Principal Cyber-security Engineer Salary in the United States

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How much does a Principal Cyber-security Engineer make in the United States? The average Principal Cyber-security Engineer salary in the United States is $184,403 as of March 26, 2024, but the salary range typically falls between $167,253 and $203,043. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target.

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Cyber Vulnerability Analyst - Mostly Remote

Global Engineering & Technology, Inc. - San Jose , CA

... security clearance. Global Engineering and Technology (GET) is seeking qualified applicants for ... Principal Financial

LinkedIn - 6 days ago

Principal Site Reliability Engineer (XDR Cloud)

Palo Alto Networks - Santa Clara , CA

Job Description Your Career We are looking for a Principal DevOps/SRE to operate in production a large scale GCP cloud running our innovative SaaS cyber-security product, while continuously improving ...

LinkedIn - 29 days ago

Principal Dev Ops Engineer

OneTrust - Atlanta , GA

... their cyber security program, make their social impact goals a reality, and create a speak up ... The Challenge We are hiring a Principal DevOps Engineer to play a critical role in ensuring the ...

ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 33 days ago

Principal Network Engineer - App Delivery and Compliance

NBCUniversal - Littleton , CO

... for a Principal Network Engineer - Application Delivery and Compliance with deep and broad ... Cyber security standards. The successful candidate must be able to work across the organization ...

ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 42 days ago

Cyber Security Engineer

Solugenix - Irvine , CA

Cyber Security Engineer Irvine, CA or San Antonio, TX (Hybrid) 12-Month Contract Job ID 2024-9744 Solugenix is assisting a client, a prestigious and large investment management company in their ...

LinkedIn - 7 days ago

Cyber Security Engineer (Senior) - 4LOCS(F)

NavitsPartners - Hanford , CA

Cyber Security Engineer (Senior) Personnel Qualifications: * Bachelor's Degree in Information Assurance, Information Systems, Cyber Security, or related field. * Minimum of 10 years' experience

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What does a Principal Cyber-security Engineer do?

Principal Cyber-security Engineer in Sylmar, CA

Evaluate and test security risks on programs across the entire development life cycle, including market-released product.

October 28, 2022

Contribute to the understanding of current industry best practices and how they can be applied to the CRM Products.

October 28, 2022

Execute/ Assist activities to sustain/ develop internal and external partner security testing capabilities in alignment with testing strategies.

February 17, 2023

Designs, develops, tests, debugs and implements software and software tools.

March 02, 2023

Lead and perform product and device-oriented cyber-security-related activities ranging from incident response to vulnerability assessments to mitigation implementation.

March 03, 2023

Develop advanced technical ideas and guides their development into final product.

March 31, 2023

Generates systems software engineering policies, standards and procedures.

April 06, 2023

Participate in the creation and testing of product security-related requirements and processes.

April 10, 2023

Manage security-related deliverables for regulatory bodies, ensuring compliance with key standards / guidance documents.

April 19, 2023

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Average Base Salary

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167253

203043

184403

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

174896

223386

197327

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Principal Cyber-security Engineer in the United States. The base salary for Principal Cyber-security Engineer ranges from $167,253 to $203,043 with the average base salary of $184,403. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $174,896 to $223,386 with the average total cash compensation of $197,327.

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