Last updated: 2025-06-06

36 Defense And Security Analyst jobs in San Francisco.

Hiring now: Sr Spectrum Engineer @ Astranis, Executive Protection Team Lead @ Gavin De B, Mission Software Engineer @ Scale Ai, Assistant Uasi General Manager @ Bay Area U, Security Clearance Opportunities @ Boeing, Systems Administrator Sr Mso @ General Dy, Systems Analyst @ Lawrence L, Lead Solutionsystems Architect @ Spx Techno, Postdoctoral Research Fellow @ Lawrence L, Strategic Threat Intelligence Analyst @ Openai. Explore more at at jobswithgpt.com

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security clearance (5) communication skills (4) cybersecurity (4) national security (4) Collaboration (4) engineering (3) data science (3) manufacturing (3) IT (3) project management (3)

šŸ“ Locations

San Francisco (14) Livermore (6) Mountain View (3) Berkeley (2) Fremont (2) Menlo Park (1) Pleasanton (1) Santa Clara (1) San Mateo (1) Novato (1)

Astranis

Astranis is a satellite company that has successfully launched satellites into orbit, signed significant commercial deals, and is backed by substantial funding…

Senior Spectrum Engineer

San Francisco

  • Skills: satellite spectrum coordination, interference analysis, GSO orbital slots, regulatory standing, Visualyse, MATLAB, STK, communication skills, licensing, orbital slot filings
  • Experience: 5+ years regulatory experience in satellite spectrum matters.
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $165,000 — $200,000 USD

Gavin de Becker & Associates (GDBA)

Gavin de Becker & Associates (GDBA) protects the world’s most influential and at-risk public figures. Founded in 1978 by 3-time Presidential appointee, Gavin d…

Executive Protection Team Lead

San Francisco

  • Skills: Executive Protection, Team Leader, Close Protection, High-net-worth clients, Protective Security Details, Emergency Medical Technician, Corporate Security, Military Law Enforcement, Leadership Track, Client Communication
  • Experience: 3+ years of experience conducting close protection/executive protection operations
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $95,000 to $115,000

Scale AI

At Scale, we believe that the transition from traditional software to AI is one of the most important shifts of our time. Our mission is to make that happen fa…

Mission Software Engineer

San Francisco

  • Skills: Mission Software Engineer, customer engagement, backend solutions, data integrations, cloud technologies, Python, JavaScript, data engineering, problem-solving, security clearance
  • Experience: Experience developing software with Python and JavaScript; experience in customer-facing roles; hybrid software engineering experience.
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $184,000 - $292,560 USD

Bay Area Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI)

The Bay Area UASI Program, a division of the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management (DEM), is responsible for managing Homeland Security grant distri…

Assistant UASI General Manager

San Francisco

  • Skills: Homeland Security, grant distribution, programmatic management, partnership entities, grant compliance, financial management, performance management, emergency management, regional strategies, public safety
  • Type: Full-time

Boeing

Boeing is an aerospace company that creates products and services making the world better. They focus on engineering, manufacturing, cybersecurity, data scienc…

Security Clearance Opportunities

Berkeley

  • Skills: engineering, cybersecurity, data science, manufacturing, analytics, IT, safety, aviation, advanced technologies, operations

General Dynamics

GDIT is a global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. g…

Systems Administrator, Senior (MSO)

Livermore

  • Skills: IT Networking, Networking Support, Top Secret Clearance, Mission Support Operator, Monitoring Tools, SolarWinds, Splunk, WireShark, Systems Administration, Emergency Operations
  • Experience: 8+ years of directly related experience in IT / Network administration and support.
  • Type: Full Time
  • Salary: $102,000 - $138,000

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)

LLNL is a premier science and engineering research laboratory with a mission focused on significant national security challenges.

Systems Analyst

Livermore

  • Skills: Systems Analyst, operations analysis, AFSIM, modeling, simulation, national security, mentorship, technical reports, research, project management
  • Type: Full-time

SPX Technologies

SPX Technologies builds innovative solutions that enable a safer, more efficient, sustainable world across HVAC and Detection and Measurement sectors.

Lead Solution/Systems Architect

Fremont

  • Skills: Spectrum Monitoring Systems, COMINT, RF Spectrum management, Electronic Warfare, Software Defined Radio, Digital Signal Processing, Geolocation, Angle of Arrival, system architecture, technology planning
  • Experience: 10+ years in software and hardware development; 10+ years in low level and system design.
  • Type: Hybrid
  • Salary: $180,300 to $261,000

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

CGSR was established at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in 1996 to serve as a bridge between the science & technology experts at the lab and the …

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Livermore

  • Skills: research, national security, strategic deterrence, nonproliferation, arms control, emerging technologies, energy issues, biosecurity, multidisciplinary, workshops

OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.

Strategic Threat Intelligence Analyst

San Francisco

  • Skills: threat intelligence, risk analysis, emerging patterns, AI systems, qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis, abuse trends, safety analytics, policy recommendations, collaboration
  • Experience: 7+ years of experience in strategy, operations, trust and safety, intelligence, or international policy roles.
  • Type: Full time
  • Salary: $220K

Vannevar Labs

Vannevar Labs supports people on the front lines by building tools that deter and de-escalate conflict with America's adversaries. They build software and hard…

Cleared Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco

  • Skills: Full Stack Developer, software solutions, cross-functional team, DOD Risk Management Framework, user testing, customer missions, geospatial datasets, communication skills, government IT systems, security clearance
  • Experience: 5+ years as a Full Stack Developer
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $135,000-$205,000 + equity + 401K match

Palo Alto Networks

Sr. Technical Support Engineer, United States Government, XSOAR

Santa Clara

  • Skills: technical support, cybersecurity, government, XSOAR, remote, customer service, collaboration, problem-solving, engagement, technical documentation

Contact Government Services, LLC

CGS brings motivated, highly skilled, and creative people together to solve the government’s most dynamic problems with cutting-edge technology. We are committ…

Relativity SME

San Francisco

  • Skills: Relativity, litigation support, data culling, investigators, software testing, user training, documentation, relational databases, Public Trust clearance, government contracting
  • Experience: At least ten (10) years of litigation support experience including preferably four (4) years of progressively more advanced Relativity experience.
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $139,436.27 - $189,234.94 a year

Applied Intuition

Applied Intuition is the vehicle intelligence company that accelerates the global adoption of safe, AI-driven machines. Founded in 2017, Applied Intuition deli…

Electronic Warfare Engineer

Mountain View

  • Skills: Electronic Warfare, RADAR, Signal Processing, Software Development, Cognitive Sensors, Algorithm Design, Defense, Tactical Autonomy, Simulation, Uncrewed Aerial Systems
  • Experience: 5+ yrs experience with software implementation of radar signal processing algorithms
  • Type: Full-time
  • Salary: $155,000 to $190,000 USD annually

OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the bounda…

Technical Abuse Investigator - CBRN

San Francisco

  • Skills: technical investigations, biosecurity, biological weapons non-proliferation, risk-mitigation, adversarial thinking, threat mitigation, suspected misuse tracking, cross-internet research, open-source research, SQL and Python
  • Experience: 5+ years of experience tracking misuse and/or abuse in biosecurity or life sciences domains, or equivalent education in these domains. 2 years of experience developing innovative detection solutions.
  • Type: Full time
  • Salary: $320K – $425K

Parsons Corporation

Parsons is a global engineering and infrastructure firm providing innovative solutions across transportation, environmental, digital transformation, urban deve…

Mission Analyst

Fremont

  • Skills: Cyber Security, Mission Analyst, Threat Assessments, Survivability, Infrastructure, Assessment, Security Clearance, Defense, Risk Management, Analytical Support
  • Experience: 7+ years
  • Salary: $108,700.00 - $190,200.00

Boeing

Boeing is a leading aerospace company that designs and manufactures advanced airplanes and defense systems.

Engineering Positions

Berkeley

  • Skills: aerospace, engineering, manufacturing, cybersecurity, data science, analytics, IT, network safety, aviation, performance
  • Type: full_time
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Applied Intuition

Applied Intuition is the vehicle intelligence company that accelerates the global adoption of safe, AI-driven machines. Founded in 2017, Applied Intuition deli…

Full Stack Engineer

Mountain View

  • Skills: full-stack engineering, data management, cloud infrastructure, machine learning, data pipelines, ATR, government programs, national security, software solutions, security clearance
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': 153000.0, 'max': 222000.0, 'period': 'annual', 'currency': 'USD'}

Muon Space

Founded in 2021, Muon Space is an end-to-end Space Systems Provider that designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations delivering mission-critical…

Systems Engineer

Mountain View

  • Skills: mission design, spacecraft systems, system modeling, requirements management, project management, communication, remote sensing, system integration, data pipelines, ITAR/EAR compliance
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': 143000.0, 'max': 200000.0, 'period': 'annual', 'currency': 'USD'}

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World! Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States’ security? Com…

Senior Systems Project Engineer

Livermore

  • Skills: systems engineering, project planning, technical leadership, advanced manufacturing, collaborative environment, verbal communication, technical presentation, multidisciplinary teams, complex engineering challenges, Q-level security clearance
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': 168780.0, 'max': 256824.0, 'period': 'annual', 'currency': 'USD'}

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher, and marketer of interactive entertainment for consumers around the globe. We develop and…

Senior Threat Analyst

San Mateo

  • Skills: Threat Assessment, Investigations, Security Operations, OSINT, Behavioral Assessment, Incident Management, Risk Mitigation, Training Development, Collaboration, Intelligence Tools
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': 80200.0, 'max': 118660.0, 'period': 'annual', 'currency': 'USD'}

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World! Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States’ security? Com…

Quantum Information Physicist

Livermore

  • Skills: quantum computing, error correction, algorithm development, computational physics, leadership, technical reports, peer-reviewed publications, research proposals, scientific presentations, security clearance
  • Type: full_time
  • Salary: {'min': 202500.0, 'max': 308184.0, 'period': 'annual', 'currency': 'USD'}