Security Jobs in United States
There are 35,775 open Security jobs in United States on freehire right now. 7,770 of them were posted recently. The skills employers ask for most often are cloud, cybersecurity and ai.
Salary
| Currency | Period | 25th | Median | 75th | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | year | $139,600 | $170,000 | $205,000 | 2,499 |
| USD | hour | $19 | $24 | $36 | 201 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- cloud 23%
- cybersecurity 23%
- ai 15%
- automation 13%
- cissp 11%
- typescript 11%
- aws 11%
- nist 10%
How the work is done
- Onsite 2,569 · 7%
- Remote 2,301 · 6%
- Hybrid 2,033 · 6%
Visa sponsorship offered in 25% of the 4,056 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 5,853
- Lead 1,841
- Principal 937
- Middle 682
- Staff 608
- Junior 578
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 5,453
- 501-1000 employees 1,639
- 51-200 employees 422
- 11-50 employees 262
- 201-500 employees 62
- 1-10 employees 54
Junior Target Digital Network Analyst [$224k/yr] TS/SCI-FS Poly with Security Clearance
Performs advanced cybersecurity analysis (SIGINT, network/host forensics) to profile targets, detect anomalies, and mitigate vulnerabilities in defense/critical infrastructure systems using Windows/Linux environments.
Junior Cloud Software Engineer [$278k/yr] TS/SCI-FS Poly with Security Clearance
Develop cloud software solutions in AWS using Java, C/C++, and scripting languages on Linux, building distributed systems and big data analytics pipelines with Hadoop/MapReduce/HBase/Accumulo, plus integrating AI/LLM capabilities.
Incident Response and Forensics Lead
Leads a team to investigate, analyze, and respond to cybersecurity incidents, including malware forensics and threat mitigation, while coordinating with government clients and upper leadership.
Senior Offensive Security Consultant, Mandiant, Google Cloud
Senior Offensive Security Consultant at Mandiant (Google Cloud) performing red/purple team assessments, adversarial emulation, pen testing across network/web/mobile/cloud, and social engineering campaigns for enterprise clients.
DevSecOps Engineer - Contract
DevSecOps/Platform Engineer responsible for standing up, securing, and operating AWS infrastructure powering AI capabilities on a large federal program, with secondary data engineering duties building data pipelines.
Security CIS Accreditation Authority
Review and accredit NATO communications systems for security compliance, guide developers, and ensure NATO security regulations are met.