IT Operations & Cyber Security Lead at Bayer
Creve Coeur, MO
$12,720–$19,080from the description
Jul 26, 2026
Creve Coeur, MO
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hybrid IT Operations and Cyber Security leadership role at Ruveon (a Bayer subsidiary), responsible for managing IT infrastructure, end-user systems, and vendor/service-level agreements while also owning the organization's cybersecurity posture. The position oversees IT governance, compliance with Bayer policies and regulatory frameworks, and coordinates with Bayer's cybersecurity units. It suits an experienced IT generalist with a strong compliance and security background who can bridge technical and business stakeholders.
Senior level · 10+ years · St. Louis, MO-IL · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 2 people in the St. Louis, MO-IL area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (information security analysts). range 1–3
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $108,760 (middle half $84,815–$135,424). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The offered salary range of $12,720–$19,080 per year is strikingly low for a senior IT/security leadership role in the St. Louis metro area and may be a data error in the posting (e.g., a monthly figure mistakenly labeled as annual, or a non-USD currency).
The role is genuinely split between IT operations management and cybersecurity — the SOC classification as Information Security Analysts reflects the cybersecurity officer duties, but 15-1244 (Network and Computer Systems Administrators) is a plausible alternative given the heavy IT infrastructure and operations management responsibilities.
The 10+ years experience figure appears only under Preferred Qualifications, not Required; however, given the scope of the role (IT Ops Lead + CSO), it is treated as the practical experience floor.
ISO, NIST, COBIT, and ITIL are listed together as a single 'knowledge of IT control and process frameworks' requirement; they are emitted as one primary skill with alternatives since the posting treats them interchangeably as examples of the same framework category.
No specific technology platforms, tools, or software products are named anywhere in the posting beyond the framework acronyms, so the skills list is limited to those concrete named frameworks and the functional competency areas the posting explicitly gates on.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): IT supplier contract management.
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