Top Cyber Security Jobs in San Luis Obispo, CA

Lead the development of SailPoint’s cybersecurity architecture practice. Create holistic and reference architectures, define security domains, develop strategic roadmaps, identify security gaps, and translate architectural concepts into viable engineering solutions. Partner with leadership to prioritize initiatives, secure funding, and operationalize the practice. The role also includes hands-on security projects, cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder influence, and mentoring architects and engineers across cloud, application, identity, and network security.

Oversee application security scanning, vulnerability remediation, and security-related release readiness while developing and maintaining full-stack Java web applications. Coordinate with IRS personnel, create remediation milestones, lead technical meetings, troubleshoot environments, review code, perform testing, and document technical solutions. The role requires extensive J2EE development, security tooling, CI/CD, OpenShift, mainframe integration, and vulnerability management experience in a federal environment.

Supports cloud security operations across Azure and AWS, including posture management, identity and access controls, architecture reviews, network security, DevSecOps, infrastructure-as-code reviews, data protection, monitoring, incident response, compliance assessments, and leadership reporting. Coordinates remediation with infrastructure, application development, and information security teams while maintaining cloud security policies, dashboards, documentation, and audit evidence.

Own security partnerships for Netflix Marketing and Animation, advising leaders on risk, GenAI adoption, access controls, content protection, architecture, and remediation. Lead risk assessments, business risk profiles, metrics, and pre-release content security initiatives. Support technical security due diligence for acquisitions and subsidiaries while translating complex security concerns into actionable business guidance across application, cloud, identity, and data domains.

Implements and maintains security technologies across endpoint, network, cloud, server, and mobile environments. Monitors alerts, investigates incidents, performs vulnerability assessments, develops detection rules, hardens systems, supports identity and access controls, automates security tasks, and coordinates remediation. The role also supports audits, security reviews, documentation, reporting, and continuous improvement while collaborating with IT and security teams.

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.

Supports cybersecurity operations across information systems by implementing and monitoring security controls, conducting vulnerability assessments and audits, responding to incidents, maintaining accreditation documentation, and integrating security into DevSecOps and CI/CD pipelines. Provides technical guidance, security training, compliance support, and risk management assistance while coordinating with system owners, cybersecurity leadership, and technical teams.

Maintains security infrastructure, firewalls, PKI, access controls, vulnerability management, incident response, compliance documentation, and threat detection systems. Uses AI-powered SIEM, EDR, UEBA, and SOAR tools to automate security operations and identify emerging threats. Develops policies based on NIST, FISMA, PCI, PII, and CJIS requirements; performs risk assessments, system hardening, and security training. Collaborates with IT teams and evaluates AI/ML security, privacy, and supply chain risks.

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.

Serve as a field sales engineering expert for Upwind’s cloud security platform. Partner with sales to understand customer needs, tailor technical solutions, provide guidance throughout the sales cycle, lead proof-of-concept engagements, and relay customer insights to product development. The role requires cloud security expertise, strong communication skills, and experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. Terraform, Kubernetes, and container experience are advantageous.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Designs, implements, and operates Azure-native security controls for identity, networking, and workloads. Manages Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Sentinel, implements Conditional Access, MFA, and Zero Trust patterns, embeds security into Infrastructure-as-Code pipelines, monitors cloud posture, supports incident response, drives remediation, and maintains compliance documentation and metrics. Partners with cloud and infrastructure security teams to ensure secure, resilient, and compliant Azure environments.

The AI Security Consultant will enhance security programs, secure AI systems, engage in technical analysis, and report findings. They will also contribute to thought leadership while ensuring high-quality service delivery.

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.