Top Cyber Security Jobs in Washington, DC

Leads technical security sales engagements through demonstrations, proofs of concept, hackathons, architecture workshops, and customer consultations. Designs secure, scalable cloud and hybrid architectures, resolves technical blockers, and advises customers on Microsoft Security solutions, including Defender and Sentinel. Develops security posture recommendations, supports XDR, zero trust, cloud security, and AI adoption strategies, while influencing technical decisions and representing Microsoft in developer communities.

Partners with engineering teams to identify and remediate product security risks across the software development lifecycle. Responsibilities include threat modeling, secure architecture and coding guidance, security testing, vulnerability prioritization, penetration testing coordination, bug bounty remediation, application monitoring, developer training, and secure deployment practices. The role also advances AI-assisted security tooling, DevSecOps practices, security champions, Kubernetes and container security, and scalable risk-based remediation frameworks.

Leads regulatory and security compliance for evaluating agentic AI vendors within a CMS Fraud Prevention Services authorization boundary. Assesses vendor security postures, authors control inheritance, boundary, data-flow, SSP, POA&M, PIA/SORN, and compliance artifacts, and coordinates with CMS security stakeholders. Advises on AI-specific risks involving data retention, prompt logging, PHI, tool authorization, and RBAC. Requires extensive federal compliance experience, AWS security knowledge, HIPAA/FISMA expertise, and the ability to obtain Public Trust clearance.

Own product and infrastructure security across fintech products and cloud environments. Lead threat modeling, architecture reviews, secure code reviews, vulnerability management, bug bounty operations, CI/CD security scanning, IAM and secrets management, and security standards. Partner directly with engineering leadership to identify and remediate critical vulnerabilities across backend services, APIs, frontends, Solana programs, and infrastructure.

Leads ISSO and risk and compliance teams overseeing FedRAMP, NIST RMF, FISMA, HIPAA, and accreditation activities. Conducts security control and vulnerability assessments, develops ATO and compliance documentation, manages continuous monitoring and remediation, advises authorization officials, and coordinates audits, penetration testing, and assessments. Provides technical leadership, trains security personnel, maintains risk registers and policies, and supports federal healthcare cybersecurity programs.

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.

Manage cybersecurity for facility-related IT and OT control systems supporting U.S. Government operations on Diego Garcia. Responsibilities include system administration, network and access control, vulnerability and threat reviews, incident reporting, audit logging, certification and accreditation support, backups, recovery procedures, compliance, and system maintenance. The role advises leadership, coordinates with stakeholders, maintains security documentation, and ensures reliable operation of critical services in a remote overseas environment.

Designs and implements cloud security solutions for Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 customers. Leads security architecture discussions, Zero Trust adoption, technical evaluations, implementation planning, troubleshooting, and enterprise security strategy. Advises executives and technical stakeholders on identity and access management, threat protection, cloud security, information protection, and secure-by-design architectures. Collaborates with Microsoft engineering, product, and security teams to remove blockers and orchestrates technical resources to deliver customer outcomes.

Owns compliance documentation and security control narratives for an Agentic AI platform. Responsibilities include authoring System Security Plans, managing POA&Ms, coordinating audit evidence, supporting RMF and ATO activities, maintaining policies and SOPs, and partnering with cloud, platform, and security engineers. The role validates that documentation reflects implemented infrastructure and supports CMMC, FedRAMP, DoD, and NIST-aligned compliance efforts.

Customer-facing Cloud Solution Architect driving security transformation on Azure and Microsoft 365. Design and implement security architectures (Identity, Threat Protection, Cloud Security), run design sessions, perform hands-on evaluations of Defender, Sentinel, and Azure AD, and influence product and engineering teams to improve customer security posture and adoption.

Assess cloud, network, infrastructure, and application designs against security and compliance requirements. Translate requirements into technical specifications, security blueprints, and engineering guardrails. Support compliance programs, control assessments, and audits, investigate security risks, define remediation, and improve security-control adoption through AI and automation.

Manages the IT and Security team, including helpdesk workflows, project roadmaps, compliance automation, access management, authentication standards, disaster recovery, vendor relationships, and enterprise system rollouts. Partners with product, engineering, and business leaders on security initiatives and complex technical changes. Maintains audit-ready security processes while overseeing remote IT operations, cloud security, identity tools, and technology spend.

Owns end-to-end security engineering, including risk identification, secure-by-default libraries, least-privilege guardrails, developer machine hardening, supply-chain security, and identity and authentication protections. Partners with compliance to implement effective controls for healthcare requirements such as HIPAA and HITRUST. The role requires production software engineering and security expertise, with broad autonomy in a fully remote environment.

Drive technical pre-sales for data security: deliver demos/PoCs, lead hands-on workshops, design secure architectures, resolve technical blockers, advise on data governance and AI platform security, and represent Microsoft in developer communities.

Designs, implements, maintains, and improves cybersecurity controls across enterprise systems, networks, cloud environments, and applications. Deploys and troubleshoots security technologies, responds to incidents, identifies security requirements, supports audits and change management, documents procedures, analyzes risks, and delivers remediation recommendations. Collaborates with architects, project managers, engineers, and stakeholders to protect organizational data and infrastructure while automating repeatable security tasks.

Leads the strategy, lifecycle, financial performance, positioning, and growth of Arctic Wolf’s Endpoint Security portfolio. The role oversees product expansion, cross-sell opportunities, competitive analysis, M&A integration, and integration with managed security services. It also leads a global product management team, establishes product metrics and operating cadences, and represents endpoint strategy to executives, customers, analysts, and partners.

Designs and advances security architecture for Microsoft’s enterprise productivity environment. The role assesses evolving risk, analyzes systems and telemetry, develops reusable security patterns and tooling, partners with engineering teams on deployment, communicates risk and tradeoffs, and establishes priorities and roadmaps amid incomplete information.

Secure Microsoft Windows online services through offensive security, code and deployment reviews, penetration testing, vulnerability research, and scalable mitigation development. Build reusable security review tools and agents, demonstrate exploit impact, identify novel attack vectors, bypass security controls, and collaborate with product engineering teams to strengthen architecture and defenses.

Identify and remediate vulnerabilities across products and AWS infrastructure, respond to security incidents, close security tickets, integrate security controls into CI/CD, review code and infrastructure, support SOC 2 and CASA compliance, and strengthen access management, secrets handling, and cloud hardening.

Designs and operates identity and access management systems across human, service, workload, and AI identities. Owns lifecycle automation, data-driven access models, time-bound entitlements, identity-as-code, cloud IAM, and AI-powered access reviews. Partners with Engineering, IT, and Compliance to reduce unnecessary access, support audits, and respond to identity-related incidents. Requires strong software engineering skills and hands-on experience with Okta, enterprise SaaS provisioning, AWS IAM, and AI or LLM tooling.

Leads cybersecurity operations and security strategy for an enterprise Oracle environment. Designs and manages Oracle Fusion application roles, data security policies, RBAC, OCI IAM, audit controls, and secure architecture. Applies NIST and federal risk frameworks, analyzes vulnerabilities, supports ATO efforts, oversees release testing, and guides cross-functional teams on secure design, compliance, incident readiness, and cloud governance. Mentors junior personnel and translates business requirements into technical security solutions.

Designs and implements cloud security architectures and controls for government systems, focusing on AWS GovCloud and Databricks. Integrates cybersecurity, compliance, authorization, DevSecOps, monitoring, threat detection, incident response, data security, infrastructure automation, containers, and CI/CD security. Supports RMF activities, researches security capabilities, advises clients, strengthens cloud environments, and mentors cloud security professionals.

Manage secure configurations for more than 200 federal information systems using Security-Focused Configuration Management and NIST 800-128 guidance. Analyze configuration risks and changes, document approved implementations, support audits, develop policies, conduct research and analysis, and produce technical reports, presentations, and white papers. The role requires federal security clearance, cybersecurity project management experience, and compliance with DoD certification requirements.

Leads cybersecurity accreditation and authorization activities for government systems. Documents security controls, architectures, SSPs, CONOPS, contingency plans, user guides, SOPs, and POA&M mitigations. Coordinates with system owners, project managers, engineers, contractors, and customer security organizations to secure ATD, IATT, and ATO approvals. Monitors project status, supports audits and compliance oversight, updates security plans based on emerging threats and policy, and recommends process improvements.

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.