1,123 defense jobs at 403 companies in California
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Director, Defense
Los Angeles, California, United States
$270k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE4+ Mgmt10+ years in defense/aerospace/maritime with 4+ years building and leading teams; track record winning defense programs; bachelor's degree required; U.S. Person per ITAR; travel 30–40%.
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Insurance Defense Attorney
Los Angeles, California, United States
$195k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
4+ YOE4-7 years insurance defense litigation experience; familiarity with pretrial filings in complex litigation, construction, mass torts, personal injury, and products liability; admission to California; strong writing and analytical skills; able to work independently and collaboratively.
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Criminal Defense Attorney
Fresno, California, United States
$80k-$120k/yr OnsiteFull Time
3+ YOEAdmitted attorney with at least 3 years of criminal defense experience, including complex federal, state, and local cases. Strong legal research, courtroom, client communication, and collaboration skills required.
Legal research
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Insurance Defense Attorney
Los Angeles, California, United States
$195k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
4+ YOE4-7 years insurance defense litigation experience, familiarity with pretrial filings in complex litigation, construction, mass torts, personal injury, and products liability; strong writing and analytical skills; California admission required.
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Cyber Defense Specialist, Senior
Oakland or California or Long Beach or El Dorado Hills or Rancho Cordova or Woodland Hills
$116k-$174k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOERequires a college degree or equivalent experience, 5+ years of relevant experience, advanced security knowledge, and expertise in monitoring, incident response, SIEM, intrusion detection, threat hunting, and managed defense.
Security Information Event Management (SIEM), Wireshark, Nmap, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), User and Event Behavioral Analytics (UEBA), Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR), NIST 800-53, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Security Incident Response Team (SIRT), Corrective Action Plans (CAP)
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Senior Criminal Defense Paralegal
Los Angeles, California, United States
$65k-$80k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOERequires 5+ years as a paralegal or legal assistant, 4+ years of criminal defense experience, English and Spanish fluency, California criminal court knowledge, legal filing expertise, and Clio, Excel, and Google Workspace proficiency.
Clio, Microsoft Excel, Google Workspace
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Senior Counsel - Trial & Defense
Los Angeles or San Francisco or Irvine
$230k-$250k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years insurance defense litigation experience, admission to the California bar, exceptional legal writing and oral advocacy, ability to manage 10–20 matters, supervise associates/paralegals, and conduct research using Westlaw.
Westlaw
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Managing Director, Defense + Space
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Senior leadership role to build relationships with CFOs/CEOs/COOs in defense/space; set goals, budgets, and execute plans.
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Insurance Defense Trial Attorney
Costa Mesa, California, United States
$129k-$180k/yr HybridFull Time
2+ YOEActive California law license; 2-15 years civil trial and jury trial experience (insurance defense, medical malpractice, personal injury, or workers' compensation preferred); jury, mediation, and deposition experience; file ownership; knowledge of discovery and trial procedures; ability to work with electronic case files.
Case Management system, Document Storage system
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DEFENSE INVESTIGATOR I
Fresno County, California, United States
$59k-$76k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Bachelor's degree, valid Class C driver's license or equivalent, and ability to obtain and maintain security clearance for access to detention facilities and hospitals.
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Cyber Defense Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud
California or Georgia or Illinois or Virginia or Washington
$112k-$161k/yr RemoteFull Time
3+ YOEBachelor's degree or equivalent experience; 3 years configuring SOAR technologies, executive and technical reporting, and data analytics; 2 years with cyber defense teams in operational environments.
Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR), Python, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
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Noncredit Self Defense Adjunct Instructor
Santa Clarita, California, United States
$56/hr OnsitePart Time
2+ YOEBachelor's degree with 2 years self-defense experience or associate degree with 6 years, or California Designated Subjects Adult Education Credential; adjunct teaching in noncredit self-defense; availability including evenings and Saturdays.
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Bilingual Criminal Defense Associate Attorney
Santa Maria, California, United States
$125k-$155k/yr OnsiteFull Time
2+ YOECalifornia Bar admission, 2+ years as a public defender, prosecutor, or criminal defense attorney, at least 2 jury trials to verdict, and fluency in English and Spanish.
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Workers' Compensation Defense Attorney - SDO
San Diego or California
$100k-$220k/yr HybridFull Time
1+ YOEActive California State Bar membership in good standing and preferred workers' compensation defense experience. Requires strong research, analytical, organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
web-based legal tools, case management, billing, legal research
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Missile Defense Systems Architect, Senior
Huntsville or McLean or Beavercreek or Arlington or San Diego or El Segundo or Rome or Colorado Springs or Lexington
$87k-$198k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years software architecture, 5+ years missile defense systems, DoD/government experience, containerization/Kubernetes, DevSecOps, JMS/ProtoBuf, SDLC knowledge, secret clearance, bachelor’s degree.
Kubernetes, JMS, Zenoh, MQTT, gRPC, ProtoBuf, Java, SysML, DoDAF, UAF, CI/CD
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Civil Litigation Defense Attorney - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States
$100k-$200k/yr HybridFull Time
2+ YOELicensed California attorney with 2+ years civil litigation defense, JD, strong writing, analytical and advocacy skills.
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Missile Defense Systems Architect, Senior
Huntsville or Arlington or Beavercreek or Colorado Springs or El Segundo or Lexington or McLean or Rome or San Diego
$87k-$198k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years software architecture, 5+ years missile defense systems, DoD experience, containerization (Kubernetes), SDLC/DevSecOps, SysML/DoDAF/UAF, DoD 5000 familiarity, Secret clearance, Bachelor's degree.
Kubernetes, CI/CD, Java Message Service, Zenoh, MQTT, gRPC, Protocol Buffers, SysML, DoDAF, UAF
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Manager, Cyber Defense
New York City or Boston or Washington or San Francisco
$194k-$285k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Proven information security and incident response experience with people leadership, on-call incident command, global collaboration, and automation/AI orientation.
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Self-Defense Instructor
Visalia, California, United States
$24-$28/hr OnsitePart Time
5+ YOE5 years martial arts experience, 2 years teaching and 2 years working with children required; strong communication, leadership, and group-management skills.
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Trainer, Air Defense
Abu Dhabi or Costa Mesa
FieldFull Time
Experience delivering technical training in the Middle East, designing curricula and training collateral, ability to travel up to 50% (including hazard zones), and eligibility to obtain a U.S. Secret security clearance.
Lattice OS, Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (CUAS), C2, RF
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