Top Senior Cyber Security Jobs in Washington, DC

Partners with Sales to advise enterprise customers on cybersecurity, identity, asset visibility, exposure management, and risk solutions. Leads technical discovery, solution design, demonstrations, proof-of-value and proof-of-concept engagements, customer validation, training, and executive presentations. Translates technical capabilities into business outcomes while supporting complex sales cycles and collaborating with Product, Marketing, Customer Success, and Support. Travel is typically 25–50%.

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.

Leads cybersecurity threat intelligence and vulnerability management initiatives, analyzing threats, deploying intrusion detection and network security platforms, and developing proactive defenses. Manages client projects, including planning, budgeting, execution, and delivery, while mentoring teams and resolving stakeholder issues. Partners with leadership to maintain quality and timelines, conducts security research, and promotes innovation across cybersecurity practices.

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.

Consult on Oracle application security and compliance: analyze client requirements, implement security controls, perform compliance audits, develop policies, guide regulatory adherence, train and manage junior staff, and help clients mitigate risks and protect sensitive data.

Lead cybersecurity risk and compliance engagements, develop and implement compliance strategies, oversee audits, advise on AML/financial-crime controls, coach teams, validate client outcomes, and promote compliance culture across organizations.

Provide regulatory compliance guidance and cybersecurity risk management to clients. Conduct compliance risk assessments and audits, implement frameworks (ISO/IEC 27001, NIST CSF), develop compliance programs, analyze data for insights, lead training on AML and financial crime prevention, and build client relationships while upholding professional standards.

Lead client engagements advising on cybersecurity risk and compliance. Develop and implement compliance strategies, conduct risk assessments and audits, apply ISO/IEC 27001 and NIST CSF, manage project planning and budgets, mentor teams, analyze system interactions, and use data to support compliance reporting while ensuring professional standards.

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 client engagements to design and implement secure network architectures (Zero Trust, SASE/SSE, segmentation, OT security). Manage teams, mentor staff, oversee enterprise network security configurations, and ensure project delivery and quality. Collaborate with clients to align security strategies with business objectives and drive innovation in network security practices.

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.

Leads and mentors a product security engineering team while remaining hands-on. Owns certification, accreditation, DISA STIG hardening, SOC 2, ISO 27001, audit readiness, vulnerability remediation, security tooling, and authorization initiatives. Coordinates with Compliance, Legal, Sales Engineering, and customers; tracks remediation SLAs and certification posture; establishes evidence collection processes; and translates technical security strategy into an executable roadmap.

Lead enterprise eDiscovery and insider-risk investigations by collecting, preserving, analyzing, and reviewing data from cloud infrastructure, endpoints, and repositories. Build AI-powered automation, correlate activity logs into investigative timelines, manage legal holds and governance policies, support digital forensics, and produce structured evidence packages for Security, Legal, HR, and investigative teams.

Administer and improve Workday and multi-platform HR security, including role-based access, security groups, access reviews, request approvals, audit support, governance documentation, and compliance controls. Evaluate elevated access requests, identify risks, resolve routine issues, coordinate remediation, and escalate complex decisions. Partner with HR, IT, Legal, and Compliance stakeholders to strengthen policies, processes, and least-privilege access across Workday, Peakon, UKG, Prism, and HR data platforms.

Lead customer-facing security architecture for federal cloud, Kubernetes, GPU, and HPC environments. Design accredited and classified deployments, translate FedRAMP, RMF, DoD, CMMC, and STIG requirements into technical controls, and support ATO documentation and assessments. Lead proofs of concept, workload reviews, compliance automation, technical workshops, and roadmap development. Partner with federal customers, defense organizations, compliance teams, and engineering groups while supporting secure air-gapped environments and emerging AI security solutions.

Build and scale backend security platform services, including authentication, authorization, identity infrastructure, permission systems, and data models. Lead cross-team technical initiatives, standardize security solutions, collaborate with compliance and mission stakeholders, and influence architecture and engineering standards. The role requires strong system design, backend development, security expertise, technical leadership, and the ability to operate in sensitive environments.

Leads secure enterprise architecture design and GitLab Professional Services implementations across application security, cloud security, DevSecOps, identity, vulnerability management, and compliance. Guides SaaS, Self-Managed, and Dedicated deployment decisions; leads CI/CD, source control, and security-tool migrations; conducts risk assessments and threat modeling; supports pre-sales scoping and statements of work; coordinates cross-functional delivery; mentors consultants; and develops security enablement materials.

Drive application security by running SAST/SCA, threat modeling, vulnerability management, and remediation. Advise on secure architecture, train engineers, support pentests/bug bounties, and administer AWS Control Tower and IAM. Innovate with AI to improve AppSec tooling and practices.

Lead complex security investigations across endpoint, identity, cloud, email, SaaS, and network environments. Own incidents through containment, remediation coordination, documentation, and post-incident review. Tune detections, queries, dashboards, workflows, and SOAR playbooks; improve SOC metrics, threat coverage, alert fidelity, and response processes. Partner on vulnerability and cloud-risk remediation, participate in global on-call rotation, use approved AI capabilities responsibly, and mentor analysts.

Supports cybersecurity compliance and accreditation for classified information systems across multiple classification levels. Responsibilities include implementing RMF and NIST 800-53 controls, maintaining SSPs and POA&Ms, managing vulnerabilities, analyzing ACAS/Nessus scans, supporting incident response and audits, ensuring STIG compliance, overseeing Cross Domain Solutions, maintaining secure baselines, and advising engineers and administrators on secure designs and multi-level security environments.

Leads the company’s information security operations and reports to the CISO. Oversees SIEM, threat detection, vulnerability management, penetration testing, incident response, SOC 2 Type II compliance, third-party risk, security awareness, cloud and endpoint security, and regulatory cybersecurity coordination. Manages security policies, breach readiness, tabletop exercises, KPIs, audits, and emerging technology evaluations while partnering with IT, infrastructure, compliance, regulators, and executive leadership.

Leads enterprise vulnerability management and cloud security posture management across on-premises, cloud, and application environments. Administers security platforms, monitors AWS environments for vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, prioritizes remediation, automates workflows, and partners with engineering and DevOps teams. Tracks risk metrics and aligns security practices with FedRAMP, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, and CIS Controls.

Own day-to-day IT and information security operations for a fully remote Mac fleet. Responsibilities include endpoint lifecycle management, identity and access administration, Google Workspace, helpdesk support, asset coordination, CrowdStrike EDR monitoring, DLP controls, Datadog SIEM alerting, security hygiene, access reviews, and SOC 2 and PCI evidence collection. The role requires autonomous ownership, automation, clear documentation, cross-functional collaboration, and approximately 4–6 years of experience beyond ticket-only support.

Conduct advanced application security research across GitLab’s DevSecOps and AI-powered platforms. Identify and exploit novel, systemic, and chained vulnerabilities; develop proof-of-concept exploits, testing methodologies, and research automation; assess AI attack vectors and open-source dependencies; drive remediation and security improvements; advise engineering teams, contribute to roadmaps, mentor researchers, and share findings with the security community.

Lead public sector security compliance initiatives, including FedRAMP continuous monitoring, audits, certifications, GRC strategy, compliance automation, documentation, customer support, and regulatory analysis. Collaborate with IT, Product, Engineering, Security, Legal, auditors, and government customers to strengthen compliance across GitLab’s SaaS and self-managed offerings.