Cybersecurity Engineer Salary in Chicago

Cybersecurity Engineer jobs in Chicago hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $185,702/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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NMI

nmi.com
NMI is a leading provider of payment processing solutions. The company's platform helps businesses accept payments from a variety of sources, including credit cards, debit cards, ACH, and more. NMI's platform offers a range of features, including: Payment gateway Merchant account Payment processing Fraud prevention Customer support NMI's platform is designed to be secure and reliable, with a focus on providing businesses with a seamless payment experience.
nmi.com • Cape Town • Bristol • FinTech • Financial Services • Payments
Cape Town • Bristol • FinTech • Financial Services • Payments
Verified live · 2 hours ago 29 days ago

Senior Staff Information Security Engineer

$113k – $231k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • Remote (United Kingdom, Canada, United States) • Staff
Python
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Platform Engineering
Kubernetes
Cybersecurity
GDPR
ISO 27001
PCI DSS
SOC 2
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 29 days ago

Senior Staff Information Security Engineer

$121k – $251k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • Remote (United States, United Kingdom, Canada) • Staff
Python
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Platform Engineering
Kubernetes
Cybersecurity
GDPR
ISO 27001
PCI DSS
SOC 2
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 29 days ago

Senior Staff Information Security Engineer

$122k – $176k per year • Staff+ • Remote (United Kingdom, United States, Canada) • Staff
Python
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
Platform Engineering
Kubernetes
Cybersecurity
GDPR
ISO 27001
PCI DSS
SOC 2
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Bank of Montreal (operating as BMO Financial Group) is a major North American financial services provider and one of Canada's "Big Five" banks. The institution offers a wide range of personal and commercial banking, wealth management, and investment banking services to millions of customers globally. Leveraging digital banking technologies and extensive branch networks, it helps individual, corporate, and institutional clients manage their assets, secure financing, and navigate financial markets.
bmo.com • Montgomery • Chicago • Berkeley • Toronto • Mississauga • Financial Services • Banking • 5000+ employees
Montgomery • Chicago • Berkeley • Toronto • Mississauga • Financial Services • Banking • 5000+ employees
Verified live · 8 min ago 18 days ago

Audit Manager - Cybersecurity

$74k – $138k per year • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (Chicago, Milwaukee, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
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Top 25% payVerified live · 8 min ago 22 days ago

Principal Cloud Security Engineer

$122k – $228k per year • Lead • 7+ years expIn office (Chicago, Dallas, Jacksonville, San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Principal
Node JS
PowerShell
Python
JavaScript
Node JS
Prisma
Databases
Amazon Redshift
Databricks
Snowflake
AI/ML
PyTorch
TensorFlow
Tokenization
Amazon SageMaker
EU AI Act
Feature Store
Hugging Face
NIST AI RMF
OpenAI
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Amazon S3
IAM
Cybersecurity
Burp Suite
Checkov
GDPR
ISO 27001
Metasploit
Microsoft Defender
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Nessus
NIST CSF
Nmap
OWASP Top 10
Prisma Cloud
tfsec
Wireshark
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Arctic Wolf

arcticwolf.com
Arctic Wolf Networks is a cybersecurity leader specializing in Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and security operations center (SOC) solutions as a service. Headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, the company utilizes its cloud-native platform to ingest and analyze network, endpoint, and cloud telemetry to detect and remediate cyber threats in real time. Operating a concierge-based delivery model, it provides organizations worldwide with tailored risk management, incident response, and security awareness training to safeguard digital assets.
arcticwolf.com • HQ: Eden Prairie, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Cybersecurity • Security Operations • 201-500 employees • Est. 2012
HQ: Eden Prairie, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Cybersecurity • Security Operations • 201-500 employees • Est. 2012
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 day ago 18 days ago

Cybersecurity Consultant / Concierge Security Engineer 2 - Danish Proficient

$69k – $191k per year • Equity • Middle • 2+ years expDenmark • Remote (Denmark, United States) • Full-Time • Middle • Danish: C1
Bash
PowerShell
Python
Cybersecurity
MITRE ATT&CK
Nessus
Nmap
OpenVAS
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 day ago 25 days ago

Senior Manager, Security Engineering

$137k – $222k per year • Equity • Senior • United States • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
ISO 27001
NIST 800-53
NIST CSF
SOC 2
Zero Trust
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 day ago 2 months ago

Manager, Engineering - Endpoint Security

$119k – $280k per year • Equity • Lead • 8+ years expUnited States • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
Bash
PowerShell
Python
Ruby
Databases
Amazon Aurora
DevOps
AWS
Azure
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Mysten Labs

mystenlabs.com
Mysten Labs is a technology company founded in 2021 by former cryptography and engineering leads of the Diem project, based in Palo Alto. It created the Sui blockchain, which uses an object-centric data model and the Move language to parallelise transaction processing. The company also builds supporting infrastructure such as decentralised storage and zero-knowledge login systems used across the Sui ecosystem.
mystenlabs.com • HQ: Palo Alto, United States • Blockchain & Crypto • Est. 2021
HQ: Palo Alto, United States • Blockchain & Crypto • Est. 2021
Top 25% pay 18 days ago

Staff Security Engineer, Walrus

$180k – $264k per year • Staff+ • 8+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
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Root Insurance

joinroot.com
Root Insurance prices car policies using smartphone-measured driving behaviour. Applicants complete a test drive period before receiving a personalised rate. The company operates as a licensed carrier and also distributes through embedded partners.
joinroot.com • HQ: Columbus, United States • Est. 2015
HQ: Columbus, United States • Est. 2015
$112k – $139k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Tokenization
Claude
Copilot
OpenAI Codex
DevOps
IAM
CI/CD
GitHub
Cybersecurity
HIPAA
Least Privilege
PCI DSS
SOC 2
ISO 27001
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Material

material.security
Material Security provides phishing protection, account takeover prevention, and email DLP for Google Workspace and Microsoft 365.
material.security • San Francisco • Productivity Software • Cybersecurity • Email Security
San Francisco • Productivity Software • Cybersecurity • Email Security
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 18 days ago

Sr. Manager, Email Security Engineering

$235k – $260k per year • Senior • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
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NOUS RESEARCH

nousresearch.com
Nous Research is a leader in the American open source AI movement, training world-class open source language models.
nousresearch.com • New York • LLM & Generative AI
New York • LLM & Generative AI
Verified live · 9 hours ago 18 days ago

Security Engineer

Senior • 8+ years exp • Remote (AMER) • Full-Time • Staff
AI Agents
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
Kubernetes
Vercel
IAM
Cybersecurity
ISO 27001
SOC 2
Least Privilege
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ClickUp

clickup.com
ClickUp is a software company headquartered in San Diego, California, and was founded in 2017. The company provides an all-in-one productivity platform that integrates project management, document collaboration, whiteboards, spreadsheets, and AI-powered workflow automation into a single application. It serves millions of users across diverse industries worldwide, ranging from small startups to large enterprise organizations, and operates as a privately held venture-backed firm.
clickup.com • HQ: San Diego, United States • Business Process Automation (BPA) • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence • Communication & Collaboration • Productivity Software • Software • Project Management • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2017
HQ: San Diego, United States • Business Process Automation (BPA) • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence • Communication & Collaboration • Productivity Software • Software • Project Management • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2017
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 day ago 18 days ago

Senior Manager, Engineering - Identity & Access Management

$250k – $300k per year • Lead • 8+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Senior
AI Agents
DevOps
Platform Engineering
IAM
Cybersecurity
Okta
ISO 27001
SOC 2
Zero Trust
Management
ClickUp
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Avertium

avertium.com
Avertium is a managed security services provider (MSSP) and cybersecurity consultancy headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, with major Cyber Fusion Centers in Nashville, Tennessee and Tucson, Arizona. Formed in 2019 through the combination of Virtual Security Cloud Managed Services (VSC), Terra Verde Cybersecurity, and TruArx by private equity firm Sunstone Partners, the enterprise operates on a B2B SaaS, Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR), and cybersecurity consulting recurring revenue model.
avertium.com • HQ: Phoenix, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Cybersecurity AI • Information Security • Cybersecurity • Est. 2019
HQ: Phoenix, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Cybersecurity AI • Information Security • Cybersecurity • Est. 2019
Verified live · 4 hours ago 18 days ago

CyberSecurity Consultant | Contractor

$119k – $220k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Contractor • Senior
SQL
Databases
ElasticSearch
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CloudFormation
GCP
Jenkins
Kibana
Logstash
GitHub
IAM
Cybersecurity
HIPAA
Microsoft Defender
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Sentinel
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Open 471 dayVerified live · 4 hours ago 1 year ago

CyberSecurity Consultant | Microsoft Azure

$115k – $214k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Azure
IAM
Cybersecurity
HIPAA
Microsoft Defender
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Sentinel
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Open 1284 daysVerified live · 4 hours ago 3 years ago

CyberSecurity Engineer | LogRhythm

$66k – $162k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
Bash
PowerShell
Python
SQL
Databases
ElasticSearch
DevOps
Amazon EC2
AWS
Azure
Amazon S3
Cybersecurity
LogRhythm
MITRE ATT&CK
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OpenZeppelin

openzeppelin.com
OpenZeppelin is a smart contract security company founded in 2015 with origins in Buenos Aires. Its open-source contract libraries are the de facto standard for token and access control implementations across Ethereum and compatible chains. The firm also performs audits and sells Defender, a platform for secure contract operations, upgrades and incident response.
openzeppelin.com • HQ: Buenos Aires, Argentina • Cybersecurity • Financial Services • Blockchain & Crypto • Est. 2015
HQ: Buenos Aires, Argentina • Cybersecurity • Financial Services • Blockchain & Crypto • Est. 2015
Open 2063 daysVerified live · 7 hours ago 5 years ago

Blockchain Security Researcher - Future Openings

Remote • Contractor • English: C1
Solidity
Cairo
Go
Move
Rust
Cairo
OpenZeppelin Cairo
Solidity
Certora
Echidna
Halmos
Cybersecurity
Threat Modeling
Web3
Aave
DeFi
Ethereum
OpenZeppelin
Smart Contracts
Uniswap
Aptos
Cosmos
Cosmos SDK
Foundry
Solana
Starknet
Stellar
Sui
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CACI International delivers information technology and mission support to defence and intelligence agencies. Its work spans signals intelligence systems, electronic warfare, software modernisation and secure networks. The company employs tens of thousands of cleared professionals.
caci.com • HQ: Reston, United States • National Security • Data & Analytics • Cybersecurity • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1962
HQ: Reston, United States • National Security • Data & Analytics • Cybersecurity • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1962
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 day ago 2 months ago

Cloud Identity & Access Management - SOCEUR

$105k – $231k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
C++
Go
Python
DevOps
Azure
GCP
Terraform
IAM
Cybersecurity
Keycloak
Okta
Zero Trust
Least Privilege
Management
Google Workspace
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Akamai

akamai.com
Akamai is the cybersecurity and cloud computing company that powers and protects business online.
akamai.com • Singapore • Hong Kong • CDN • Cybersecurity • Cloud Computing • 1001-5000 employees
Singapore • Hong Kong • CDN • Cybersecurity • Cloud Computing • 1001-5000 employees
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 19 days ago

Principal Security Engineer - Akamai Inference Cloud

$132k – $238k per year • Equity • Lead • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Principal
Python
DevOps
Akamai
Kubernetes
Cybersecurity
GDPR
ISO 27001
SOC 2
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ICF

icf.com
ICF is a global consulting and technology services company with approximately 9,000 employees, but we are not your typical consultants. At ICF, business analysts and policy specialists work together with digital strategists, data scientists and creatives. We combine unmatched industry expertise with cutting-edge engagement capabilities to help organizations solve their most complex challenges.
icf.com • Arlington • Reston • Brussels • Madrid • Newark • Government • Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1969
Arlington • Reston • Brussels • Madrid • Newark • Government • Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1969
Verified live · 1 day ago 19 days ago

IAM Lead

$108k – $184k per year • Lead • 7+ years expWashington • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
IAM
Cybersecurity
Microsoft Entra ID
Okta
Zero Trust
Least Privilege
NIST 800-53
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State Street

statestreet.com
State Street is a major American financial services and bank holding company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. As one of the world's largest custodian banks and asset managers, it provides comprehensive asset servicing, fund administration, foreign exchange, and investment management through its State Street Global Advisors division.
statestreet.com • HQ: Boston, United States • Financial Services • Banking • Asset Management • 1001-5000 employees
HQ: Boston, United States • Financial Services • Banking • Asset Management • 1001-5000 employees
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 day ago 19 days ago

Security Architect- MD

$175k – $288k per year • Staff+ • 15+ years expIn office (Chicago, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Architect
AI Agents
LLM Guardrails
Cybersecurity
GDPR
Threat Modeling
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Harness

harness.io
Harness is a unified, end-to-end AI software delivery platform to manage the SDLC using purpose-built AI agents.
harness.io • Bengaluru • San Francisco • Chicago • Raleigh • Tampa • Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • DevOps • Est. 2016
Bengaluru • San Francisco • Chicago • Raleigh • Tampa • Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • DevOps • Est. 2016
Verified live · 1 day ago 2 months ago

AppSec Sales Engineer - East

$109k – $242k per year (Estimated)Tampa • Remote (United States, Georgia)
Knowledge Graph
DevOps
AppDynamics
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Verified live · 1 day ago 2 months ago

AppSec Sales Engineer - East

$109k – $242k per year (Estimated)Raleigh • Remote (United States, Georgia)
Knowledge Graph
DevOps
AppDynamics
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 day ago 2 months ago

AppSec Sales Engineer East

$220k – $290k per year • Atlanta • Remote (United States)
Knowledge Graph
DevOps
AppDynamics
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Ardent

ardentmc.com
Ardent is a premier technology firm serving the public sector, focused on delivering mission-critical solutions. They specialize in data science and analytics, digital transformation, and location intelligence, helping organizations to make better decisions, modernize their systems, and decode spatial data. Ardent is committed to defending against man-made and natural threats, providing effective solutions such as cloud applications, cybersecurity, and spatial data science.
ardentmc.com • HQ: Washington, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Data Science • Geospatial Analytics
HQ: Washington, United States • Artificial Intelligence • Data Science • Geospatial Analytics
Verified live · 1 day ago 19 days ago

Application Security Engineer

$77k – $172k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 4+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Middle
JavaScript
Java
Node JS
Python
Ruby
Java
Spring Boot
DevOps
CI/CD
Kubernetes
New Relic
Nexus Repository
Splunk
Cybersecurity
Zero Trust
Checkmarx
CVSS
SonarQube
Sonatype Nexus IQ
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$90k – $185k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 4+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
JavaScript
Java
Node JS
Python
Ruby
Java
Spring Boot
DevOps
CI/CD
Kubernetes
New Relic
Nexus Repository
Splunk
Cybersecurity
Zero Trust
Checkmarx
CVSS
SonarQube
Sonatype Nexus IQ
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Verified live · 1 day ago 20 days ago

DevSecOps Engineer

$105k – $214k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Senior
Groovy
Python
DevOps
Ansible
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
CloudFormation
Docker
GCP
Git
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Terraform
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BeyondTrust

beyondtrust.com
BeyondTrust is a cybersecurity software company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and founded in 2006. The organization provides a platform for privileged access management, identity security, and secure remote access to protect organizations from data breaches and internal threats. It operates globally across various sectors, serving thousands of customers including government agencies and large enterprises under the ownership of Francisco Partners.
beyondtrust.com • HQ: Atlanta, United States • Vulnerability Management • Endpoint Security • Cloud Security • Information Security • Cybersecurity • Identity Management • Est. 2006
HQ: Atlanta, United States • Vulnerability Management • Endpoint Security • Cloud Security • Information Security • Cybersecurity • Identity Management • Est. 2006
Open 108 daysVerified live · 3 min ago 4 months ago

Principal Software Security Architect

$130k – $259k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 10+ years exp • Remote (United States, Canada) • Architect
Claude
LLM
LLM Guardrails
OpenAI
DevOps
AWS
Azure
Kubernetes
Cybersecurity
BeyondTrust
Threat Modeling
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Coupa Software

coupa.com
Coupa Software is a global enterprise software leader in AI-driven Business Spend Management (BSM) and supply chain design, headquartered in Foster City, California. Founded in 2006 by Dave Stephens and Noah Eisner (and taken private by Thoma Bravo in an $8B transaction in 2023), the platform oversees trillions of dollars in transactional spend across a network of over 3,000 corporate clients globally.
coupa.com • HQ: Foster City, United States • Transportation & Logistics • Supply Chain • Software • Business Process Automation (BPA) • 201-500 employees • Est. 2006
HQ: Foster City, United States • Transportation & Logistics • Supply Chain • Software • Business Process Automation (BPA) • 201-500 employees • Est. 2006
Verified live · 1 day ago 20 days ago

Sr Security Engineer - 11816

$83k – $116k per year • Senior • 5+ years expLos Angeles • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
JavaScript
Python
DevOps
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
GCP
Kubernetes
IAM
Cybersecurity
CVSS
FedRAMP
ISO 27001
PCI DSS
SOC 2
Least Privilege
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 day ago 25 days ago

Sr Security Architecture Manager

$149k – $208k per year • Senior • 10+ years expLos Angeles • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
ChatGPT
Claude
Gemini
Anthropic
EU AI Act
ISO 42001
NIST AI RMF
OpenAI
Red Teaming
DevOps
AWS
Azure
GCP
IAM
Cybersecurity
GDPR
HIPAA
ISO 27001
OWASP Top 10
SOC 2
Threat Modeling
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Baker Tilly

bakertilly.com
Baker Tilly is a top-ten global advisory, tax, and assurance network providing accounting, consulting, and risk management solutions. With thousands of professionals across over 140 countries, the firm primarily serves middle-market businesses, large enterprises, and public sector clients. It combines scale with personalized, partner-led strategies to help organizations navigate financial complexities, operational growth, and strategic transformation.
bakertilly.com • HQ: Chicago, United States • Professional Services • Financial Services • Audit • 5000+ employees
HQ: Chicago, United States • Professional Services • Financial Services • Audit • 5000+ employees
Verified live · 2 hours ago 20 days ago

IT Audit, Cybersecurity & Risk Senior Consultant (SOC focus)

$113k – $226k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 3+ years expIn office (Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, New York, Chicago, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 26 days ago

IT Audit, Cybersecurity & Risk Advisory Senior (HITRUST)

$113k – $226k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 3+ years expIn office (Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, New York, Atlanta, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
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Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 2 months ago

IT Audit, Cybersecurity & Risk Manager (HITRUST)

$124k – $235k per year • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (Chicago, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New York, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
HIPAA
NIST 800-53
NIST CSF
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Hitachi

hitachi.com
Hitachi is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate specializing in industrial equipment, power systems, railway infrastructure, and digital technologies. Through its Social Innovation Business and Lumada platform, the company combines operational technology with enterprise IT to modernize critical infrastructure globally. Operating across diverse sectors - including energy, mobility, healthcare, and green technologies - Hitachi drives digital transformation and sustainable development worldwide.
hitachi.com • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Hardware • Industrial Machinery • Manufacturing • 5000+ employees
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Hardware • Industrial Machinery • Manufacturing • 5000+ employees
Verified live · 3 hours ago 20 days ago

Cybersecurity Compliance Project Manager

$107k – $197k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expAtlanta • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior • English
ISO 27001
NIST CSF
Analytics
Power BI
Management
Power Automate
ServiceNow
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Cybersecurity Engineer Salary in Chicago
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What salary do Cybersecurity Engineer jobs in Chicago pay?
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