Associate Principal, Cyber Defense (Cybersecurity)

Location: Chicago, United States; hybrid work with up to 2 days per week of remote work

Salary: $112,700–$186,900 per year; annual discretionary incentive target of 8%–15%

Company

hirify.global is a systemically important financial market utility providing clearing and settlement services for options, futures, and securities lending transactions.

What you will do

• Monitor security alerts and perform advanced analysis of logs, network traffic, endpoint data, and other security events.
• Investigate Tier 1 escalations, determine incident scope and impact, and implement containment, eradication, and recovery measures.
• Document incident findings, response actions, lessons learned, and remediation activities.
• Collaborate with threat intelligence, security, IT, vendors, consultants, and stakeholders to improve detection and response.
• Guide Tier 1 analysts on complex security issues and contribute to SOC processes, procedures, and post-incident reviews.
• Participate in shift work and provide 24x7 on-call incident response support.

Requirements

• At least four years of information security experience, preferably in financial services.
• Hands-on security operations experience across at least three areas, including threat analysis, incident response, application security, operating systems security, cloud engineering, networking, programming, or AI prompt engineering.
• Proficiency with SIEM platforms such as Splunk, IBM QRadar, or LogRhythm; SOAR playbook development experience is beneficial.
• Experience with endpoint detection and response, IDS/IPS, firewalls, proxy servers, vulnerability assessment, directory services, operating system hardening, web application firewalls, and cloud security tools.
• Strong analytical, communication, consultation, teamwork, leadership, and project management skills.
• This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of controls based on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
• Certifications such as CISSP, GCIA, GCIH, CHFI, GCFA, or CASP+.
• Experience with SOAR playbook development and previous project management experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative and supportive work environment focused on work-life balance and employee wellness.
• Tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment assistance.
• Technology stipend for remote work.
• Generous paid time off and parental leave.
• 401(k) employer match and medical, dental, and vision benefits.

Hiring process

• Submit an application and resume through the hirify.global careers site.
• Receive email confirmation after the application is submitted.
• If selected for an interview, an hirify.global representative will arrange the date, time, and location.