Top Cyber Security Jobs in Chicago, IL

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.

Designs and leads enterprise cybersecurity architecture across network, cloud, endpoint, identity, and data environments. Develops security strategies, governance frameworks, and controls; conducts risk assessments, vulnerability management, penetration testing, and incident response. Oversees security tool integration, regulatory compliance, third-party risk, and secure development practices. Provides technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-functional guidance to protect business-critical systems and minimize cyber risk.

Designs, leads, and supports enterprise network security and infrastructure solutions. Responsibilities include network engineering, NAC, IAM, ZTNA, VPN, certificate and PKI management, secure connectivity, identity-driven access controls, segmentation, highly available distributed environments, platform upgrades, lifecycle management, and capacity planning. The role also evaluates technology solutions and leads cross-functional initiatives focused on performance, reliability, scalability, and capacity.

Develops secure, isolated attack scenarios across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. Reproduces vulnerabilities, builds multi-step attack chains, creates automated graders and reward signals, and validates outcomes using system state and telemetry. The role also develops attack variants and benign comparisons to evaluate AI security agents, partnering with threat researchers, AI engineers, and environment engineers.

Lead security reviews, code audits, penetration testing, vulnerability research, and mitigation efforts for Microsoft Windows services. Develop reusable security tools and agents, identify attack vectors and architectural risks, demonstrate exploit impact, and collaborate with product engineering teams to design scalable defenses and improve security investments.

Architect and engineer multi-tenant SIEM, SOAR, EDR, telemetry, and cloud security platforms for managed security services. Build detection content, automate response workflows, optimize log ingestion, and secure customer connectivity. Lead technical discovery, onboarding, security assessments, remediation planning, escalations, solution design, and customer advisory engagements. Create architectures, runbooks, and documentation while shaping the MSSP technology strategy.

Lead development and architectural evolution of an AI-powered code security scanner. Build secure user-facing applications, reporting dashboards, backend orchestration and scanning services, LLM integrations, vulnerability analysis workflows, authentication, authorization, and cloud-native solutions. Mentor engineers and drive platform modernization, scalability, automation, testing, and long-term enhancements for enterprise applications in regulated environments.

Deploys and operates Axonius Asset Cloud for cyber asset management, exposure management, and risk-based vulnerability prioritization. Builds integrations, unified asset inventories, correlation models, dashboards, and automated remediation workflows. Supports CNAPP and cloud security operations, vulnerability remediation tracking, platform maintenance, scripting, API integrations, and client engagements. Requires cybersecurity engineering experience, Axonius or comparable CAASM expertise, vulnerability management knowledge, and automation skills.

Leads regional enterprise security sales by serving as a cloud security expert, shaping opportunities, advising account teams, managing executive relationships, and orchestrating technical teams and partners. Conducts architecture reviews, demos, proof-of-concepts, pilots, ROI/TCO analyses, and consultative engagements to promote Microsoft security solutions, Zero Trust adoption, and customer business outcomes.

Provides security engineering and architecture expertise for FedRAMP Cloud Service Provider assessments. Reviews full-stack architectures, authorization packages, security controls, policies, assessment reports, vulnerability scans, and penetration tests for compliance with FedRAMP, NIST, FISMA, RMF, and agency requirements. Leads vendor interviews, identifies technical and documentation gaps, supports continuous monitoring, advises government program leaders and CISOs, and provides security recommendations for cloud systems.

Implement and configure SailPoint IdentityIQ and Identity Security Cloud solutions, including identity lifecycle management, access certifications, provisioning, integrations, workflows, rules, and application onboarding. Lead or support IIQ-to-ISC migrations, gather client requirements, create technical documentation, troubleshoot deployments, and support UAT and hypercare. The role also involves client interaction, mentoring junior engineers, and contributing to reusable delivery assets in a remote consulting environment.

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.

Leads pre-sales identity architecture and consulting engagements for enterprise customers. Designs IAM strategies, maturity assessments, transformation roadmaps, and secure solutions spanning authentication, authorization, IGA, PAM, NHI, and related technologies. Conducts discovery sessions, workshops, assessments, technical presentations, vendor evaluations, and proposal development while partnering with sales and delivery teams. Provides executive and technical guidance, supports identity modernization and migrations, develops reusable offerings, and mentors team members.

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 Prelim’s security program across secure SDLC, application and cloud security, IAM, incident response, endpoint management, vendor risk, security reviews, and SOC 2 Type II compliance. Partner with DevOps and engineering, coordinate penetration testing, develop policies and risk roadmaps, manage audits and customer questionnaires, and improve detection and access controls. The role is the company’s first dedicated security hire and requires strong judgment, communication, and hands-on technical skills.

Own and advance cybersecurity for satellites, flight software, ground systems, mission networks, communication links, and AWS infrastructure. Responsibilities include security architecture, threat modeling, vulnerability management, incident response, IAM, SIEM detection engineering, network defense, cloud security, DLP, security assessments, awareness training, and compliance with CMMC Level 2, NIST 800-171, and ITAR/EAR requirements. The role collaborates with aerospace, software, systems, and compliance teams and requires expertise in mission-system security.

Leads OT/ICS and enterprise cybersecurity architecture for a federal critical-infrastructure modernization program. Responsibilities include requirements development, NERC CIP traceability, market research, RFI and vendor evaluation, lab testing, alternatives analysis, product recommendations, and executive briefings. The role bridges utility operational technology and IT security, covering access control, monitoring, asset management, vulnerability management, SCADA environments, and industrial systems. It is fully remote in the U.S. with up to 25% domestic travel and requires Public Trust eligibility.

Secure Wiz’s products, CI/CD systems, and production cloud infrastructure through threat modeling, security reviews, vulnerability management, detection and response, cloud and Kubernetes security baselines, policy-as-code, and automation. Partner with engineering, DevOps, operations, and Federal teams to implement scalable security controls, remediate risks, support FedRAMP requirements, and promote secure-by-design development practices.

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.

Maintains security infrastructure, firewalls, PKI, access controls, vulnerability management, incident response, compliance documentation, and threat detection systems. Uses AI-powered SIEM, EDR, UEBA, and SOAR tools to automate security operations and identify emerging threats. Develops policies based on NIST, FISMA, PCI, PII, and CJIS requirements; performs risk assessments, system hardening, and security training. Collaborates with IT teams and evaluates AI/ML security, privacy, and supply chain risks.

Build and operate infrastructure security platforms centered on workload identity, service-to-service authentication, authorization, and short-lived credentials. Replace static secrets with identity-based systems, develop identity-authenticated proxies and APIs, and unify authorization policy management. Partner with platform and application teams to drive adoption, migrate legacy systems, and ensure reliable production infrastructure with strong developer experience.

Provides security engineering and architecture expertise for FedRAMP authorization and continuous monitoring. Reviews cloud service provider architectures, security controls, authorization packages, assessment reports, vulnerabilities, and compliance documentation against NIST, FedRAMP, FISMA, RMF, and agency requirements. Leads vendor interviews, identifies technical and documentation gaps, advises government program leads and CISOs on risk posture, and supports secure, compliant, resilient system design.

Owns broad product and operational security responsibilities, including identity and access management, threat modeling, code review, fuzzing, bug bounty operations, AI security research, software supply chain monitoring, penetration test coordination, and compliance evidence. The role requires a strong software engineering background, product security expertise, security tooling development, systems programming experience, and familiarity with web3 or DeFi. It is remote-first and emphasizes autonomy, documentation, and high ownership.