Top Cyber Security Jobs in Washington, DC

Leads teams designing and deploying AI-driven enterprise and cloud security solutions. Responsibilities include developing machine learning systems, integrating data infrastructure and pipelines, performing advanced modeling and analysis, and building AI applications with Python, Java, and C++. The role involves client engagement, strategic problem-solving, stakeholder validation, coaching, process innovation, and operational excellence while addressing complex cybersecurity and privacy challenges.

Leads the design and development of AI-driven enterprise and cloud security solutions. Manages teams delivering data, analytics, and machine learning engineering projects; oversees AI model implementation, data infrastructure, pipelines, and platform deployments. Uses Python and C++ for algorithm development, analyzes data, improves data quality, ensures technical compliance, mentors staff, manages client expectations, and drives innovation across cybersecurity and privacy initiatives.

Design, build, and operate secure, resilient distributed systems for secrets and key management across Cloudflare's global network. Re-architect and strengthen internal PKI and machine/workload identity, support and run services (including on-call), and consult with teams to ensure secure system design and usage.

Partners with Sales to lead technical discovery, solution design, demonstrations, proof-of-value engagements, and customer validations for cybersecurity, identity, access, asset visibility, exposure management, and risk solutions. Advises technical and executive stakeholders, creates customer-facing documentation, delivers training, supports marketing events, and collaborates cross-functionally to advance enterprise sales cycles and customer outcomes. Travel is typically 25–50%.

Design, build, and scale IAM solutions across cloud and internal systems. Implement role design and least-privilege models, automate access workflows and reviews, integrate logging/metrics into SIEM, reduce privilege sprawl, identify and mitigate risky permissions, and operationalize IAM projects end-to-end with documentation and runbooks.

Lead Workday security and compliance initiatives: analyze client needs, implement security controls and compliance programs, oversee integrations, train clients, mentor teams, and manage project quality to mitigate risk and protect sensitive data.

Lead client engagements to design and implement security, controls, and compliance within Oracle applications. Manage teams, perform audits, develop governance frameworks, advise on regulatory compliance, and mentor staff to mitigate operational risk and protect sensitive data.

Lead design and implementation of cloud, container, and application security across CSPs (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS). Manage client relationships and teams, apply DevSecOps practices, perform risk assessments and vulnerability testing, configure policy frameworks (CNAPP), and provide secure coding/cloud security training and mentorship to drive secure delivery and continuous improvement.

Lead design and implementation of cloud security strategies across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS. Conduct risk assessments, implement IaC and automated enforcement, integrate security scanning into CI/CD, mentor junior staff, build client relationships, and deliver practical solutions to complex cloud security problems while maintaining professional standards.

Sets application security direction and standards across engineering teams. Builds scalable security tooling, automation, and observability; leads threat modeling, risk assessments, code reviews, and multi-team remediation. Develops strategies for AI-powered systems and agentic development risks, API security, and software supply chain security. Partners with engineering and security teams, prioritizes investments, communicates risk to leadership, and mentors AppSec engineers.

Assess product and feature security risks through threat modeling, secure architecture reviews, and vulnerability remediation guidance. Partner with product managers, designers, and engineers across the technology stack; promote security culture through training, mentoring, and internal security activities; oversee security debt and explain vulnerability impacts. Build security tooling, automate security practices, develop secure coding patterns, and integrate security tools into engineering workflows.

Leads a 12-person application security practice conducting code audits, vulnerability research, and secure design reviews. Oversees technical delivery, client relationships, project staffing, utilization, profitability, recruiting, and team development. Provides hands-on technical direction across source-code security work, determines investments in tooling and methodologies, and integrates AI-assisted auditing and research into team workflows. The role also owns practice P&L and supports engineers’ conference, publication, and open-source contributions.

Lead product security across the SDLC: threat modeling, secure architecture, vulnerability management, security testing and remediation, CI/CD/DevSecOps controls, AI security integration, bug bounty triage, developer training, and cross-functional security consulting to scale secure-by-design practices.

Lead and grow a product research team focused on defensive cybersecurity research. Own technical and managerial leadership, collaborate with Product, SOC, and Engineering, scale automated threat-detection workflows using AI, and mentor researchers to deliver prioritized platform capabilities.

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 Zeta’s AI-native Application Security function by defining strategy, building the team, embedding security agents and policy-as-code into IDEs, pull requests, CI/CD, and AI/ML pipelines, and overseeing continuous threat modeling and validation. Own security for AI systems, models, prompts, and agents, including adversarial testing for prompt injection, model abuse, and data leakage. Mentor engineers and promote automated, secure software development practices.

Lead security engineering across AI systems, cloud infrastructure, product security, GRC automation, GitHub controls, and compliance workflows. Develop AI-specific threat models and guardrails, automate security checks and evidence collection, strengthen AWS and GCP environments, manage CSPM tooling, and secure software supply chains. Partner with Engineering, Product, Legal, IT, and GRC to establish security programs and practical controls for Jasper’s AI platforms.

Manages global 24/7 Security Operations Center operations, including processes, playbooks, shift coverage, quality assurance, analyst development, incident response capabilities, and operational performance. Leads cybersecurity analysts, partners with Product and Support teams, reports on objectives and key results, operationalizes new services, and represents the organization in public speaking engagements.

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.

The Information Security Engineer will secure Palantir's Windows and Active Directory environment, focusing on attack surface reduction, tooling deployment, automation for security operations, and incident response.

As a Senior Identity Security Engineer, you'll oversee identity security infrastructure, architect authentication systems, and lead identity threat modeling, while collaborating with engineering teams on governance and policy enforcement.

The Forward Deployed Security Engineer manages government cybersecurity projects, achieving ATOs, translating regulations into technical requirements, and providing expertise during audits. Role involves collaboration with stakeholders and policy interpretation.

The Defensive Security Analyst protects Palantir's infrastructure by managing SOC systems, developing detection strategies, conducting forensics, and leading incident response efforts.

The Information Security Engineer will safeguard Palantir's infrastructure, focusing on threat detection, incident response, and collaboration within the security team to protect global operations.

The Insider Threat Detection Engineer protects data and assets by detecting and investigating insider threats, automating workflows, and developing security strategies.