Cybersecurity Engineer Salary in Washington

Cybersecurity Engineer jobs in Washington hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $192,349/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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10a Labs

10alabs.com
10alabs.com • London • Washington • Sydney • Threat Intelligence • AI Safety & Alignment • Cybersecurity AI • Likely startup • Trust C • Hiring 15
London • Washington • Sydney • Threat Intelligence • AI Safety & Alignment • Cybersecurity AI • Likely startup • Trust C • Hiring 15
10a Labs is an applied research and technology company specialising in AI security, offering adversarial red teaming, model evaluations and threat intelligence. Its clients include frontier AI labs, AI companies and large technology platforms, and it hires threat investigators, red teamers and protection scientists. The company is based in the United States.
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Junior Cyber Investigator

$80k – $105k per year • Junior • 1+ year exp • Washington • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Junior • Chinese: C1 (Optional) • Arabic: C1 (Optional)
SQL
Python
AI/ML
Red Teaming
LLM
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Senior Cyber Investigator

$114k – $140k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Washington • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior • Chinese: C1 (Optional) • Arabic: C1 (Optional)
SQL
Python
AI/ML
Red Teaming
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One Federal Solution

onefederalsolution.com
onefederalsolution.com • HQ: Alexandria, United States • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • 1001-5000 employees • IT services • Trust B • Hiring 36, 10 new
HQ: Alexandria, United States • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • 1001-5000 employees • IT services • Trust B • Hiring 36, 10 new
One Federal Solution is a federal professional services contractor based in Alexandria, Virginia, that supports defense and civilian agencies with IT, data analytics, acquisition, program management and business operations services. A certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business with more than 20 years of experience, it also delivers digital transformation, Salesforce implementations, healthcare support and staffing through a range of government contract vehicles. Its openings include HSPD-12 credentialing and PIV specialists, site leads and program managers, cybersecurity engineers and analysts, management and FOIA analysts, web developers, realty specialists and truck drivers.
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Penetration Testing, Software Assurance and Vulnerability Assessment Engineer

≈ $101k – $230k per year (Estimated) • In office (Washington, United States)
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Senior Cybersecurity Project Manager

≈ $113k – $217k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Washington, United States) • Senior • English
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Open 131 daysVerified live · 3 hours ago 4 months ago Long shot · 16%

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

≈ $110k – $213k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Washington, United States) • Senior
Azure
AWS
Cybersecurity
Zero Trust
Management
Scrum
Agile
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Spry Methods

sprymethods.com
sprymethods.com • HQ: Tysons, United States • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Information Security • Est. 2001 • Trust B • Hiring 17
HQ: Tysons, United States • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Information Security • Est. 2001 • Trust B • Hiring 17
Spry Methods, Inc. is a company providing a wide range of solutions and services to the Federal Government, Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and the Commercial market. They specialize in cyber security, offering expertise to national security missions, Federal law enforcement, and DoD partners. The company also delivers IT and platform services, focusing on solving complex challenges and modernizing IT infrastructures with emerging technologies.
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Web Developer Security Engineer

$135k – $155k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Washington • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
JavaScript
SQL
DevOps
Rest API
Cybersecurity
Threat Modeling
OWASP
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SOSi

sosi.com
sosi.com • HQ: Reston, United States • IT Infrastructure & Networking Services • Military Logistics • Translation Services • Intelligence • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1989 • Trust C • Hiring 219, 1 new
HQ: Reston, United States • IT Infrastructure & Networking Services • Military Logistics • Translation Services • Intelligence • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1989 • Trust C • Hiring 219, 1 new
SOS International, known as SOSi, is a privately held American government services company founded in 1989 that began by supplying linguists and interpreters to the United States military. It has since broadened into intelligence analysis, logistics and base operations support, information technology and network engineering, and cybersecurity, working for defence, intelligence and federal civilian customers both in the United States and in deployed locations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia and still family owned, it employs several thousand people, a large share of them holding security clearances.
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Cybersecurity Security Engineer III

≈ $80k – $153k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 10+ years exp • Hybrid (Washington, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior • English
Zero Trust
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Senior Threat Hunter

≈ $101k – $194k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Hybrid (Washington, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior • English
SQL
Python
DevOps
TCP/IP
Cybersecurity
MITRE ATT&CK
MITRE D3FEND
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Security Analyst- Forensics/Malware Analysis

≈ $101k – $194k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Hybrid (Washington, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior • English
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eTelligent Group

etelligentgroup.com
etelligentgroup.com • HQ: Herndon, United States • Systems Integrators • Information Security • 51-200 employees • Est. 2005 • Hiring 4, 1 new
HQ: Herndon, United States • Systems Integrators • Information Security • 51-200 employees • Est. 2005 • Hiring 4, 1 new
eTelligent Group is a technology solutions and services company for the United States federal government that secures and manages data, provides scalable identity access, modernises legacy systems and builds high-performance platforms. Its postings cover zero trust security architects, cybersecurity training managers and analysts, instructional designers and cloud and network security engineers. The company is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, United States.
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DevSecOps / Automation Engineer

≈ $103k – $233k per year (Estimated) • Washington • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Public Trust
Bash
Python
DevOps
OpenShift
Helm
Kong
GitLab CI
Configuration Management
GitHub Actions
Azure DevOps
Ansible
Jenkins
Terraform
Git
Linux
Kubernetes
CI/CD
API Gateway
Azure
Management
ServiceNow
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Palantir Technologies

palantir.com
palantir.com • HQ: Denver, United States • Defense AI • Data Integration & ETL Tools • Decision Intelligence • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2003 • NASDAQ: PLTR • Trust C • Hiring 235, 7 new
HQ: Denver, United States • Defense AI • Data Integration & ETL Tools • Decision Intelligence • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2003 • NASDAQ: PLTR • Trust C • Hiring 235, 7 new
Palantir Technologies is an American software company founded in 2003 that builds platforms for integrating, analysing and acting on large and fragmented datasets. Its Gotham platform serves defence, intelligence and law enforcement customers, Foundry brings the same data-operating model to commercial industries such as manufacturing, healthcare and energy, and the Artificial Intelligence Platform layers large language models over both. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado and listed on the New York Stock Exchange since 2020, the company is known for deploying forward engineers directly inside customer organisations.
Stephen Cohen · Co-Founder & President · decision-maker
Peter Thiel · Co-Founder & Chairman · decision-maker
Alex Karp · Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Alexander Karp · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
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Senior Identity Security Engineer

≈ $129k – $249k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Hybrid (Washington, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
PowerShell
TypeScript
Python
AI/ML
Red Teaming
DevOps
IAM
Cybersecurity
Okta
FedRAMP
Threat Modeling
Microsoft Entra ID
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Information Security Engineer - Insider Risk

≈ $94k – $181k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years exp • Hybrid (Washington, United States) • Full-Time • TS/SCI • Citizenship or vetting required • Middle
PowerShell
Python
DevOps
Windows
Linux
Azure
AWS
Cybersecurity
SIEM
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Forward Deployed Security Engineer - US Government

≈ $114k – $260k per year (Estimated) • In office (Washington, United States) • Full-Time • Top Secret
GitHub
Linux
Kubernetes
CI/CD
Cybersecurity
NIST 800-53
SIEM
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Kaizen Labs

kaizenlabs.co
kaizenlabs.co • HQ: New York, United States • National Security • Digital Government • 51-200 employees • Hiring 20, 1 new
HQ: New York, United States • National Security • Digital Government • 51-200 employees • Hiring 20, 1 new
Kaizen Labs is a technology company that builds software for mission-critical federal and defense services in the United States. It hires cleared software engineers, deployment strategists and federal growth leads covering the Air Force, Space Force and combatant commands. The company is headquartered in New York, United States.
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Senior Security Engineer

$220k – $280k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Hybrid (New York, Washington, United States) • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Terraform
CI/CD
AWS
Cybersecurity
NIST 800-53
FedRAMP
Defense
CMMC
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cgsfederal.com • HQ: Washington, United States • Intelligence • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Digital Government • 5000+ employees • Est. 2017 • Trust D • Hiring 1044
HQ: Washington, United States • Intelligence • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Digital Government • 5000+ employees • Est. 2017 • Trust D • Hiring 1044
Contact Government Services (CGS) is a federal government contractor based in the United States that provides IT infrastructure, software development, cloud, data processing, eDiscovery, legal document review, consulting and staffing services to government agencies. Its current work includes intelligence and mission support contracts for defense customers, with postings in locations such as Arlington, Virginia, and Fort Liberty, North Carolina. Its openings are mostly for HUMINT and OSINT analysts, intelligence collection managers, targeting specialists, foreign disclosure representatives, financial investigators, paralegals and billing staff.
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Information Security Compliance Coordinator

$60k – $75k per year • Junior • 1+ year exp • Washington • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
SOC 2
ISO 27001
Defense
CMMC
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Cigna

cigna.com
cigna.com • New York • San Francisco • Beijing • Tokyo • Shanghai • Financial Services • Health Care • Health Insurance & Benefits • 201-500 employees • Trust A • Hiring 41, 3 new
New York • San Francisco • Beijing • Tokyo • Shanghai • Financial Services • Health Care • Health Insurance & Benefits • 201-500 employees • Trust A • Hiring 41, 3 new
Cigna Healthcare offers health insurance plans such as medical and dental to individuals and employers, and international health insurance.
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$365k – $390k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (San Francisco, Washington, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
EU AI Act
Cybersecurity
HIPAA
GDPR
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True Zero Technologies

truezerotech.com
truezerotech.com • HQ: Fairfax, United States • Penetration Testing • Managed Security • Information Security • 51-200 employees • Est. 2018 • Trust A • Hiring 31, 3 new
HQ: Fairfax, United States • Penetration Testing • Managed Security • Information Security • 51-200 employees • Est. 2018 • Trust A • Hiring 31, 3 new
True Zero Technologies is a veteran-owned cybersecurity services firm based in Fairfax, Virginia, founded in 2018. The company provides a broad range of solutions including security engineering, cyber operations, threat intelligence, penetration testing, and managed security services. It operates as a strategic partner to major technology providers and serves federal, state, and commercial clients through various government contract vehicles.
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Jr. Cloud Security Engineer (R-00134)

≈ $73k – $151k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years exp • Hybrid (Washington, United States) • Full-Time • Junior
Bash
PowerShell
Python
DevOps
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon S3
TCP/IP
DNS
Ansible
Terraform
Windows
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Cybersecurity
FedRAMP
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Databricks

databricks.com
databricks.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • MLOps • Query Engines & Big Data Processing • Data Warehouses & Lakehouses • 5000+ employees • Est. 2013 • Trust B • Hiring 858, 39 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States • MLOps • Query Engines & Big Data Processing • Data Warehouses & Lakehouses • 5000+ employees • Est. 2013 • Trust B • Hiring 858, 39 new
Databricks is an American software company founded in 2013 by the original creators of Apache Spark, Delta Lake and MLflow at the University of California, Berkeley. Its data intelligence platform unifies data engineering, warehousing, governance, analytics and machine learning on a lakehouse architecture that stores open table formats in a customer's own cloud object storage. Headquartered in San Francisco and available on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, the platform is used by tens of thousands of organisations to build pipelines, dashboards and production AI applications.
Patrick Wendell · Co-Founder & Vice President of Engineering · decision-maker
Reynold Xin · Co-Founder & Chief Architect · decision-maker
Ion Stoica · Co-Founder & Executive Chairman · decision-maker
Matei Zaharia · Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer · decision-maker
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Staff Security Assurance Engineer

≈ $183k – $322k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 7+ years exp • Washington • Remote (United States) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Top Secret • Staff
Databricks
Cybersecurity
NIST 800-53
FedRAMP
HIPAA
Defense
CMMC
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Nxtkey

nxtkey.ai
nxtkey.ai • HQ: Cheyenne, United States • Cybersecurity • Managed IT Services (MSP) • 51-200 employees • Est. 2005 • Trust B • Hiring 5
HQ: Cheyenne, United States • Cybersecurity • Managed IT Services (MSP) • 51-200 employees • Est. 2005 • Trust B • Hiring 5
NXTKey delivers managed IT, cybersecurity, cloud, and AI for businesses of every size backed by 20 years and federal-grade security. Book a free consultation.
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Digital Forensics Systems Specialist

≈ $99k – $225k per year (Estimated) • Washington • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior • English
VMWare
Azure
AWS
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SpecterOps

specterops.io
specterops.io • HQ: Washington, United States • Information Technology • Artificial Intelligence • Cybersecurity • Identity Management • Threat Intelligence • Penetration Testing • Information Security • 201-500 employees • Startup • Hiring 5, 2 new
HQ: Washington, United States • Information Technology • Artificial Intelligence • Cybersecurity • Identity Management • Threat Intelligence • Penetration Testing • Information Security • 201-500 employees • Startup • Hiring 5, 2 new
SpecterOps is a cybersecurity company focused on helping organisations understand, defend, and respond to modern threats, particularly those that involve identity and access in enterprise environments. Its work is closely associated with adversary tradecraft and how attackers move through networks, which means the company sits at the intersection of security research and practical security engineering. For job seekers, that typically translates into a business that values technical depth, clear thinking under pressure, and a strong grasp of how real-world attacks unfold, not just how security should work in theory.
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Defensive Security Analyst-Washington, DC

$110k – $160k per year • Equity • Hybrid (Washington, United States) • TS/SCI
PowerShell
Python
DevOps
Azure
AWS
Cybersecurity
SIEM
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Scale AI

scale.com
scale.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • LLM & Generative AI • AI Evaluation & Observability • AI Training Data & Annotation • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2016 • Trust B • Hiring 161, 4 new
HQ: San Francisco, United States • LLM & Generative AI • AI Evaluation & Observability • AI Training Data & Annotation • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2016 • Trust B • Hiring 161, 4 new
Scale AI is an American company founded in San Francisco in 2016 that supplies the training data, evaluation and tooling behind large artificial intelligence systems. It began with human-labelled annotation for autonomous driving and computer vision, then expanded into reinforcement learning from human feedback, expert data generation, model evaluation and full-stack deployment platforms for enterprises and governments. In 2025 Meta acquired a large minority stake and hired co-founder Alexandr Wang, after which the company continued under new leadership serving defence, public sector and commercial customers.
Jason Droege · Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Lucy Guo · Co-Founder · founder
Alexandr Wang · Co-Founder & former Chief Executive Officer · founder
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Security Engineer, Infrastructure

$238k – $297k per year • Equity • In office (New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, United States) • Full-Time
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
DevOps
CloudFormation
Terraform
GCP
Kubernetes
Azure
AWS
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Security Engineer, Product Security

$238k – $297k per year • Equity • In office (New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, United States) • Full-Time
Node JS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
DevOps
Kubernetes
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AWS
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Gameplantech

gameplantech.com
gameplantech.com • HQ: Reston, United States • Systems Integrators • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • 51-200 employees • Est. 2023 • Likely startup • Trust D • Hiring 11
HQ: Reston, United States • Systems Integrators • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • 51-200 employees • Est. 2023 • Likely startup • Trust D • Hiring 11
Gameplantech is a technology company that runs a government contracting business and a growing SaaS product line called Playbook. It hires accountants, security engineers, cloud infrastructure engineers, program managers, data scientists and data engineers. The company is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, United States.
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Security Engineer / ISSE

≈ $102k – $233k per year (Estimated) • Washington • Remote (United States) • Top Secret
Azure
AWS
GCP
Cybersecurity
NIST 800-53
FedRAMP
SIEM
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Zantech

zantechit.com
zantechit.com • HQ: Reston, United States • Information Security • Cloud Consulting & Migration • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • 201-500 employees • Trust B • Hiring 56
HQ: Reston, United States • Information Security • Cloud Consulting & Migration • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • 201-500 employees • Trust B • Hiring 56
Zantech is a woman-owned small business headquartered in Reston, Virginia, that delivers information technology, cloud, cybersecurity and program management services to US federal government agencies. Its work centres on mission systems for civilian, homeland security, defense and intelligence customers, with project teams around Washington, in Northern Virginia, at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland and in Mobile, Alabama. It hires cleared systems administrators, software and web application developers, cloud architects and analysts, security engineers, data scientists, program and project managers and enterprise architects.
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Cybersecurity Information System Security Officer

≈ $113k – $217k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Washington, United States) • Full-Time • TS/SCI • Senior
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Method Security

method.security
method.security • HQ: New York, United States • Cybersecurity AI • Homeland Security • 51-200 employees • Est. 2023 • Trust B • Hiring 8
HQ: New York, United States • Cybersecurity AI • Homeland Security • 51-200 employees • Est. 2023 • Trust B • Hiring 8
Method Security delivers cyber resilience to the United States government and critical enterprises by building autonomous, AI-driven defense solutions. The company hires forward deployed, backend, product and security engineers in Washington and New York. The company is based in the United States.
Daniel Kelly · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Samuel Jones · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
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Security Engineer

$140k – $190k per year • In office (New York, Washington, United States) • Full-Time
Python
DevOps
Terraform
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Cybersecurity Engineer Salary in Washington
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