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Senior Security Engineer jobs: 129 open roles

Open senior security engineer jobs taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Listings that state pay show a median of $177,000 a year.

The market for senior security engineer work

Every figure names its source. Skills and AI-skill shares describe the whole Security function this title sits in. Outlook, pay and AI-use figures are for the government category “Information security analysts”, the closest occupation to this title.

Verified open senior security engineer jobs
129

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$177,000

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Employment outlook
Projected to grow 21% from 2025 to 2035 (much faster than average).

Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–2035.

National median pay, all levels
$129,180

Source: BLS OEWS, 2025.

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Openings a year nationally, growth plus replacement
14,100

Source: BLS Employment Projections.

AI use at work
Among information security analysts, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks.

Source: Anthropic Economic Index.

Security openings that ask for AI skills
18%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Security openings that are remote
10%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

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Skills most often named in openings

  1. 1. risk management15%
  2. 2. python14%
  3. 3. aws13%
  4. 4. audit13%
  5. 5. azure10%
  6. 6. ci/cd8%
  7. 7. linux7%
  8. 8. kubernetes6%

AI skills worth building for this work

  1. 1. ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow)
  2. 2. LLM application engineering
  3. 3. RAG and vector search
  4. 4. Model fine-tuning
  5. 5. Model training and deep learning
  6. 6. MLOps

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Senior Security Engineer salary

The middle half of senior security engineer listings that state pay run from $145,000 to $200,500. See the full senior security engineer salary breakdown.

Security jobs in the rankings

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Where senior security engineer jobs are

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Senior Security Engineer jobs by city and state

Employers hiring senior security engineers

  • Fuze Health 10
  • Compass 7
  • Anduril Industries 5
  • Klaviyo 5
  • CoreWeave 5
  • Google 4
  • Chainalysis 3
  • Metropolis 3
  • Samsara 3
  • Muon Space 3

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