realization via partner-led motions. Drive strategy, analytics, governance, partner readiness, and cross-functional alignment; generate insights from partner and product data; manage strategic programs and stakeholder communications; mentor team members and continuously optimize partner ecosystem performance.

Leads Windows security assurance across compliance, risk assessment, security controls, vulnerability research, and security tooling. Manages security assurance program managers, partners with engineering and product teams, translates requirements into controls, drives scalable security reviews and scanning, and coordinates high-impact initiatives. The role requires influencing across teams, managing ambiguity, tracking outcomes, and improving security processes throughout the product lifecycle.

Lead a U.S.-based team of Security Operations Engineers and TPMs to design, build, and operationalize identity protections that reduce lateral-movement risk. Define strategy, apply AI and automation, partner with engineering and platform teams, deliver scalable controls, and drive measurable security outcomes, operational readiness, and executive reporting.

Lead end-to-end red team and adversary emulation operations across cloud, identity, network, endpoint, hardware, and operational security environments. Develop offensive tooling, implants, and AI-driven autonomous agents for reconnaissance, exploitation, and post-exploitation. Serve as a technical lead for customer engagements, brief security executives, collaborate with blue teams and threat intelligence organizations, establish operational standards, and mentor senior operators.

Lead CSfC cybersecurity implementation engineers supporting USN classified networks. Oversee secure solution design, deployment, configuration, integration, testing, compliance with NSA standards, audits, risk assessments, documentation, troubleshooting, vendor evaluation, executive briefings, and team development. Apply expertise in RHEL platform security, virtualization, PKI, DoD hardening, networking, encryption, firewalls, and IPsec VPNs while coordinating with government, industry, and cross-functional stakeholders.

Leads client-facing ServiceNow Security Operations and cybersecurity consulting engagements from discovery through implementation and adoption. Advises executives on security operations, vulnerability and exposure management, threat intelligence, governance, automation, integrations, and responsible AI use. Oversees engagement quality, budgets, risks, schedules, and client satisfaction while leading consulting teams. Supports recruiting, practice development, business development, proposals, and account growth.

Supports federal cybersecurity risk management and authorization activities using the NIST RMF. Responsibilities include system categorization, security control documentation, SSP and POA&M management, control assessments, vulnerability remediation, continuous monitoring, ATO preparation, incident response coordination, and FISMA compliance. The role requires collaboration with stakeholders, cloud security experience, cybersecurity governance tool use, Security+ certification, and eligibility for a Public Trust.

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.

Design and implement AI-powered security agents and tooling across CI/CD, perform threat modeling and manual assessments, find and drive remediation of vulnerabilities, embed security into development workflows, connect telemetry to detection systems, and shape product security strategy and incident response.

Designs, implements, maintains, and supports security infrastructure, including firewalls, networks, cloud workloads, authentication, monitoring, threat hunting, vulnerability assessments, incident response, and security controls. The role maintains federal compliance, supports system hardening and access control, automates administration, contributes to cloud migration, documents technical processes, and participates in project and on-call support activities.

Leads large-scale security, IT, and engineering programs from strategy through execution. Coordinates cross-functional stakeholders, manages governance, risks, dependencies, and timelines, and develops unified security and compliance frameworks. The role drives control implementation, regulatory alignment, risk mitigation, process automation, continuous improvement, and a culture of compliance while connecting security initiatives to business goals and customer expectations.

Hands-on Information Security Engineer responsible for SOC 2 Type 2 compliance, vulnerability management, Azure and endpoint security, security tooling, governance, customer security questionnaires, vendor risk, secure SDLC practices, incident response, and security awareness. The role partners across Engineering, IT, Legal, and Product to improve the company’s SaaS security posture.

Hands-on application security engineer responsible for finding and remediating vulnerabilities across a healthcare platform. Duties include offensive security testing, custom tooling, system hardening, security monitoring, PHI protection, AI-assisted vulnerability discovery, secure code review, security training, mentoring, defensive strategy, and disaster recovery resilience.

Performs vulnerability management, WordPress and dependency security, Linux hardening, security-focused code reviews, incident response support, SOC 2 evidence collection, and platform engineering. Maintains PHP and JavaScript applications, Ubuntu/Debian servers, nginx, DNS, certificates, MySQL, deployments, and automation scripts. The role requires hands-on WordPress and PHP expertise, web security fundamentals, Linux command-line skills, scripting, and U.S. work authorization without sponsorship.

Leads security and operational incident response for infrastructure, platforms, hosting, and customer environments. Coordinates incident commanders, escalations, bridge calls, stakeholder communications, post-mortems, corrective actions, and reporting. Analyzes incidents and trends, maintains response documentation and governance standards, and improves operational maturity. Requires Linux incident response and forensics, advanced log analysis, system auditing, network and socket triage, cross-functional coordination, and composure during high-pressure events.

Serve as a senior security solution architect advising enterprise customers on modern, cloud-native Microsoft security architectures. Design and validate solutions using Microsoft security products, remove technical blockers, act as SME on complex deployments, gather customer insights to influence product roadmap and map solutions to business outcomes, and support large-scale security and compliance projects.

Defines and executes enterprise security strategy, roadmaps, governance, and high-priority initiatives. Leads security architecture reviews, threat modeling, risk assessments, and systemic remediation across products, platforms, and business operations. Influences cross-functional teams without direct authority, establishes secure practices and measurable outcomes, evaluates business and operational tradeoffs, and develops automation, analytics, and AI-assisted capabilities to improve security reviews and risk reduction.