Security Jobs in United States
There are 35,670 open Security jobs in United States on freehire right now. 7,816 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 | $138,600 | $170,000 | $205,000 | 2,589 |
| USD | hour | $19 | $24 | $36 | 216 |
From postings that disclose pay. Currencies are counted separately, never converted.
Most requested skills
- cloud 22%
- cybersecurity 22%
- ai 15%
- automation 12%
- typescript 11%
- aws 10%
- python 9%
- azure 8%
How the work is done
- Onsite 2,488 · 7%
- Remote 2,248 · 6%
- Hybrid 1,991 · 6%
Visa sponsorship offered in 24% of the 4,064 postings that state a position on it.
Seniority
- Senior 6,053
- Lead 1,824
- Principal 917
- Middle 758
- Junior 639
- Staff 596
Who is hiring
- 1000+ employees 5,493
- 501-1000 employees 1,651
- 51-200 employees 423
- 11-50 employees 268
- 201-500 employees 64
- 1-10 employees 54
Senior Enterprise Security Engineer
Protect Faire’s corporate systems and data while shaping AI governance policies; hands-on security engineering across endpoints, networks, identity, and SaaS.
IT Security Analyst II
Senior Cybersecurity Analyst at an IT managed services provider, responsible for security event monitoring, incident response triage, threat hunting, log analysis, and client reporting using EDR, SIEM, firewalls, and IAM tools.
System Vulnerability Analyst 3
Analyzes system vulnerabilities and attack techniques to develop countermeasures, producing reports on threats to hardware, software, and operational security for mission-critical systems.
Senior Information System Security Officer (ISSO)
Senior ISSO providing on-site RMF sustainment, authorization, and FedRAMP support for a government contract in Washington, D.C., working with NIST 800-37/800-53, Azure Government, Microsoft 365 GCC, Entra ID, Okta, and CSAM platforms.
IAM Architect
IAM Architect designing enterprise identity and access management solutions covering authentication (SSO, MFA, passwordless), authorization (RBAC, ABAC), and federation (SAML, OAuth, OIDC) in a hybrid 3-day-onsite role.
Embedded Software Engineer with Security Clearance
The Embedded Software Engineer will develop C/C++ software for custom AMD/Xilinx SoC-based hardware in both embedded Linux and bare-metal environments. The role involves board bring-up and requires an active security clearance.
Sr. Security Assurance Engineer
Builds and maintains automated GRC control monitoring systems in AWS using Python under CI/CD, engineers self-service evidence collection, and applies LLMs/AI agents to compliance workflows like evidence review, control mapping, and risk assessment.
Cybersecurity Engineer
Cybersecurity Engineer responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise cybersecurity infrastructure—including firewalls, SIEM, EDR/XDR, and vulnerability management—protecting DoD mission-critical systems.
Senior Security Engineering Manager, Enterprise Security
Leads a team that builds and matures security programs across enterprise security, security operations, and detection engineering to protect corporate systems, cloud environments, and business applications at an AI-powered lending marketplace.