Top Senior Cyber Security Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

Leads cybersecurity engineering and Risk Management Framework execution across mission systems. Performs risk assessments, maintains RMF packages, validates controls, develops malware identification processes, evaluates secure hardware and software, coordinates patching and cybersecurity roadmaps, monitors security events, assesses configuration changes, and supports audits and incident response. The role also guides junior security analysts, participates in secure system design, and may travel domestically and internationally.

Secure Wiz’s products, CI/CD systems, and production cloud infrastructure through threat modeling, security reviews, vulnerability management, detection and response, cloud and Kubernetes security baselines, policy-as-code, and automation. Partner with engineering, DevOps, operations, and Federal teams to implement scalable security controls, remediate risks, support FedRAMP requirements, and promote secure-by-design development practices.

Lead architecture and hands-on development of Microsoft's AI Safety Platform, building observability, detection, investigation, threat-hunting, and distributed data-processing capabilities. Design attack detection infrastructure, correlate high-volume telemetry, apply AI security research, conduct security and privacy reviews, and partner across engineering, science, and incident response teams. Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership for complex AI security systems.

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.

Partners with Sales to advise enterprise customers on cybersecurity, identity, access, 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 discussions. Translates technical capabilities into business outcomes, creates customer-facing documentation, supports events, and collaborates cross-functionally to advance sales opportunities and improve customer outcomes. Travel is typically 25–50%.

Build and operate infrastructure security platforms centered on workload identity, service-to-service authentication, authorization, and short-lived credentials. Replace static secrets with identity-based systems, develop identity-authenticated proxies and APIs, and unify authorization policy management. Partner with platform and application teams to drive adoption, migrate legacy systems, and ensure reliable production infrastructure with strong developer experience.

Provides security engineering and architecture expertise for FedRAMP authorization and continuous monitoring. Reviews cloud service provider architectures, security controls, authorization packages, assessment reports, vulnerabilities, and compliance documentation against NIST, FedRAMP, FISMA, RMF, and agency requirements. Leads vendor interviews, identifies technical and documentation gaps, advises government program leads and CISOs on risk posture, and supports secure, compliant, resilient system design.

Owns broad product and operational security responsibilities, including identity and access management, threat modeling, code review, fuzzing, bug bounty operations, AI security research, software supply chain monitoring, penetration test coordination, and compliance evidence. The role requires a strong software engineering background, product security expertise, security tooling development, systems programming experience, and familiarity with web3 or DeFi. It is remote-first and emphasizes autonomy, documentation, and high ownership.

Designs, leads, and supports enterprise network security and infrastructure solutions. Responsibilities include network engineering, NAC, IAM, ZTNA, VPN, certificate and PKI management, secure connectivity, identity-driven access controls, segmentation, highly available distributed environments, platform upgrades, lifecycle management, and capacity planning. The role also evaluates technology solutions and leads cross-functional initiatives focused on performance, reliability, scalability, and capacity.

Lead corporate endpoint security architecture with a focus on macOS, designing secure-by-default controls, automation, patching, software distribution, and security baselines across macOS, iOS, Windows, and Linux. Manage configurations through Terraform, GitOps, version control, CI pipelines, and automated rollouts. Partner with IT and security teams to improve telemetry, detection, response, auditability, and operational efficiency. Mentor engineers and serve as a senior escalation point for complex endpoint security issues in a fully remote environment.

Build backend services and distributed systems for a cybersecurity and software supply chain security platform. Develop scalable APIs, data pipelines, and platform components handling vulnerability, container, package, runtime, and SBOM data. Work across Linux, Kubernetes, containers, and cloud environments while solving concurrency, performance, reliability, and distributed processing challenges. Own projects from design through deployment, participate in architecture discussions, review code, and collaborate with security researchers and product teams.

Leads KeyBank’s Red Team and offensive security program, including adversary emulation, penetration testing, physical and application assessments, cloud security testing, AI security evaluations, and purple team exercises. Develops testing strategy, methodologies, tooling, metrics, and maturity roadmaps; mentors engineers; coordinates internal and third-party engagements; validates remediation and attack paths; and presents findings and strategic recommendations to executives and cybersecurity stakeholders.

Designs, implements, configures, and supports enterprise cybersecurity solutions across IAM, endpoint, network, email, application, cloud, and security awareness domains. Conducts vulnerability assessments, threat hunting, incident investigation, security tool tuning, policy development, and security architecture reviews. Serves as a security subject matter expert on technology projects, collaborates with an MSSP, provides incident escalation support, and maintains availability for critical security operations.

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 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.

Designs, implements, and maintains secure IT systems for aerospace and defense programs. Leads CI/CD automation, software configuration management, Configuration Control Board governance, baseline and release control, incident response, and digital forensics. Collaborates with product and engineering teams on requirements, acceptance criteria, UAT, and SDLC quality. Requires advanced cybersecurity knowledge, experience with NIST and ISO 27001, and an active Secret clearance.

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.

Owns Albedo’s IT and security systems, including identity, endpoints, AWS infrastructure, networks, Linux, logging, detection and response, vulnerability management, and compliance controls. Builds infrastructure-as-code automation, operates Entra ID, Intune, Sentinel, and Defender XDR, supports CMMC, NIST 800-171, and ITAR programs, responds to incidents, and improves underlying systems. The role requires independent prioritization, production software ownership, security engineering judgment, and on-site work in Broomfield, Colorado.

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.

Lead development of security enforcement integrations that warn or block unsafe AI artifact installations, serve sanitized alternatives, and record audit events. Build reliable event-driven backend systems with queues, webhooks, idempotency, retries, back-pressure, approval flows, dry runs, audit logs, and rollback mechanisms. Integrate third-party security, infrastructure, and identity APIs, with potential future work on fleet-wide revocation controls and security platform integrations.

Leads information security architecture and program initiatives across IT and business projects. Provides security consulting, develops enterprise data, network, and application protection requirements, conducts threat analysis, vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and remediation planning. Researches emerging threats and technologies, supports control testing and incident response, and guides security team members. Requires extensive information security leadership, application and network security expertise, secure architecture knowledge, and strong communication skills.

Develop backend systems for large-scale web applications and security products primarily in Go. Write robust, modular code, optimize performance, participate in code reviews and documentation, and collaborate across technical and product teams. The role requires strong HTTP and networking knowledge, Linux, automation, shell scripting, and backend operations experience. Engineers participate in core US business hours and an on-call rotation, with occasional travel as needed.

Designs and delivers Qualys-based security and compliance solutions for enterprise customers across cloud and on-premises environments. Supports technical sales engagements, proofs of concept, architecture workshops, proposals, deployment health checks, and customer advisory activities. The role addresses asset and vulnerability management, patching, compliance, threat detection, application security, and remediation. It also contributes to product roadmap feedback, sales enablement, technical content, field training, and industry events, with at least 30% customer travel.

Leads cryptographic engineering for secure space and ground communications systems. Responsibilities include crypto unit trade studies, hardware and firmware integration, interface definition, testing, verification, key management, lifecycle management, requirements traceability, and compliance with cybersecurity and NSA standards. The role supports PKMA, represents crypto engineering in technical reviews, collaborates with government and industry partners, and mentors junior engineers. The position is on-site in El Segundo, California, or Colorado Springs, Colorado, with approximately monthly travel.

Designs and implements secure cloud architectures, IL5 controls, STIG-aligned hardening baselines, identity integrations, and cybersecurity controls for federal and DoD-aligned platforms. Performs security assessments, vulnerability analysis, continuous monitoring, secure deployment reviews, audit support, and remediation planning. Requires expertise in AWS, NIST, RMF, PKI, SIEM, and cloud security, along with mentoring junior engineers and documenting technical architectures. The role is fully remote but requires an active Top Secret clearance and substantial security engineering experience.