42 security operations lead jobs at 37 companies in Illinois
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Manager, Security Operations
Naperville, Illinois, United States
$130k-$190k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOE2+ MgmtBachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience; 5+ years in information security and 2+ years leading or managing. Requires hands-on incident response, vulnerability management, security operations, and team leadership.
SIEM, EDR, XDR, MFA
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Manager, Security Operations
Chicago or Reno
$129k-$188k/yr OnsiteFull Time
8+ YOE3+ Mgmt8+ years in security operations/incident response, 3+ years leading a SOC, experience with SIEM/SOAR/EDR/XDR, AI/LLMs applied to security, incident response expertise, strong communication and leadership.
SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, threat intelligence platforms, AI/LLMs
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Manager, Security Operations
Naperville, Illinois, United States
$130k-$190k/yr HybridFull Time
5+ YOE2+ MgmtBachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience; 5+ years in information security and 2+ years leading or managing. Requires incident response, detection, vulnerability management, security frameworks, and team leadership experience.
SIEM, EDR, XDR, MFA
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Lead Executives Security Operations Specialist
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
$73k-$122k/yr OnsiteFull Time
4+ YOE4+ years executive protection/military or law enforcement experience, 4+ years professional driving experience, HS diploma/GED, in-state driver's license with clean record, Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED, executive protection training, ability to work irregular hours.
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Security Officer Team Lead
Forest Park, Illinois, United States
$24/hr OnsiteFull Time
2+ YOEAbility to lead security operations with surveillance and incident response; valid driver\u0002s license and ability to pass cannabis-regulated background check; 2+ years experience preferred; associate degree in criminal justice preferred.
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Director of Security Technology Engineering and Operations
Cincinnati or Atlanta or Minneapolis or Charlotte or Chicago or Englewood or Irving
$164k-$193k/yr HybridFull Time
15+ YOEBachelor's degree or equivalent, 15+ years in security engineering/operations with proven success leading large global technical organizations; deep expertise in network, endpoint, cloud, and data security; executive presence in regulated environments.
AWS, Azure, GCP
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Cybersecurity Operations Lead
Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, United States
OnsiteFull Time
6+ YOE6+ years DoD cybersecurity operations experience (RMF, vulnerability management, incident response), SECRET clearance, DoDM 8140.03 qualification, DCWF Cyber Defense Analyst role, and advanced security certifications.
eMASS, Tenable, ACAS, Trellix ePO, HBSS, Cisco ISE, Palo Alto NGFW, Panorama, Splunk, SIEM, Symantec ProxySG
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Lead Specialist, Cloud Security
Phoenix or Tempe or Los Angeles or San Diego or San Francisco or Santa Clara or Stamford or Washington or Fort Lauderdale or Jacksonville or Miami or Orlando or Tampa or Atlanta or Chicago or Baltimore or Charlotte or Raleigh or Montvale or Short Hills or New York City or Cincinnati or Cleveland or Columbus or Portland or Philadelphia or Austin or Dallas or Fort Worth or Houston or McLean or Seattle
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5+ YOEBachelor's degree and at least five years of cybersecurity experience, including cloud security, governance, risk management, security operations, or cloud architecture. AWS, Azure, IAM, Wiz, CSPM/CNAPP, ServiceNow CMDB, and Tufin experience required.
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, IAM, Wiz, CSPM, CNAPP, ServiceNow CMDB, Tufin
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Security Sales Director
Chicago or Minneapolis or Detroit or Columbus or Indianapolis or Kansas City or Cleveland or Cincinnati or St. Louis
$130k-$167k/yr HybridFull Time
10+ YOE10+ Mgmt10+ years in cybersecurity/presales/managed services leadership; proven experience leading technical presales teams, shaping complex security pursuits, executive engagement, and consultative selling; strong expertise across managed security services, SOC operations, cloud security, and security frameworks.
SIEM, SOAR, SOC, MDR, XDR, SASE, CSPM, AWS, Azure, GCP, Microsoft Security, Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, CrowdStrike
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School Safety and Security Site Lead
Aurora, Illinois, United States
$23-$36/hr OnsitePart Time
2+ YOEHigh school diploma required; 2 years of security, law enforcement, military, or school operations experience preferred. Requires driver's license, First Aid/CPR/AED, and ALICE training.
security cameras, access control systems, two-way radio equipment, Microsoft Windows
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SOC Shift Lead - Information Security
Atlanta or Louisville or Las Vegas or Seattle or Indianapolis or New York City or Grand Prairie or Chicago or Arlington
$103k-$185k/yr HybridFull Time
3+ YOEBachelor's or equivalent and minimum 3 years in support/operations or design with experience across multiple information security domains; SOC, SIEM, EDR, incident response, and technical leadership experience preferred.
SIEM, EDR, Windows, Cloud Forensics
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Lead, Offensive Security
Louisville or New York City or Dallas or Charlotte or Tampa or Miami or Washington or Chicago or Boston or Atlanta or Nashville
$142k-$196k/yr RemoteFull Time
6+ YOE6+ Mgmt6+ years in red team/penetration testing with leadership experience; production Python engineering; built or operated agentic AI/LLM applications; experience attacking AI/ML systems; production cloud experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
Python, PyRIT, Garak, MITRE ATLAS, OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications, NIST AI Risk Management Framework, AWS, GCP, Azure, Hack The Box Pro Labs
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Security Incident Response Orchestration Lead
Chicago or Washington or Denver
$150k-$191k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years in security operations or automation, 5+ years with Splunk SOAR and Tines, strong incident response and automation architecture experience, Python and API skills, experience with cloud and AI-enabled security operations.
Splunk SOAR, Tines, Microsoft Graph, Entra ID, M365 Defender, CrowdStrike Falcon, Tanium, BloodHound, Anvilogic, ThreatQ, ServiceNow, Python, REST, OAuth, SAML, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector databases
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Security Incident Response Orchestration Lead
Chicago or Washington or Denver
$150k-$191k/yr OnsiteFull Time
10+ YOE10+ years in security operations or automation, 5+ years with Splunk SOAR and Tines, deep SOAR/automation architecture and incident response expertise, strong leadership and stakeholder influence.
Splunk SOAR (Phantom), Tines, Microsoft Graph, Entra ID, M365 Defender, CrowdStrike Falcon, Tanium, BloodHound, Anvilogic, ThreatQ, ServiceNow, Python, REST APIs, OAuth, SAML, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector databases, LLM, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud
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Platform Engineering & AI Operations Lead
Oak Brook, Illinois, United States
HybridFull Time
8+ YOE8+ years in platform/infrastructure/DevOps/SRE with strong GCP, Terraform, CI/CD, Python, security mindset, experience using AI tools and leading technical teams.
GCP, Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, IAM, Terraform, CI/CD, Python, SCADA, DNP3, Modbus, ICCP
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Workday HCM & Security Consultant - HC HCM
Washington or Arlington or Cleveland or California or Colorado or Hawaii or Illinois or Maine or Maryland or Massachusetts or Minnesota or New Jersey or New York or Vermont or Virginia or Washington or United States
$79k-$160k/yr RemoteFull Time
Workday HCM and Workday HCM Security experience; US citizenship required; ability to advise clients, configure and test Workday, and lead/mentor project staff.
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Vice President, Information Security & Risk
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$155k-$175k/yr OnsiteFull Time
7+ YOE3+ MgmtBachelor’s degree in information security, computer science, information systems, or related field; 7+ years in security or IT risk; 3+ years leading teams or major programs; security operations and framework expertise.
NIST, ISO 27001, CIS Controls, HIPAA, PCI DSS, PowerShell, SIEM, Microsoft
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Network Operations Specialist / Network Infrastructure Lead
Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, United States
$105k-$135k/yr OnsiteFull Time
5+ YOE5+ years enterprise network administration in DoD or comparable environment; DoDM 8140.03 foundational qualification; DCWF Work Role 511; CCNA/Network+/Security+ and advanced networking cert (CCNP); secret clearance.
Cisco IOS-XE, NEXUS, DISA, SIPRNet, NIPR
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Lead, Cybersecurity Architecture & Operations
Rosemont, Illinois, United States
$140k-$180k/yr HybridFull Time
6+ YOE6+ years hands-on cybersecurity engineering/architecture/operations; experience with SSPM, DSPM, vulnerability management, SIEM, SOC/MSSP; cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), SaaS security, and strong communication skills.
SSPM, DSPM, SIEM, SOC, M365, Salesforce, Workday, AWS, Azure, GCP, MITRE ATT&CK, Python, PowerShell, APIs, SOAR, MSSP, MDR
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Manager, Data Operations
Chicago, Illinois, United States
$150k-$168k/yr HybridFull Time
Hands-on experience with SQL Server performance tuning, Azure SQL, Snowflake or Microsoft Fabric, SQL and scripting (PowerShell or Python); proven experience leading technical teams and managing platform reliability, security, monitoring, and incident response.
SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, SQL, PowerShell, Python, Query Store, Azure Monitor, Datadog
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