Top Cyber Security Jobs in Santa Cruz, CA

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 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 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.

Partner with engineering, compliance, and security teams to embed application security into the SDLC: triage static/SCA alerts, advise on OWASP Top 10 remediation, maintain developer playbooks and training, track security metrics and evidence for audits, and help shape AI governance and GenAI-safe workflows.

This intern role in Federal Security Operations focuses on cybersecurity, project tracking, and maintaining relationships with customer stakeholders in a mission-driven environment.

Triage, investigate, and remediate security alerts from the Huntress platform. Perform forensic review of EDR telemetry, malware analysis, and cloud/M365 investigations. Escalate incidents, contribute to detection engineering, and support SOC operations and partner outcomes.

Own and evolve the application security program: embed secure SDLC practices, partner with engineering on design and code reviews, manage AppSec tooling (SAST/DAST/ASM/WAF/mobile), harden AWS deployments, integrate security into CI/CD, and lead vulnerability investigation and remediation efforts.

Design, deploy, and maintain cloud and edge security across AWS/GCP/Azure including Cloudflare WAF and SASE. Implement zero-trust access, CSPM, IaC security, threat modeling, incident runbooks, detection tuning, and mentor junior engineers while participating in on-call rotation.

Senior technical security engineer responsible for cloud infrastructure security, detection engineering, incident response, application and product security, vulnerability management, penetration test ownership, and security automation. Partners with platform, logistics, and IT teams, manages an application security contractor, and builds tooling to raise the security posture across AWS, IaC, edge, and container environments.

Design, build, and deliver technical cybersecurity training: analyze needs, create modular learning assets (self-paced and instructor-led), validate effectiveness, coordinate with SMEs, and translate operational knowledge into trusted documentation.

Design and build custom security tools, middleware, and automations to integrate Identity, MDM, EDR, SIEM, and SaaS platforms. Implement API-driven data flows, UIs, CI/CD pipelines, SOAR playbooks, and secure deployment practices. Collaborate with Security Ops, IT, and Engineering to translate policies into automated, secure solutions.

Lead and grow a remote Security Detection & Response team, build detection engineering and observability systems, drive telemetry onboarding, Panther and MITRE-aligned detections, Python automation, CI/CD workflows, and AI-assisted triage. Own incident response, investigations, cross-functional collaboration, and measurement of detection effectiveness.

Own and drive product security for the MongoDB Database Server: lead fuzzing, threat modeling, secrets/container security efforts; perform security assessments, POCs, code reviews, and remediation for low-level memory issues; partner with engineering to design controls and educate teams.

Lead the Application Security Practice, overseeing team performance and business growth while delivering high-quality security consulting services and fostering innovation through AI integration and research contributions.

Lead AppSec efforts across product, platform, and AI features by owning secure SDLC, performing threat modeling and deep code reviews, driving vulnerability management and remediation, building AppSec tooling and automations (including AI-assisted workflows), and enabling engineering teams with secure design guidance and training.

The Security Software Engineer will design and implement security controls for MongoDB Atlas, collaborating across engineering teams and ensuring adherence to high security standards.

The Senior Site Reliability Engineer will lead security design and implementation for cloud infrastructures, mentor teams, and automate security solutions.

Lead end-to-end execution of a 12+ initiative product security program, managing cross-team dependencies, vendor procurement, BAU security operations, and executive reporting. Maintain roadmap and tracking in Jira/Confluence, drive procurement/POCs, produce executive-ready metrics, and establish program cadence to ensure timely remediation and predictable delivery.

Lead product vision and strategy for security operations services, defining outcomes for managed investigation, response, threat hunting, and advisory services. Partner with customer security ops, product, and marketing teams to deliver AI-driven, automated features, represent Zscaler to customers, and drive measurable security outcomes and operational alignment.

Lead Coinbase's global IT and security audit program, delivering complex cross-functional audits across cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, IAM, data protection, and third-party risk. Manage and develop a global audit team, partner with first- and second-line stakeholders to drive integrated assurance, and report executive-level findings to senior leadership and the Audit Committee. Modernize audit execution through data analytics, automation, and generative AI to enable continuous monitoring and automated evidence retrieval.

The CISO will develop and manage the Bank's information security programs, ensuring compliance and protecting customer data while mitigating risks. They will also lead a security team, oversee third-party risk, and promote a culture of security awareness across the organization.

Perform hands-on security operations and compliance support using Microsoft security tools. Configure endpoint and identity controls, investigate and remediate incidents, manage vulnerability remediation, and support audits and certification efforts (CMMC, SOC 2, ITAR, ISO 27001). Produce security metrics and maintain secure configuration baselines in hybrid environments.

Lead research and deliver strategic and tactical advice on AI data security and AI ecosystem data management. Produce written research, briefings, and presentations; advise clients and stakeholders; grow networks of thought leaders and vendors; ensure research integrity and collaborate across Gartner to support deliverables. Travel up to 25%.

Operate and improve cybersecurity tools and processes across cloud, endpoint, identity, application, email, network, data loss prevention, and vulnerability management environments. Respond to alerts and incidents, manage logging and SIEM telemetry, implement security controls aligned with HITRUST, NIST, CIS, HIPAA, and OWASP, support audits, and develop incident response procedures. Collaborate with a Senior Security Engineer and use AI tools to automate security operations.

Lead security architecture for a secure multi-cluster service mesh platform. Design authentication, authorization, tenant isolation, encryption, credential lifecycle, and service-to-service trust. Establish secure development patterns, threat modeling, testing, security quality gates, incident response, vulnerability discovery, and compliance practices. Implement and review Go and gRPC security systems, mentor engineers, guide technical direction, and collaborate with customers and cross-functional teams. Requires international travel to the Middle East and geopolitical hot zones up to 25% annually.