Advanced Cyber Security Engineer
NATIONMIND LLC · Cincinnati, OH
$145,600–$149,760
Jul 14, 2026
Cincinnati, OH
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
Senior level · 8+ years · Remote · Contract
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 6,700 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (information security analysts). range 2,800–10,000
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $132,021 (middle half $99,961–$167,095).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The role is titled 'Advanced Cyber Security Engineer' with no explicit seniority level word in the title, so advertised seniority is Unspecified; however, the 8+ years overall experience requirement and the depth of XSOAR/SIEM development work support a Senior classification.
The posting is for a 12+ month engagement, indicating a contract role rather than full-time employment.
US Citizenship is explicitly required — this is a hard gate stated in the Must Have section, but it is a citizenship/eligibility requirement rather than a technical skill, so it is not listed in the skills table.
The role is described as 70–80% XSOAR/Python and 20–30% Splunk, making it a genuine hybrid between security engineering (15-1212) and software development (15-1252); 15-1212 was chosen as primary given the SOC/SOAR/SIEM operational context, with 15-1252 as the runner-up given the heavy Python/web-framework development emphasis.
Django and Flask are listed together as acceptable web frameworks under the Must Have section ('Python and web frameworks (Django, Flask)'); they are treated as interchangeable alternatives for a single requirement.
JavaScript, jQuery, HTML/CSS, REST, SQL, Linux, Git, and Nginx all appear under the 'Preferred Skills' heading and are marked accordingly.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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