Top Cybersecurity Jobs in San Francisco, CA

Research and analyze threat actors, tools, techniques, vulnerabilities, and intelligence; develop detection logic and security recommendations; conduct threat hunts and investigations; create threat intelligence briefings and customer content; and improve Microsoft security tooling and practices through digital forensics and incident response expertise.

Researches and analyzes cybercrime threats, threat actors, tools, techniques, vulnerabilities, and attacks. Creates customer-facing threat intelligence profiles, briefings, and recommendations; presents findings to internal and external stakeholders; adapts content based on business needs and feedback; and collaborates across teams to improve security products and mitigation strategies.

Design, deploy, operate, and troubleshoot secure Azure GPU infrastructure for distributed AI training and reinforcement-learning workloads. Build infrastructure-as-code, fleet automation, remediation, drift detection, and model deployment capabilities. Translate ambiguous research needs into scalable production solutions, drive architecture and security tradeoffs across teams, and mentor engineers through technical collaboration, design reviews, and code reviews.

Leads technical security sales engagements for K-12 and community college customers through demonstrations, workshops, architecture sessions, hackathons, and proof-of-concepts. Designs secure, scalable cloud and hybrid architectures; advises on Zero Trust, XDR, AI security, identity, compliance, and automation; resolves technical objections; develops security strategies and competitive plans; collaborates with engineering, partners, and customer success teams; and promotes Microsoft security and cloud adoption.

Investigate and respond to sophisticated security threats across Microsoft's ecosystem. Responsibilities include analyzing alerts and telemetry, conducting end-to-end investigations, determining root cause, driving containment and remediation, improving detection logic and automation, collaborating cross-functionally, and sharing investigative best practices. The role operates in a global 24/7 security investigations environment and requires strong analytical, technical, communication, and incident response skills.

Drive technical pre-sales for Microsoft Security: run demos/PoCs, lead hands‑on engagements, co-design secure cloud architectures, resolve technical blockers, and advise customers on XDR, zero trust, and cloud security solutions.

Leads customer-facing cybersecurity architecture and transformation engagements on Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365, specializing in identity security and Zero Trust. Designs and implements secure cloud architectures, identity and access controls, security operations integrations, and compliance solutions. Supports Defender, Sentinel, Entra, and related technologies; conducts architecture sessions, troubleshoots implementations, coordinates technical resources, and influences customer and Microsoft engineering roadmaps. Requires an active Top Secret clearance, U.S. citizenship, and substantial travel.

Leads a team of intelligence analysts focused on targeted threats, ransomware, intrusion detection, and adversary tracking. Translates security priorities into intelligence requirements, oversees intelligence production, reviews finished intelligence products, develops standards and processes, manages partnerships, and collaborates with engineering teams to improve customer and organizational security.

Lead the architecture and implementation of Microsoft Red Team visibility, telemetry, monitoring, detection, deconfliction, and operational security capabilities. Build scalable security services and data pipelines, maintain authoritative operational asset inventories, identify systemic security gaps, and guide engineering teams toward reliable, secure, observable production systems. Provide hands-on technical leadership, architecture, implementation, debugging, incident response, and mentorship across multiple organizations.

Leads technical presales and consulting engagements for Microsoft security, compliance, cloud, and AI solutions. Delivers technical presentations, demonstrations, workshops, architecture sessions, and production-ready pilots. Partners with sales, consulting, and partner teams to design solutions, overcome technical and competitive blockers, guide implementations, and promote customer adoption. Focus areas include XDR, zero trust, cloud security, Microsoft Purview, sensitive data protection, regulatory compliance, and privacy.