Top Cybersecurity Jobs in Chicago, IL

Leads enterprise application security through secure code reviews, threat modeling, architecture assessments, CI/CD security controls, secure coding standards, API protections, WAF tuning, and software supply chain security. Partners with engineering, DevOps, platform, and SRE teams to remediate risks, automate controls, secure AI-enabled applications, and improve organization-wide security practices. Serves as a principal technical advisor and mentor while defining scalable guardrails, playbooks, metrics, and reference architectures.

Design, implement, and support enterprise identity and access management using Microsoft Entra. Build controls for Conditional Access, MFA, identity governance, privileged access, authentication modernization, and Zero Trust. Develop PowerShell automation for identity lifecycle and governance, partner with technical and business teams, improve security operations, and mentor engineers. The role also includes on-call participation and occasional after-hours work.

Own the security and identity architecture for CDW’s MyCDW ServiceNow platform. Lead consolidation of Entra, Okta, and ServiceNow authentication; architect SailPoint-to-Entra IGA migration; define RBAC, lifecycle, certification, governance, and compliance controls; and guide threat modeling, monitoring, risk reduction, and remediation. Partner across technology and compliance teams, lead IAM and security engineers, manage vendors, and develop strategic roadmaps for secure, cost-effective platform transformation.

Lead technical security strategy and implementation for Managed Services platforms. Design and improve security controls, IAM, PAM, vulnerability management, incident response, and compliance. Embed secure-by-design and DevSecOps practices, mentor engineers, and partner with architecture, engineering, and operations to reduce risk and enable scalable growth.