Top Cyber Security Jobs in Chicago, IL

Lead AI/ML security architecture and engineering initiatives, clarify security requirements across multiple networks, assess and triage threats, manage disruptive-event response resources, and recommend risk-based business modifications. Build enterprise security solutions through hands-on coding, threat modeling, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, cloud-native development, and security integration into CI/CD workflows.

Leads a security engineering team responsible for cloud infrastructure security, application security, CI/CD hardening, DSPM, and SaaS security posture management. Provides hands-on technical leadership, owns the security engineering program, reviews architecture, develops preventative controls, manages security projects, and partners with DevOps, Engineering, and Product teams to integrate security requirements. Manages team performance and growth while driving remediation and continuous improvement across cloud and application environments.

Leads customer solution architecture for ServiceNow Risk, Security, ITOM, and Operational Technology Management solutions. Responsibilities include pre-sales solutioning, scoping, architecture design, implementation oversight, executive consultation, delivery governance, stakeholder engagement, training, documentation, and mentoring. The role connects ServiceNow workflows with customer technology environments and applies OT security, risk, segmentation, regulatory, and industry-standard practices. It requires up to 20% travel and obtaining or maintaining several ServiceNow certifications.

Supports cloud, application, endpoint, and infrastructure security across AWS environments. Responsibilities include monitoring CrowdStrike, Microsoft Defender, SIEM, IDS/IPS, and Datadog alerts; maintaining security tools and CI/CD scanning; triaging vulnerabilities; assisting with incident response; reviewing AWS security findings; supporting IAM, encryption, VPN, and certificate controls; and maintaining SOC 2 audit documentation. The role collaborates with DevOps and engineering teams on secure coding and security posture improvements.

The Associate Principal of Security Engineering will manage privileged access systems, implement AI-based security, and enhance security architecture while providing support and leadership in cybersecurity initiatives.

Lead security engineering across AI systems, cloud infrastructure, product security, GRC automation, GitHub controls, and compliance workflows. Develop AI-specific threat models and guardrails, automate security checks and evidence collection, strengthen AWS and GCP environments, manage CSPM tooling, and secure software supply chains. Partner with Engineering, Product, Legal, IT, and GRC to establish security programs and practical controls for Jasper’s AI platforms.

Lead the development of SailPoint’s cybersecurity architecture practice. Create holistic and reference architectures, define security domains, develop strategic roadmaps, identify security gaps, and translate architectural concepts into viable engineering solutions. Partner with leadership to prioritize initiatives, secure funding, and operationalize the practice. The role also includes hands-on security projects, cross-functional collaboration, stakeholder influence, and mentoring architects and engineers across cloud, application, identity, and network security.

Lead corporate endpoint security architecture with a focus on macOS, designing secure-by-default controls, automation, patching, software distribution, and security baselines across macOS, iOS, Windows, and Linux. Manage configurations through Terraform, GitOps, version control, CI pipelines, and automated rollouts. Partner with IT and security teams to improve telemetry, detection, response, auditability, and operational efficiency. Mentor engineers and serve as a senior escalation point for complex endpoint security issues in a fully remote environment.

As a Security Engineer, you will conduct security assessments, develop security tools, perform architecture reviews, and collaborate on advanced security research.

Lead client engagements to design and implement secure network architectures (Zero Trust, SASE/SSE, segmentation, OT security). Manage teams, mentor staff, oversee enterprise network security configurations, and ensure project delivery and quality. Collaborate with clients to align security strategies with business objectives and drive innovation in network security practices.

The Senior Security Engineering Manager oversees security policies, manages incident response, monitors threats, and coordinates investigations while ensuring compliance.

Secure LLMs, generative AI systems, ML infrastructure, training pipelines, and AI applications. Responsibilities include threat modeling, architecture reviews, security controls, hardening, vulnerability remediation, data privacy, incident response runbooks, vendor reviews, governance, policy development, and AI security training. The role also supports proof-of-concept security solutions and monitors emerging AI threats.

Serves as the senior technical authority for enterprise browser data protection and security. Owns architecture, roadmap, standards, lifecycle, browser-based DLP controls, integrations, automation, and operational support. Leads complex troubleshooting, major incident response, root-cause analysis, runbook development, and continuous improvement. Partners across cybersecurity, identity, endpoint, network, cloud, risk, compliance, and vendor teams while mentoring engineers and influencing enterprise security design.

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 applied research on agentic AI for cybersecurity: develop efficient post-trained models, agent designs, and rigorous evaluation/verification. Partner with security teams to translate research into products, run experiments, and publish novel techniques.

Lead AI security strategy and guardrails, design and review AI gateways and tooling, scale InfoSec review processes, reduce AI-driven security noise, drive remediation and investigations, and mentor security and platform engineers.

Designs, deploys, and supports enterprise network security systems, including BGP routing, DDoS mitigation, cloud network security, and WAF solutions. Leads security engineering initiatives, defines requirements, manages technical risks and vulnerabilities, develops test plans, reports metrics, collaborates with stakeholders, resolves complex security issues, and mentors team members.

The Staff Security Engineer will lead technical security initiatives, own architectural security decisions, mentor engineers, and align teams on security strategy while ensuring system integrity and compliance.

Designs, implements, and manages enterprise IT security solutions. Partners with architects, developers, and leadership on security plans; assesses vulnerabilities; strengthens systems, networks, and applications; manages security tools and software; and reduces risks across complex projects. The role focuses on user access, network protection, and maintaining a resilient enterprise security environment.

Develops and validates hardware and software security solutions for DoD sensor payloads and mission systems. Responsibilities include systems security architecture, requirements development, anti-tamper and cybersecurity implementation, reverse engineering, security testing, RMF compliance, technical release analysis, exportability assessments, cryptographic protection, A&A documentation, and POA&M maintenance. The role collaborates with government, program, business development, and international stakeholders and provides technology-release training. This is a full-time, on-site position in Rolling Meadows, Illinois.

Develop and integrate hardware and software anti-tamper and cybersecurity solutions for DoD sensor, targeting, and electronic warfare systems. Perform secure architecture, requirements development, security testing, validation, reverse engineering, risk management, technical release analyses, exportability assessments, and compliance with U.S. Government security policies. Support Assessment and Authorization, Security Plans, POA&Ms, technology release training, cryptographic security, and collaboration with government and international program stakeholders.

Designs, automates, and supports complex cybersecurity solutions across cloud and infrastructure environments. Responsibilities include security alert monitoring, incident and vulnerability management, security architecture, SIEM tuning, access reviews, compliance with frameworks such as SOC 2 and CMMC, risk assessments, third-party security reviews, scripting, and secure technology guidance. The role also mentors team members and partners with technical and business stakeholders to improve security posture.

Develop enterprise security architecture strategies, align cybersecurity with business and IT objectives, evaluate systems for security and risk improvements, and guide technology roadmaps. Collaborate with engineering, architecture, clinical, business, and executive stakeholders; advise on threats, frameworks, and security investments; deliver complex security initiatives; mentor junior staff; and participate in on-call support and local travel.

Designs and implements enterprise cybersecurity controls, manages security applications and advanced tooling, investigates and leads incident response, and supports threat detection, vulnerability remediation, risk assessments, audits, and compliance. Develops security policies and standards, administers cloud security and data protection capabilities, delivers security projects, mentors team members, and communicates security strategies to business and technology partners. Participates in a 24/7 on-call rotation and provides local support across corporate sites.

Leads enterprise security configuration automation and engineering strategy, roadmap, and delivery. Oversees teams developing policy-as-code, configuration baselines, preventive and detective controls, posture management improvements, and security enforcement capabilities. Partners with security, technology, risk, finance, and business stakeholders to remediate control gaps and meet regulatory and audit requirements. Establishes metrics, evaluates investments, and builds a high-performing security engineering team.