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Security Specialist jobs: 41 open roles

Open security specialist jobs taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Listings that state pay show a median of $103,000 a year.

The market for security specialist work

Every figure names its source. Skills and AI-skill shares describe the whole Security function this title sits in.

Verified open security specialist jobs
41

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

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Median pay in listings that state it
$103,000

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Security openings that ask for AI skills
18%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Security openings that are remote
9%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

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Skills most often named in openings

  1. 1. aws14%
  2. 2. risk management14%
  3. 3. python13%
  4. 4. audit12%
  5. 5. azure8%
  6. 6. ci/cd7%
  7. 7. onboarding7%
  8. 8. linux6%

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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Open security specialist jobs

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Security Specialist salary

The middle half of security specialist listings that state pay run from $80,500 to $118,000. See the full security specialist salary breakdown.

Security jobs in the rankings

Rankings about security jobs

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Where security specialist jobs are

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Employers hiring security specialists

  • Army National Guard Units 7
  • Department of the Air Force Headquarters 5
  • Air National Guard Units 5
  • United States Fleet Forces Command 2
  • U.S. Army Cyber Command 2
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2
  • Air Combat Command 2
  • Bureau of Naval Personnel 1
  • United States Army Installation Management Command 1
  • U.S. Army Forces Command 1

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