Top Cyber Security Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

Design and integrate diverse cybersecurity and IT tools into an AI engine, ensure common data/function models, advise on autonomous security analysis, and own corporate security posture for endpoints, cloud, and build pipelines.

Own product security across the SDLC: threat modeling, secure design reviews, application security testing (code review, SAST/DAST), supply-chain/dependency hardening, CI/CD security, and building automated security tooling and guardrails while partnering with engineering and product.

Lead cloud and cybersecurity engineering engagements: design and implement multi-cloud security architectures, detect and respond to threats, manage identity and access, enforce compliance baselines (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI, HIPAA), secure cloud infrastructure and DevSecOps pipelines, mentor staff, and develop AI-accelerated internal tooling and automation.

Manage and lead cybersecurity advisory engagements: implement GRC programs, assess ITGC and IT risk, develop remediation roadmaps, run incident response tabletop exercises, manage GRC platforms, conduct vendor risk reviews, develop policies/SOPs, mentor staff, and support business development.

Lead cybersecurity advisory engagements including building GRC programs, conducting compliance readiness and ITGC assessments, executing remediation roadmaps, directing incident response exercises, performing IT risk assessments, managing GRC platforms, and delivering client-facing recommendations and project management.

Build and operate Flox's security program: deploy and manage SIEM/SOC, harden AWS and Cloudflare, implement IaC/CSPM/SAST/SCA scanning, manage endpoint protection, secure the software supply chain, run incident response, and own identity and access controls.

Serve as part-vCISO and account manager: assess client security posture, design and customize security programs mapping controls to infrastructure, liaise with auditors, guide implementations, advise engineering on integrations, and communicate with stakeholders to ensure compliance and operational security.

Design, implement, and maintain a cross-platform endpoint security agent (Windows, macOS, Linux) using Go and JavaScript. Build low-level system automation, telemetry collection, secure agent-cloud communication, real-time threat detection, update mechanisms, and monitoring tools. Optimize performance, ensure multi-OS compatibility, and collaborate with security teams on detection rules and compliance checks.

Own integration, configuration, and output quality of security tooling; tune findings to reduce noise; design severity scoring, triage flows, and enrichment; build a security judgment layer; partner with engineering, product, and design; engage with customers; benchmark and contribute to open-source security tooling.

Lead and scale the Email Security engineering team, own roadmap delivery, drive architecture for high-throughput distributed systems, partner with Product and Security, mentor engineers, and oversee on-call, incident response, and system reliability.

Serve as a senior platform consultant and security architect advising engineering teams on secure-by-design platforms. Lead threat modeling, design large-scale cloud-native microservices, embed CI/CD security, drive Zero Trust and IAM strategies, mentor engineers, influence architecture and delivery, and communicate security posture to technical and business leaders.

Secure and harden cloud infrastructure, identity systems, and internal AI/agentic tooling. Build security automation, detection pipelines, and IaC controls (Terraform). Investigate incidents, query logs (Athena, CloudTrail Lake), design IAM policies, support secure customer deployments, research cloud/AI security threats, and produce runbooks and playbooks to scale security practices.

Support VA Health portfolio cybersecurity across projects: lead ATO/ATC activities, develop security/privacy artifacts, review controls against NIST SP 800-53, perform scans and remediation, update ServiceNow/CAM and GRC tools, prepare audit documentation, and coordinate with stakeholders to identify and mitigate risks while enabling agile application development and operations.

Lead end-to-end onboarding and enterprise deployments of Clearly AI, integrating with Jira, ServiceNow, Confluence, and GitHub. Configure review workflows, run structured project management, optimize threat modeling/privacy/vendor-risk processes, translate deployment friction into product improvements, triage support, and create onboarding documentation to drive production adoption and measurable security outcomes.

Lead multiple product security engineering teams to design, implement, and operate security controls across Allstate's technology ecosystem. Architect secure digital products, drive DevSecOps, CI/CD, cloud-native and application security best practices, integrate IAM/SIEM/vulnerability management, influence stakeholders, manage security product roadmaps, mentor engineers, and own production security KPIs and compliance.

Own and scale Mozillas web bug bounty program, triage and validate incoming vulnerability reports, drive remediation with engineering teams, perform targeted JavaScript and Python code reviews, collaborate with SIRT on incidents, and develop tooling to improve program efficiency and insights.

Manage and grow a security engineering team responsible for product and platform security, embedding security into the SDLC, running red team/adversarial testing, performing hands-on web application pentesting, threat modeling, secure-coding guidance, and defining AI security guardrails.

Lead design, implementation, and management of security infrastructure across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments. Drive incident response, threat detection tuning, vulnerability assessments, risk and compliance (HIPAA, PCI-DSS, NIST, ISO 27001), security policy development, and security training. Collaborate with IT, DevOps, legal, and procurement to integrate security into SDLC and vendor selection.

Build and operate an internal Red Team to continuously find vulnerabilities across protocol, consensus, bridges, and execution clients. Develop Rust-based fuzzers and custom security tooling, simulate economic attacks on testnet, analyze game-theoretic risks (MEV, staking), and partner with engineering teams to review critical architecture and mitigate exploits.

Maintain and mature Mozilla's ISMS, support ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 audits, author compliance narratives, track remediation, lead policy program, scale compliance for products, and partner with cross-functional teams to drive control ownership and audit readiness.

Build and maintain data pipelines, metrics, and dashboards to quantify consumer product security risk. Perform hands-on analytics into device and authentication signals, shape risk measurement strategy, partner with product and security teams, and influence leadership reporting. Drive a unified, scalable data foundation that enables cross-team alignment and proactive risk detection.

Lead strategy, execution, and operational excellence for multiple security engineering domains. Build and develop leaders, deliver multi-year roadmaps, drive platform evolution, automation, vendor strategy, and cross-functional programs to reduce risk and scale secure operations.

Provide cybersecurity consulting for clients including risk assessments, policy and disaster recovery planning, incident response, security awareness, regulatory IT examination support, AI integration guidance, vendor oversight, reporting to leadership and boards, project management, and IT audit assistance. Deliver tailored security programs, documentation, tabletop testing, and timely communications while adapting to evolving regulations and client needs.

Maintain and mature Mozilla's ISMS and support ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 audit programs. Author system descriptions and policies, manage risk treatment plans, track remediation, support internal audits, and partner with Engineering, Legal, Privacy, and Product to drive control ownership and audit readiness.

Own and scale Mozilla's web bug bounty program, triage and validate incoming reports, drive vulnerability remediation with engineering teams, perform targeted code reviews (JS/Python), collaborate with SIRT on incidents, and develop tooling to improve triage and program insights.