Information Security Engineer
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$150,000–$180,000from the description
Jul 20, 2026
Andover, MA
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor role responsible for owning an organization's cybersecurity operations and long-term security strategy. Day-to-day work spans managing MSSP and MSP relationships, overseeing incident detection and response, advising on network and cloud security architecture (primarily Microsoft 365 and Azure), and leading compliance and security awareness programs. Suits an experienced security engineer comfortable bridging technical operations and executive-level risk communication.
Senior level · 7+ years · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 90 people in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (information security analysts). range 20–130
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $139,553 (middle half $110,917–$180,330). 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 (8)
The job title is 'Information Security Engineer' but the role's day-to-day work — owning cybersecurity operations, managing MSSPs/MSPs, incident triage, and security strategy — maps squarely to Information Security Analysts (15-1212). The 'Engineer' framing reflects seniority and depth, not a distinct occupation.
The posting carries no explicit seniority level in the title. The 7+ years overall requirement and 2–3+ years in a senior/lead role support a Senior classification.
A Bachelor's degree is listed as 'preferred' with 'equivalent experience considered,' so no hard degree requirement is set.
Andover, MA falls within the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH CBSA. The role is described as hybrid (not fully remote).
Networking background (IP, routing/switching, firewall architecture, VPN, VLANs, DNS, IDS/IPS) is listed under Required and described as 'a strong differentiator,' indicating it is a hard gate even though it is framed as background context.
MSSP/MDR platform familiarity is noted as 'preferred' in the required section — treated as preferred given the explicit qualifier.
SASE and SD-WAN are listed together as a single preferred item; emitted as one skill with the other as an alternative since they serve overlapping network architecture functions in this context.
CMMC 2.0 and NIST Controls are listed together under Preferred; emitted as one skill with the other as an alternative.
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