Top Cybersecurity Jobs in Chicago, IL

Design and operate secure endpoint and SaaS controls across GitLab’s remote workforce, with a primary focus on macOS. Build Terraform and GitOps automation, enforce security baselines, manage patching and software distribution, improve endpoint telemetry and detections, and partner with IT and security teams. Mentor engineers and serve as a senior escalation point for complex endpoint security issues.

Leads customer-facing security assurance for enterprise accounts, addressing security questionnaires, risk assessments, RFPs, and contractual requirements. Reviews security and privacy clauses, negotiates risk-based terms with Legal, Sales, Product, and Procurement, and develops security content, playbooks, training, and Trust Center resources. Advises customers on compliance frameworks, cloud and SaaS security, and DevSecOps practices while supporting revenue growth, roadmap decisions, process improvement, and team mentorship.

Own Secret Detection and Vulnerability Research as a product: define strategy across prevention, detection, validation, revocation, and reporting; ship detection content and intelligence with measurable quality; drive adoption, retention, and revenue; partner with engineering, research, and Field; use AI to accelerate research and productization.

Build GitLab code security capabilities spanning dependency analysis, SBOM and lockfile parsing, vulnerability detection, AI-assisted analyzers, and automated dependency remediation. Design evaluation harnesses, package analyzers for CI and AI workflows, improve security report accuracy, and extend ecosystem coverage. Own initiatives from design through delivery, mentor engineers, collaborate across product and engineering teams, document systems, and participate in on-call support.

Leads the architecture and delivery of GitLab’s static analysis engine and evaluation tooling. Owns program modeling, vulnerability detection quality, SAST rules, AI-assisted development guardrails, and benchmark validation. Sets technical direction, mentors engineers, coordinates complex initiatives, contributes to research and open source, and participates in on-call rotations. The role requires deep program analysis, application security, systems programming, performance optimization, containerized CI/CD, and experience building trustworthy LLM tooling.

Owns GitLab’s security policy and standards lifecycle, including drafting, approvals, exceptions, attestations, regulatory alignment, framework mapping, audits, and adherence measurement. Translates emerging regulations into actionable requirements, supports customer trust activities, and automates governance and evidence workflows using AI. Provides technical and program leadership across Security, Product, Legal, and Engineering while mentoring team members and shaping the security governance roadmap.

Own security risk identification, quantification, prioritization, and remediation across third-party risk, assessments, and security findings. Maintain risk registers, reporting, metrics, and remediation tracking while partnering with technical and business stakeholders. Lead AI risk management for ISO 42001 certification and build automation, scripting, and AI-enabled tools to improve GRC workflows. Monitor emerging risks, frameworks, regulations, and threat trends, communicating business-relevant risk insights to leadership.

Lead hands-on product security architecture across GitLab, including design reviews, threat modeling, systemic risk remediation, security standards, prototypes, and reusable developer guardrails. Partner with engineering and product leaders, secure distributed systems and software supply chains, guide AI coding tool security, mentor security engineers, and influence technical direction through proactive architecture and clear communication.

Leads secure enterprise architecture design and GitLab Professional Services implementations across application security, cloud security, DevSecOps, identity, vulnerability management, and compliance. Guides SaaS, Self-Managed, and Dedicated deployment decisions; leads CI/CD, source control, and security-tool migrations; conducts risk assessments and threat modeling; supports pre-sales scoping and statements of work; coordinates cross-functional delivery; mentors consultants; and develops security enablement materials.

Conducts advanced application security research across GitLab’s DevSecOps and AI-powered platforms. Responsibilities include discovering and exploiting systemic vulnerabilities, penetration testing, developing proof-of-concept exploits, researching AI and agentic security threats, building automated research tooling, coordinating remediation, mentoring security professionals, and communicating findings to engineering and security communities.