updated october 2026
Cybersecurity Jobs by Role Type
Every security role hiring on the board right now — 11 role types covering 51 live listings. Pick one to see who's hiring, where the openings are, what they pay and which skills they ask for.
Security Engineer jobsBuilding and running the defences themselves — hardening, detection and controls across the whole estate.14 roles · 14 companies · 4 remoteSecurity Architect jobsSetting the technical direction for how identity, network and data controls fit together — usually senior.8 roles · 8 companies · 3 remoteGRC Analyst jobsGovernance, risk and compliance — SOC 2, ISO 27001, risk registers and audits. The least hands-on-keyboard track.7 roles · 7 companies · 3 remoteSecurity Analyst jobsSOC work: triaging alerts, investigating what fires and escalating what is real. The most common way into the field.5 roles · 5 companies · 1 remoteApplication Security Engineer jobsKeeping vulnerabilities out of the code: threat modelling, design review, SAST/DAST and working with developers.4 roles · 4 companies · 2 remoteThreat Intelligence Analyst jobsTracking adversaries and their TTPs, threat hunting and malware analysis, and turning it into detections.4 roles · 4 companies · 1 remoteIAM Engineer jobsWho can access what: SSO, MFA, privileged access and joiner-mover-leaver automation.3 roles · 3 companies · 1 remotePenetration Tester jobsOffensive work — pentests, red teaming and finding the way in before an attacker does.2 roles · 2 companiesDevSecOps Engineer jobsSecurity built into CI/CD — automated scanning, secrets management and policy-as-code.2 roles · 2 companies · 1 remoteCloud Security Engineer jobsSecuring AWS, Azure, GCP and Kubernetes — identity boundaries, posture management and IaC guardrails.1 roles · 1 companiesIncident Response Analyst jobsContainment, forensics and recovery once something has already gone wrong — IR and DFIR roles.1 roles · 1 companies