Security Program Manager Jobs in California
Security Program Manager jobs in California are among the most active in the country, concentrated in defense contracting, technology, financial services, and government agencies, with openings at every level from associate program manager through senior director. The largest hiring clusters are in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San Diego, where established employers like Northrop Grumman, Google, and Lockheed Martin maintain significant operations. The most in-demand specialties are cybersecurity program management, physical security operations, and risk and compliance program oversight. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Company Description
Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has turned bold ideas into world-changing impact advancing science and technology to strengthen U.S. security and promote global stability.
Our mission spans four critical national security areas nuclear deterrence, threat preparedness, energy security, and multi-domain defense empowering teams to take on the toughest challenges of today and tomorrow. With a culture built on innovation and operational excellence, LLNL is a place where your expertise can make a real impact.
Job Description
We have an opening for an Enterprise Secure Network (ESN) Associate Program Leader (APL) - Platform and Infrastructure. You will provide strategic and operational leadership to advance ESN and ESN Hub modernization for the infrastructure organization that enables reliable, secure, scalable, and modern enterprise services across ESN. The Associate Program Leader will lead a broad portfolio of technical workstreams and serve as a trusted partner in shaping the future of the ESN infrastructure. This position is in the Enterprise Infrastructure Services (EIS) Division, within the Computing Directorate, in support of ESN.
This position offers a hybrid schedule, blending in-person and virtual presence. You will have the flexibility to work from home up to one day per week.
You will
- Lead strategic direction for ESN modernization by partnering with ESN leadership and architecture teams to define and champion long-term cloud, server, and network strategies that enable program growth and mission success.
- Provide leadership oversight of the ESN Platform and Infrastructure portfolio by building strategic relationships with program and enterprise leadership as well as NNSA stakeholders to drive interoperability across ESN and adjacent programs.
- Direct infrastructure operations through delegation and team empowerment, ensuring maximum uptime and efficiency while developing leadership capabilities across program and technical teams.
- Drive organizational transformation for infrastructure modernization and operational excellence by establishing strategic priorities, aligning cross-functional resources, optimizing team structures, and ensuring accountability for execution across multiple technical teams.
- Serve as the strategic visionary for ESN infrastructure evolution, collaborating with executive leadership and stakeholders to shape the delivery of resilient, secure, and efficient services.
- Oversee strategic planning for budgets, workforce development, and supply chain strategies that support infrastructure operations and lifecycle management.
- Lead vendor and stakeholder relationships by leveraging procurement expertise to guide contract negotiations, establish performance frameworks including SLAs, and ensure effective service provider management.
- Champion governance frameworks and ensure organizational alignment with IT policies and cybersecurity protocols.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- This position requires an active Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance or active Top-Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at the time of hire.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field, or equivalent combination of technical training and experience.
- Expert experience leading large, diverse technical organizations in the delivery of mission critical enterprise IT infrastructure with minimal direction in a complex enterprise environment.
- Expert experience mentoring technical teams on modern VDI architectures, such as Citrix, VMware Horizon, or AVD, hybrid cloud integration patterns, and enterprise-scale network designs that support large user environments, including SD-WAN, QoS policies, protocol optimization, and multi-datacenter load balancing.
- Subject-matter expertise in enterprise IT vendor management and strategic vendor partnerships, including Microsoft EA/AWS EDP negotiations, licensing optimization across subscription, consumption-based, and perpetual models, RFP/RFQ processes for infrastructure and software platforms, SLA-driven contract negotiations, FinOps and cloud cost governance, and evaluation of emerging technology providers such as Microsoft, AWS, VMware, Cisco, and Oracle.
- Expert strategic leadership experience translating vision into enterprise modernization programs, including cloud migrations, datacenter consolidation, application rationalization, mission-critical infrastructure upgrades, DevSecOps transformation, and BCDR architecture for tier-1 applications.
- Expert experience building technology roadmaps, securing executive sponsorship, and delivering large-scale initiatives with measurable business or mission impact while maintaining operational continuity is preferred.
- Expert communication and collaborative leadership, building trust across infrastructure, application, security, and operations teams while engaging executive stakeholders and C-suite executives (CIO, CISO, CFO) through transparent communication and technical credibility.
- Expert experience leading enterprise infrastructure transformation, including data center modernization, such as hyperconverged infrastructure, VMware vSAN, and Nutanix, network evolution, hybrid cloud architecture using technologies such as VMware Cloud Foundation, Azure Stack HCI, and AWS Outposts, and storage upgrades including flash arrays and NVMe.
Qualifications We Desire
- Experienced infrastructure leader with deep technical credibility, strong people leadership, and a clear vision for evolving ESN to meet future mission requirements.
- Effective in both day-to-day operational leadership and long-term strategy for platform and
- infrastructure services.
Pay Range:
$227,430 - $288,396 Annually
This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting; pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.
Additional Information
#LI-Hybrid
Position Information
This is a Career Indefinite position, open to Lab employees and external candidates.
Why Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?
- Included in 2026 Best Places to Work by Glassdoor!
- Flexible Benefits Package
- 401(k)
- Relocation Assistance
- Education Reimbursement Program
- Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)
- Our values - visit https://www.llnl.gov/inclusion/our-values
Security Clearance
This position requires an active Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance or active Top Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at time of hire.
Pre-Employment Drug Test
External applicant(s) selected for this position must pass a post-offer, pre-employment drug test. This includes testing for use of marijuana as Federal Law applies to us as a Federal Contractor.
Wireless and Medical Devices
Per the Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory must meet certain restrictions with the use and/or possession of mobile devices in Limited Areas. Depending on your job duties, you may be required to work in a Limited Area where you are not permitted to have a personal and/or laboratory mobile device in your possession. This includes, but not limited to cell phones, tablets, fitness devices, wireless headphones, and other Bluetooth/wireless enabled devices.
If you use a medical device, which pairs with a mobile device, you must still follow the rules concerning the mobile device in individual sections within Limited Areas. Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities require separate approval. Hearing aids without wireless capabilities or wireless that has been disabled are allowed in Limited Areas, Secure Space and Transit/Buffer Space within buildings.
How to identify fake job advertisements
Please be aware of recruitment scams where people or entities are misusing the name of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to post fake job advertisements. LLNL never extends an offer without a personal interview and will never charge a fee for joining our company. All current job openings are displayed on the Career Page under “Find Your Job” of our website. If you have encountered a job posting or have been approached with a job offer that you suspect may be fraudulent, we strongly recommend you do not respond.
To learn more about recruitment scams: https://www.llnl.gov/sites/www/files/2023-05/LLNL-Job-Fraud-Statement-Updated-4.26.23.pdf
Equal Employment Opportunity
We are an equal opportunity employer that is committed to providing all with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status, age, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.
Reasonable Accommodation
Our goal is to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates applying and interviewing at the Laboratory. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please use our online form to submit a request.
California Privacy Notice
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) grants privacy rights to all California residents. The law also entitles job applicants, employees, and non-employee workers to be notified of what personal information LLNL collects and for what purpose. The Employee Privacy Notice can be accessed here.
Company Description
Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has turned bold ideas into world-changing impact advancing science and technology to strengthen U.S. security and promote global stability.
Our mission spans four critical national security areas nuclear deterrence, threat preparedness, energy security, and multi-domain defense empowering teams to take on the toughest challenges of today and tomorrow. With a culture built on innovation and operational excellence, LLNL is a place where your expertise can make a real impact.
Job Description
We have an opening for an Enterprise Secure Network (ESN) Associate Program Leader (APL) - Platform and Infrastructure. You will provide strategic and operational leadership to advance ESN and ESN Hub modernization for the infrastructure organization that enables reliable, secure, scalable, and modern enterprise services across ESN. The Associate Program Leader will lead a broad portfolio of technical workstreams and serve as a trusted partner in shaping the future of the ESN infrastructure. This position is in the Enterprise Infrastructure Services (EIS) Division, within the Computing Directorate, in support of ESN.
This position offers a hybrid schedule, blending in-person and virtual presence. You will have the flexibility to work from home up to one day per week.
You will
- Lead strategic direction for ESN modernization by partnering with ESN leadership and architecture teams to define and champion long-term cloud, server, and network strategies that enable program growth and mission success.
- Provide leadership oversight of the ESN Platform and Infrastructure portfolio by building strategic relationships with program and enterprise leadership as well as NNSA stakeholders to drive interoperability across ESN and adjacent programs.
- Direct infrastructure operations through delegation and team empowerment, ensuring maximum uptime and efficiency while developing leadership capabilities across program and technical teams.
- Drive organizational transformation for infrastructure modernization and operational excellence by establishing strategic priorities, aligning cross-functional resources, optimizing team structures, and ensuring accountability for execution across multiple technical teams.
- Serve as the strategic visionary for ESN infrastructure evolution, collaborating with executive leadership and stakeholders to shape the delivery of resilient, secure, and efficient services.
- Oversee strategic planning for budgets, workforce development, and supply chain strategies that support infrastructure operations and lifecycle management.
- Lead vendor and stakeholder relationships by leveraging procurement expertise to guide contract negotiations, establish performance frameworks including SLAs, and ensure effective service provider management.
- Champion governance frameworks and ensure organizational alignment with IT policies and cybersecurity protocols.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- This position requires an active Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance or active Top-Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at the time of hire.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field, or equivalent combination of technical training and experience.
- Expert experience leading large, diverse technical organizations in the delivery of mission critical enterprise IT infrastructure with minimal direction in a complex enterprise environment.
- Expert experience mentoring technical teams on modern VDI architectures, such as Citrix, VMware Horizon, or AVD, hybrid cloud integration patterns, and enterprise-scale network designs that support large user environments, including SD-WAN, QoS policies, protocol optimization, and multi-datacenter load balancing.
- Subject-matter expertise in enterprise IT vendor management and strategic vendor partnerships, including Microsoft EA/AWS EDP negotiations, licensing optimization across subscription, consumption-based, and perpetual models, RFP/RFQ processes for infrastructure and software platforms, SLA-driven contract negotiations, FinOps and cloud cost governance, and evaluation of emerging technology providers such as Microsoft, AWS, VMware, Cisco, and Oracle.
- Expert strategic leadership experience translating vision into enterprise modernization programs, including cloud migrations, datacenter consolidation, application rationalization, mission-critical infrastructure upgrades, DevSecOps transformation, and BCDR architecture for tier-1 applications.
- Expert experience building technology roadmaps, securing executive sponsorship, and delivering large-scale initiatives with measurable business or mission impact while maintaining operational continuity is preferred.
- Expert communication and collaborative leadership, building trust across infrastructure, application, security, and operations teams while engaging executive stakeholders and C-suite executives (CIO, CISO, CFO) through transparent communication and technical credibility.
- Expert experience leading enterprise infrastructure transformation, including data center modernization, such as hyperconverged infrastructure, VMware vSAN, and Nutanix, network evolution, hybrid cloud architecture using technologies such as VMware Cloud Foundation, Azure Stack HCI, and AWS Outposts, and storage upgrades including flash arrays and NVMe.
Qualifications We Desire
- Experienced infrastructure leader with deep technical credibility, strong people leadership, and a clear vision for evolving ESN to meet future mission requirements.
- Effective in both day-to-day operational leadership and long-term strategy for platform and
- infrastructure services.
Pay Range:
$227,430 - $288,396 Annually
This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting; pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.
Additional Information
#LI-Hybrid
Position Information
This is a Career Indefinite position, open to Lab employees and external candidates.
Why Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory?
- Included in 2026 Best Places to Work by Glassdoor!
- Flexible Benefits Package
- 401(k)
- Relocation Assistance
- Education Reimbursement Program
- Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)
- Our values - visit https://www.llnl.gov/inclusion/our-values
Security Clearance
This position requires an active Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance or active Top Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at time of hire.
Pre-Employment Drug Test
External applicant(s) selected for this position must pass a post-offer, pre-employment drug test. This includes testing for use of marijuana as Federal Law applies to us as a Federal Contractor.
Wireless and Medical Devices
Per the Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory must meet certain restrictions with the use and/or possession of mobile devices in Limited Areas. Depending on your job duties, you may be required to work in a Limited Area where you are not permitted to have a personal and/or laboratory mobile device in your possession. This includes, but not limited to cell phones, tablets, fitness devices, wireless headphones, and other Bluetooth/wireless enabled devices.
If you use a medical device, which pairs with a mobile device, you must still follow the rules concerning the mobile device in individual sections within Limited Areas. Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities require separate approval. Hearing aids without wireless capabilities or wireless that has been disabled are allowed in Limited Areas, Secure Space and Transit/Buffer Space within buildings.
How to identify fake job advertisements
Please be aware of recruitment scams where people or entities are misusing the name of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to post fake job advertisements. LLNL never extends an offer without a personal interview and will never charge a fee for joining our company. All current job openings are displayed on the Career Page under “Find Your Job” of our website. If you have encountered a job posting or have been approached with a job offer that you suspect may be fraudulent, we strongly recommend you do not respond.
To learn more about recruitment scams: https://www.llnl.gov/sites/www/files/2023-05/LLNL-Job-Fraud-Statement-Updated-4.26.23.pdf
Equal Employment Opportunity
We are an equal opportunity employer that is committed to providing all with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status, age, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.
Reasonable Accommodation
Our goal is to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates applying and interviewing at the Laboratory. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please use our online form to submit a request.
California Privacy Notice
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) grants privacy rights to all California residents. The law also entitles job applicants, employees, and non-employee workers to be notified of what personal information LLNL collects and for what purpose. The Employee Privacy Notice can be accessed here.
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What California Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in security program manager jobs across California.
- Bachelor's degree in security management, information systems, or a related field required
- PMP or CISSP certification strongly preferred by California employers
- Five or more years of experience managing security programs or cross-functional security projects
- Demonstrated experience with risk assessment frameworks such as NIST or ISO 27001
- Ability to obtain and maintain a federal security clearance for defense and government roles
- Experience coordinating with California state agencies or compliance with CCPA requirements preferred
Security Program Manager Jobs in California: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a security program manager in California?
Most California employers expect a bachelor's degree in security management, computer science, information systems, or a related field combined with several years of hands-on security or project management experience. From there, earning a Project Management Professional certification through PMI or a Certified Information Systems Security Professional credential strengthens your candidacy significantly. California has no state-issued license specific to this role, so professional certifications and a portfolio of managed programs carry the most weight in hiring decisions.
Which companies hire security program managers in California?
Employers hiring security program managers in California right now include Google, Meta, and ByteDance, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. California's concentration of defense contractors, major technology headquarters, and large financial institutions makes it one of the most consistent states for ongoing security program management hiring.
Which California cities have the most security program manager jobs?
San Francisco, San Jose, and Sunnyvale account for the most security program manager openings in California. The Bay Area leads due to its density of technology companies and financial services firms, Los Angeles draws demand from defense contractors and entertainment-sector security operations, and San Diego's strong military and defense industry presence drives consistent hiring in that corridor.
Are there remote security program manager jobs in California?
Yes, and more than many security roles, because security program managers spend much of their time on planning, reporting, vendor coordination, and cross-team communication that translates well to remote work. About 57% of security program manager openings tied to California are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting how the technology and financial services sectors in the state have embraced flexible arrangements. Roles tied to physical security operations or requiring a clearance are more likely to require on-site presence.
How can I get hired as a security program manager in California with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving laterally from a security analyst, IT project coordinator, or compliance associate role into a junior program management position. Large California defense and technology employers frequently hire associate program managers or security operations coordinators as stepping stones into full program management. Completing a PMP exam prep course or earning a Certified Associate in Project Management credential from PMI signals readiness to California hiring managers. Building experience inside a large employer's security operations center or GRC team is the most direct route to a first program manager title.
Where can I find and apply to security program manager jobs in California?
You can find and apply to security program manager jobs in California on Migrate Mate, which lists current California openings across industries and experience levels. Find roles that fit your background and apply directly to each one.
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