Top Senior Cyber Security Jobs in Washington, DC

Design and build agentic AI-driven security testing systems and automation frameworks. Integrate static/dynamic analysis, reverse engineering, network analysis, and custom tooling to enable autonomous and human-in-the-loop workflows that scale security testing across mobile, desktop, IoT, and APIs. Prototype, evaluate, and productionize agent orchestration, evaluation, and MLOps infrastructure.

Design and scale secure AWS environments, build and maintain Terraform IaC and pipelines, lead security assessments and incident response, integrate security into CI/CD, define IAM/encryption/network controls, monitor and investigate cloud threats, and coach teams on cloud security best practices.

Lead security architecture and design reviews, run penetration tests and threat modeling, build CI/CD security automation, secure AWS cloud and containerized workloads, develop security observability and incident response, manage bug bounty and vulnerability workflows, and create security standards, training, and roadmap.

Lead end-to-end incident investigations, perform threat hunting across cloud and on-prem environments, translate threat intelligence into defenses, improve SIEM/EDR detections, automate response, and develop IR and hunting playbooks while collaborating with engineering and DevSecOps teams.

Analyze large-scale SaaS security data to identify attack vectors and vulnerabilities, investigate incidents, reduce false positives, and develop detection strategies. Collaborate with security researchers, data scientists, and customers; ingest and correlate SaaS logs via APIs; produce thought leadership and improve platform detection capabilities.

Build, test, and maintain SQL-based behavioral detections and anomaly scoring on petabyte-scale network/security telemetry. Own dataset and demo environment creation, probe/data-collection strategy, SIEM/EDR integration, and hands-on delivery during customer pilots. Document detection logic, runbooks, and playbooks for reuse across industries.

Lead and own the end-to-end cybersecurity program: achieve and maintain DoD ATO (RMF), embed security automation into CI/CD, run vulnerability scanning and remediation, harden microservices and containers, produce eMASS artifacts, and report risk and progress to leadership.

Lead and deliver forward-deployed security programs: convert ambiguous risks into scoped initiatives, align governance, partner with engineering and product teams, apply AI/automation responsibly, build operating mechanisms for reviews, telemetry, remediation, and measure adoption and risk reduction across divisions.

Define and drive Security Operations strategy at the intersection of Identity and AI. Analyze IAM and AI roadmaps, perform threat modeling, build security frameworks for AI-enabled systems and agentic workloads, identify capability gaps, incubate new security approaches, and partner with engineering and security teams to influence long-term direction and operational readiness.

Lead and expand the Application Security program: define roadmap, embed security into SDLC, perform architecture and code reviews, manage vulnerability lifecycle and incident response, lead penetration testing strategy, deliver executive metrics, and mentor a small hands-on AppSec team.

Lead cloud security for GCP and Azure by operationalizing CNAPP tooling, embedding security-as-code with Terraform/CI-CD, driving vulnerability management, improving detection and response with Chronicle, hardening data and endpoint security, and mentoring engineers while serving as senior escalation during incidents.

Lead research and analysis on cloud-native security, create thought leadership, advise clients and vendors, present at events, support sales and peer review, mentor junior analysts, and improve research processes. Provide actionable guidance on cloud security architectures, vendor selection, and the intersection of cloud security with GenAI. Travel up to 25%.

Perform protocol-focused security research to prevent vulnerabilities on Ethereum mainnet. Tasks include AI-assisted analysis, fuzzing, manual review, reviewing hardforks and spec changes, improving security tooling and automation, coordinating disclosures, and supporting audits and audit competitions while collaborating with devops, specifications authors, and client implementers.

Lead research and advisory on network security: produce thought leadership, analyze market trends, advise clients on evaluation/selection/deployment of firewalls, NDR, SASE/SSE, microsegmentation and Zero Trust, present findings, mentor junior analysts, and support sales and research processes.

Lead research and produce high‑impact network security insights. Advise clients on evaluation, selection and deployment of network security technologies, present at events, support sales, mentor analysts, and drive research agenda and process improvements.

Lead and deliver Google Cloud security architecture, posture assessments, and operationalization. Advise on GCP security strategy, implement Security Command Center and cloud-native security tooling, integrate findings into SIEM/SecOps, guide AI workload security, produce executive reports and remediation roadmaps, and mentor consultants while driving repeatable methodologies and delivery quality.

Lead design, assessment, and operationalization of secure Google Cloud environments. Advise on GCP security strategy, posture assessments, SIEM/Chronicle integration, CNAPP/CSPM tooling, Security Command Center implementation, Vertex AI security, remediation roadmaps, and delivery of architecture, runbooks, and executive advisory. Mentor consultants and develop repeatable security methodologies.

Lead Fabric's security program and corporate IT operations, including identity, endpoint, cloud, application, and vendor security. Hire and manage a small team, run incident response, handle customer security questionnaires, partner on SOC2/HITRUST/HIPAA control implementation, and set practical security policy while remaining hands-on in operations and tooling.

Senior individual contributor who researches and delivers thought leadership on application security for enterprise applications (ERP/CRM). Produces insights, advises CIOs, supports sales and events, mentors junior analysts, and builds security strategies, roadmaps, metrics, and vulnerability testing programs for major vendors and third-party tools.

Lead security advisory engagements focused on cybersecurity and data governance. Conduct program assessments, design and operationalize data governance programs, produce client deliverables, mentor consultants, support sales with scoping and proposals, and contribute to practice development, thought leadership, and forecasting to drive advisory services revenue.

Lead go-to-market strategy for the Security practice, develop and package security solutions, enable sales and delivery, build partner ecosystem, drive business development and marketing, and mentor security teams to achieve revenue and growth targets.

Lead technical marketing for API, AI agent, and application security by deploying and testing Akamai products, building PoCs, demos, labs, and attack simulations, creating technical content and enablement, validating messaging, and presenting technical briefings while collaborating with product, engineering, and field teams.

Senior pre-sales architect focused on network and infrastructure security. Support sales of DDoS mitigation, Security Posture Management, and DNS products (including Prolexic). Engage customers with demos, deep technical discussions, trials, and solution evangelism. Collaborate with sales and product management to influence roadmap and drive adoption.

Hands-on senior security engineer responsible for designing and automating security controls across cloud and application stacks. Lead implementation of PAM/JIT, vulnerability management, SAST/DAST/SCA integration, security automation (Python/Go/Terraform/Tines), endpoint and DLP protections, cloud network hardening, key management, SIEM correlation, and developer-focused security tooling and reviews to protect PHI and advance security posture.

Design, implement, and automate cloud security controls (primarily AWS, with GCP work) using code (Python, Go) and IaC (Terraform). Build authorization and JIT access systems, harden containers and CI/CD pipelines, integrate data classification with access controls, automate security operations and incident response, and partner with engineering to embed HIPAA-compliant, secure-by-design practices.