🇺🇸NIST jobs in California
198 open roles mentioning NIST in California as of Nov 15, 2026. Anduril Industries, True Anomaly, Valar Atomics, Anthropic and Rocket Lab have the most. 11 are remote and the median advertised salary is $192K.
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Skills asked for in NIST roles in California
Job titles in NIST roles in California
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- Data Engineer, Security AnalyticsWayve · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, California USA$186K - $243KHybridPythonSQLData quality
- Security Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)Muon Space · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA—InternPythonGCPAzure
- IT Manager, ManufacturingSkydio · 🇺🇸Hayward, California, United States$157K - $210KPythonTerraformLinux
- Senior Staff Incident Response EngineerSoFi · 🇺🇸WA - Seattle; CA - San Francisco—Lead and aboveGoPythonSQL
- Principal Automation and Controls EngineerValar Atomics · 🇺🇸Torrance, California, United States$196K - $240KLead and aboveData modelingNISTControl systems
- Regulatory Compliance CounselHermeus · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$200K - $250KSecurity clearanceNISTFedRAMP
- Security Certification Engineer - Android, Common Criteria & FIPS 140-3Samsung Research America · 🇺🇸665 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USA$164K - $225KC++AndroidLinux
- GRC Staff EngineerFivetran · 🇺🇸Oakland, California, United States$159K - $198KLead and abovePythonSQLGCP
- 2027 New Grad Information Security EngineerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$88K - $117KJuniorPythonTerraformAzure
- Sr. Security Analyst, Third Party Risk ManagementxAI · 🇺🇸Austin, TX; New York, NY; Palo Alto, CA; Washington, DC$132K - $228KSeniorGCPAzureLLM
- Engineering Manager, Security (Cloud, Infrastructure & Application Security)Replit · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$250K - $387KHybridGoPythonTypeScript
- Corporate Legal Director (R6494)Shield AI · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, US—Lead and aboveCIPPAI agentsData governance
- Senior Information Systems Security Officer, NGC2Anduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$147K - $196KSeniorKubernetesComputer VisionSecurity clearance
- Deployment Coordinator (Audit, Risk & SOX)Petual · 🇺🇸San Francisco—JiraGoogle SheetsServiceNow
- Senior Staff AI Enablement EngineerSoFi · 🇺🇸WA - Seattle; CA - San Francisco—Lead and abovePythonTypeScriptLLM
- Cybersecurity Information System Security ManagerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Huntsville, Alabama, United States; Irvine, California, U…—CI/CDAgileComputer Vision
- Network and Security Engineer, DefenseApplied · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale$150K - $200KGoPythonTerraform
- Security Operations AnalystGusto · 🇺🇸Denver, CO - Hybrid; New York, NY - Hybrid; San Francisco…$147K - $164KHybridPythonGCPLinux
- Staff Technical Program Manager, IT Audit & GovernanceMongoDB · 🇺🇸New York City; Palo Alto$151K - $297KLead and abovePythonSQLGCP
- Staff Security Engineer, AICompa · 🇺🇸Irvine, California$225K - $275KHybridLead and aboveLLMAIWorkday
- Director, Governance, Risk & ComplianceApex Technology · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$200K - $250KLead and aboveSecurity clearanceCISSPCISM
- Senior Information System Security Officer IRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$110K - $136KSeniorAWSCISSPCISM
- Senior Security Engineer - CloudMuon Space · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$193K - $218KSeniorTerraformGCPAzure
- Staff Enterprise Risk AnalystTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA; Washington, DC$150K - $220KLead and abovePythonSQLSAP
- Senior Enterprise Risk AnalystTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA; Washington, DC$135K - $185KSeniorPythonSQLSAP
- Lead Verification EngineerAstera Labs · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$160K - $200KLead and abovePythonCNIST
- Mission Security EngineerApex Technology · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$162K - $198KGoPythonAzure
- Senior IT Systems Engineer IRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$108K - $140KSeniorAzureLinuxKubernetes
- Director, Physical SecurityPsiQuantum · 🇺🇸Milpitas, California$153K - $257KLead and aboveSecurity clearanceISO 27001NIST
- Government Contracts and Regulatory LawyerValar Atomics · 🇺🇸Torrance, California, United States$220K - $260KSecurity clearanceNISTFedRAMP
- Senior IT Network Engineer IIRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$124K - $160KSeniorAzureLinuxKubernetes
- Senior Cybersecurity Engineer II -Secret ClearanceRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$151K - $227KSeniorPythonGCPAzure
- Senior Cybersecurity Engineer I -Secret ClearanceRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$132K - $198KSeniorPythonGCPAzure
- Cybersecurity Engineer II - Secret ClearanceRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$108K - $148KPythonGCPAzure
- Information System Security OfficerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$124K - $164KPythonLinuxBash
- Manager, Classified IT OperationsAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$147K - $196KLinuxAnsibleComputer Vision
- Senior Cyber Security Engineer - Identity and Device Management, & Networking SecurityLatitude AI · 🇺🇸Pittsburgh, PA, Palo Alto, CA, Dearborn, MI$160K - $240KSeniorGoPythonJava
- Staff Client Platform EngineerOkta · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$194K - $267KLead and aboveGoPythonSwift
- Staff / Senior Data Center Security EngineerAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel Required) | San Francisco, CA$320K - $405KRemoteLead and aboveGitData centersIncident response
- Director of Product Management, SecurityPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$269K - $329KLead and aboveIAMZero trustNIST
- Threat Detection & Response Engineer IIITrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$120K - $165KPythonGCPAzure
- Senior Security AuditorRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$170K - $205KSeniorPythonCISSPCISM
- Staff Product Manager, AI SecurityBox · 🇺🇸Redwood City, CA, United States$217K - $271KLead and aboveLLMAIAI agents
- VP of GRCZania · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA—Lead and aboveCISSPCISMCISA
- Director of CybersecurityApex Technology · 🇺🇸Los Angeles$195K - $270KLead and abovePythonLinuxAWS
- Senior Infrastructure EngineerVast · 🇺🇸Long Beach, California, United States$146K - $208KSeniorTerraformGCPAzure
- Chief Software Engineer, Space Ground SystemsAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States; Costa Mesa, Ca…$220K - $292KLead and aboveRustGoPython
- IT Audit Senior ManagerBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$123K - $223KSeniorCPAIncident responseIAM
- Security Data EngineerAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel Required) | San Francisco, CA$320K - $405KRemoteSQLAI agentsData quality
- Senior Instrumentation and Controls EngineerValar Atomics · 🇺🇸Torrance, California, United States$144K - $176KSeniorPythonSQLREST APIs
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Who is hiring for NIST roles in California
What NIST roles in California pay, by level
| Level in the title | Median advertised salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| No level in the title | $175K | 74 |
| Senior | $179K | 52 |
| Lead and above | $228K | 48 |
Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.
Questions about NIST jobs in California
- How many NIST jobs in California are open right now?
- There are 198 open NIST jobs in California at 76 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 15 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most NIST jobs in California?
- Right now the most openings are at Anduril Industries (24), True Anomaly (19), Valar Atomics (9), Rocket Lab (6) and Anthropic (6). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote NIST jobs in California?
- 11 of the 198 open NIST jobs in California (6%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do NIST jobs in California pay?
- The median advertised salary is $192K, based on 176 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $162K and $230K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay. Most employers here are technology companies, so the figures run above the wider market for the same work.
- Is it hard to get one of the NIST jobs in California?
- 4 of the 198 open NIST jobs in California (2%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 124 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 76 companies are hiring and 15 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
- How is AI changing NIST jobs in California?
- 60 of the 198 open NIST jobs in California (30%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often Computer Vision, LLM, AI. Employers still list 198 such roles today at 76 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do NIST jobs in California ask for?
- Most often NIST (100%), AWS (43%), Python (43%), ISO 27001 (39%), FedRAMP (38%) of the 198 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in NIST jobs in California?
- Security Engineer (8), Senior Security Engineer (5), Information Systems Security Manager (4), Staff Technical Program Manager (3), Director (3): the most common titles among the 198 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are NIST jobs in California in demand in 2026?
- 198 NIST jobs in California are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 76 companies, 0.1% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 15 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $192K. 11 (6%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for NIST jobs in California?
- Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Jobs Every Hour needs no account and charges nothing for applying.
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