Top Cyber Security Jobs in Wilmington, NC

Lead technical presales engagements for Microsoft security solutions, including Entra, Purview, Defender, and Sentinel. Deliver discovery sessions, demonstrations, whiteboarding, solution designs, and proof-of-concept efforts. Build competitive strategies, resolve technical blockers, guide customer decisions, collaborate with partners and deployment teams, and help existing customers optimize security product usage. Embed governance, security, and compliance into customer engagements while quantifying business value and supporting sales targets.

Leads and develops a team of security solution engineers supporting manufacturing and mobility customers. Oversees technical sales strategy, integrated cloud-to-edge security architecture design, demonstrations, pilots, proofs of concept, standards adoption, capacity planning, and partner alliances. The role requires expertise in cybersecurity, security architecture, cloud and hybrid environments, Zero Trust, threat protection, data protection, and technical pre-sales, along with people management experience.

This role involves owning the security architecture for AI platforms on GCP, designing guardrails, and integrating security into CI/CD pipelines. Candidates should have extensive experience in cloud security, specifically with GCP services, Kubernetes security, and AI/ML security practices.

Leads an engineering team responsible for designing, building, and operating data security products and controls. Provides technical direction, hands-on engineering leadership, and delivery ownership across DLP policy, data discovery and classification, data access controls, policy-as-code workflows, automation, integrations, testing, deployment, reliability, and operational support. Translates data security requirements into scalable solutions while mentoring engineers and driving adoption of secure engineering practices.

Lead end-to-end red team and adversary emulation operations across cloud, identity, network, endpoint, hardware, and operational security environments. Develop offensive tooling, implants, and AI-driven autonomous agents for reconnaissance, exploitation, and post-exploitation. Serve as a technical lead for customer engagements, brief security executives, collaborate with blue teams and threat intelligence organizations, establish operational standards, and mentor senior operators.

Lead product security architecture and offensive testing, including threat modeling, architecture reviews, penetration testing across web applications, APIs, mobile clients, and cloud infrastructure, secure design definition, code reviews, and remediation validation. Partner with engineering teams on authentication, authorization, data protection, trust boundaries, and cloud-native security while communicating risks and leading cross-functional security initiatives.

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 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.

Perform offensive security research and engineering for Windows: discover vulnerabilities, develop PoC mitigations and tools (fuzzers/agents), conduct code and design reviews, partner with product teams, and engage external researchers to improve OS security.

Conduct security research and contribute to security solutions involving cloud technology, automation, systems integration, data, and software security. Apply programming and scripting skills in C/C++, Python, and Java; work with Linux, networking, operating systems, embedded development, databases, and web services. Perform QA, testing, debugging, and communicate complex technical concepts effectively while collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders.

Supports the design, development, testing, debugging, and maintenance of security-related software and technology platforms. The role may involve operating systems, networks, databases, embedded development, cloud platforms, and cybersecurity concepts while collaborating across Cisco teams. Candidates must be enrolled in a relevant undergraduate program, know at least one required programming language, and be U.S. citizens authorized to work without visa sponsorship.

Build security tooling and customer-facing transparency systems; oversee SBOM, vulnerability management, vulnerability disclosure, and bug bounty programs. Assess vulnerability severity and exploitability, publish security advisories and CVE records, coordinate disclosures, answer customer security inquiries, and collaborate with Engineering, Product, customers, partners, and security researchers. Apply AI to security workflows and use software engineering and automation practices to improve security processes.

Lead Prelim’s security program across secure SDLC, application and cloud security, IAM, incident response, endpoint management, vendor risk, security reviews, and SOC 2 Type II compliance. Partner with DevOps and engineering, coordinate penetration testing, develop policies and risk roadmaps, manage audits and customer questionnaires, and improve detection and access controls. The role is the company’s first dedicated security hire and requires strong judgment, communication, and hands-on technical skills.

Secure Windows products and devices through offensive security research, code and design reviews, penetration testing, vulnerability discovery, fuzzing, and mitigation development. Build reusable security review tools, identify vulnerabilities in operating system features and native applications, collaborate with Windows engineering teams on durable defenses, engage security researchers, and communicate the business value of security investments.

Leads security analysis, compliance oversight, risk management, vulnerability assessments, remediation planning, audits, and Authority to Operate activities for a federal CMS program. Reviews architectures and technical designs, integrates security into Agile development, maintains security documentation and metrics, monitors regulatory updates, and advises engineering, operations, and program stakeholders. Develops security policies, supports FISMA and CMS assessments, and delivers security awareness training.

Design and implement automated cloud security controls across multi-cloud environments. Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines, harden infrastructure and IaC, manage IAM and secrets, advance container and workload security, protect AI/ML systems and data, and support monitoring, detection, and incident response for cloud applications.

Conduct ISO 27001 and information security management system audits for assigned clients, managing engagements from contracting and scheduling through planning, assessment, reporting, invoicing, and follow-up. Lead audit teams when needed, mentor junior auditors, maintain client records, coordinate travel, and ensure audits meet BSI, regulatory, scheme, cost, timing, and customer satisfaction requirements.

Owns company-wide security across product, infrastructure, corporate systems, and IT. Responsibilities include fixing authentication and authorization issues, managing keys and secrets, hardening internal tools, improving permissions, contributing to backend engineering, and leading security reviews, incident response, and security tooling. This hands-on role requires broad security expertise, strong software engineering ability, and comfort working in an ambiguous early-stage startup environment.

Leads account-level cybersecurity strategies and technical customer engagements for secure cloud, data, and AI adoption. Responsibilities include security architecture, solution design, demonstrations, workshops, pilots, technical validation, AI security guidance, stakeholder orchestration, Microsoft Security platform adoption, and measurable outcomes. The role partners with executives, security teams, Microsoft specialists, engineering, and customers to drive secure deployment, operational improvements, risk reduction, and platform expansion.

Owns Microsoft’s Security Compete Program, developing competitive strategy, battlecards, positioning, and objection-handling guidance for AI security offerings. Provides deal coaching, analyzes competitive wins and losses, tracks performance metrics, gathers field intelligence, and delivers executive reporting. Partners across sales, marketing, engineering, product, and regional teams to improve go-to-market execution, strengthen competitive differentiation, accelerate strategic deals, and influence product and field-readiness decisions.

Conducts threat-driven security testing of client-facing web applications, including penetration testing, vulnerability assessments, threat modeling, and fraud-control validation. Assesses risk, assigns severity, develops practical remediation guidance, and partners with defensive and business teams to improve detection and response. Provides written assessments, supports enterprise security initiatives, and mentors junior security professionals.

Lead end-to-end red team and adversary emulation operations across cloud, identity, network, endpoint, hardware, and operational environments. Develop offensive tooling, implants, and tradecraft; direct AI-driven autonomous agents; discover and exploit vulnerabilities; brief executive customers; provide defensive guidance; collaborate with threat intelligence and blue teams; establish operational standards; and mentor security operators.

Manage security operations and lead a security engineering team defending endpoints, SaaS, infrastructure, and corporate systems. Serve as senior Incident Commander, oversee detection and response using CrowdStrike, conduct cybersecurity risk assessments, and improve vulnerability, patch, access, and configuration management. Build detection coverage across endpoint, identity, SaaS, and cloud signals while partnering with AppSec and technical leaders. Lead the company’s AI security strategy and develop specialized security capabilities.

Conduct third-party security assessments, evaluate vendor controls, document risk findings, and automate governance workflows using Python and coding tools. Configure integrations across ticketing, GRC, and vendor-management platforms; develop risk dashboards and reporting; and partner with Procurement, Legal, Engineering, IT, Compliance, and Privacy. The role also supports security governance process improvements and applies frameworks including NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and PCI DSS.

Build and operate automated security infrastructure across AWS and Kubernetes, including cryptographic-material lifecycles, security telemetry, compliance automation, policy-as-code, threat modeling, and CI/CD security controls. Develop agentic AI workflows using tools such as Claude Code and MCP integrations. Support incident response, review security architecture, automate evidence collection, and partner with engineering, audit, risk, vendors, and clients to improve security posture at scale.