Senior Security Engineer at Strata Decision Technology
Chicago, IL
$130,000–$150,000from the description
Jul 23, 2026
Chicago, IL
Jul 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor security engineering role focused on maturing a Zero Trust program — refining policies, managing identity and access controls, and deploying and tuning tools such as SIEM, EDR, XDR, and IAM solutions across a hybrid on-premises and cloud environment. The role also involves cross-functional collaboration with IT, DevOps, and networking teams, and occasional interaction with external clients.
Mid level · 4+ years · Full-time
Advertised as Senior, but the requirements read as Mid.
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How this req sits in the market our data
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 $132,021 (middle half $99,961–$167,095). 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 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The advertised title is 'Senior Security Engineer', but the stated experience requirement of 4–6 years and the scope (team member on a security team, not leading a function or setting org-wide direction) align more closely with a Mid-level band.
The role blends security analysis/operations (SIEM, EDR, XDR, threat data, alert tuning) with infrastructure/configuration management (Zero Trust tooling, endpoint, cloud, SaaS controls), making 15-1212 and 15-1244 genuinely competitive; 15-1212 was chosen because the primary day-to-day work centers on security tool deployment, policy refinement, and threat response rather than general systems administration.
Scripting and Terraform are explicitly called out as 'a plus' in the qualifications section and are marked as preferred accordingly.
Certifications (CCIE, CCSE, GIAC or equivalent) are listed under qualifications but name no specific technology or tool, so they are not emitted as skills per extraction rules.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): privileged access management.
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