Nvidia: 46 open cybersecurity roles
Nvidia is hiring security engineers across its software and hardware divisions , including offensive security engineer positions to protect its GPU system and a security architect role specifically for new college grads .
The company is currently in a period of growth following its $40 billion acquisition of the chipmaker Arm.
Qualcomm: 47 open cybersecurity roles
Qualcomm is hiring for security engineering roles across its business, with open positions at its San Diego headquarters and Boulder, Colorado offices.
Roles include network security engineers , IT security engineers , and automotive security architects , who would work on the security of computers embedded in cars.
Verizon: 55 open cybersecurity roles
VerizonVerizon is looking to hire cybersecurity staff to monitor cyber threats and track down hackers , as well as penetration testers and "red teams" that try to break into companies' systems to find security weaknesses.
Chief information security officer Nasrin Rezai told Insider in February that the company has invested in security teams that carefully vet third party software that it uses.
"We've got to think about how to ensure that not only are we validating the third party supplier, but also how we validate the software that they bring into our environments," Rezai said.
Visa: 66 open cybersecurity roles
VisaVisa is beefing up its cybersecurity teams across its US offices, including roles in application security, machine learning security, data protection, and applied cryptography.
Visa CISO Sunil Seshadri said in a February interview with Insider that Visa's cryptography engineering plays a key role in protecting the company's customers against fraud. Visa encrypts the 16-digit number of every credit card by transforming it into a "token" that only works during each one-time transaction.
"It gives a company a much higher degree of confidence that, even if in the outlier case that there were to be a potential breach, the data would be gobbledygook in the hands of the bad guys," Seshadri said.
Morgan Stanley: 67 open cybersecurity roles
Morgan Stanley is building out its cybersecurity teams , which both protect the firm itself and provide resources to its customers to protect against fraud and scams.
For example, it's hiring security ops workers who protect the company's sensitive information and threat intelligence analysts who scope out potential criminal operations that could target the bank.
Apple: 71 open cybersecurity roles
Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesApple's open cybersecurity roles are based both in its Cupertino, Calif. headquarters and at other campuses across the globe.
They span engineering roles focused on beefing up the security of Apple's products, as well as information security positions tasked with protecting the $2 trillion company's corporate secrets.
Salesforce: 77 open cybersecurity roles
Salesforce's open cybersecurity roles span multiple divisions, including analysts that oversee compliance with security and privacy laws and engineers that build its security software services.
The company is also looking to hire a senior vice president to head up its identity and access management products, which aim to prevent people from fraudulently logging into its applications.
"Salesforce builds security into everything we do," chief trust officer Jim Alkove said in a statement to Insider. "We're always looking to add to our world-class team responsible for keeping our customers ahead of an evolving threat landscape."
Facebook: 78 open cybersecurity roles
Facebook is adding security staff across divisions.
Most of its open roles are within its product security team , which is based at its Menlo Park, Calif. headquarters and is responsible for finding and patching security flaws across Facebook's apps.
The company is also building out its integrity investigations and intelligence team , which is tasked with identifying and combatting criminals and sophisticated hackers on its platforms.
Wells Fargo: 79 open cybersecurity roles
Noam Galai/Getty ImagesWells Fargo's security team aims to "provide a foundational systemic support for the global economy."
Its open roles include cyber threat hunters tasked with tracking down criminals that target the bank and its customers, engineers who test the security of its software, and research scientists who build simulations to predict potential future threats.
"We are strategically hiring top talent as we continue building out a best-in-class information and cybersecurity team," a Wells Fargo spokesperson said in a statement to Insider.
Intel: 84 open cybersecurity roles
IntelIntel has open cybersecurity roles spanning privacy, application security, network security, and threat intelligence, among other domains.
In a February interview with Insider , Intel CISO Brent Conran said the company's security strategy has emphasized carefully itemizing its data and adopting tools that continually monitor and respond to threats as they emerge.
"To compete effectively, an enterprise must get a data lake put together, something you can easily mine so you find it once and fix it everywhere," Conran said. "A solid endpoint detection and response (EDR) tool can then help your team mitigate cyber threats faster. Building a cyber intelligence program with EDR makes all the difference."
VMware: 95 open cybersecurity roles
VMware is rapidly scaling up its cybersecurity staff as it navigates its spinoff from Dell . The firm is building out its threat analysis and engineering teams, with the latter more than doubling in the past 18 months, according to a spokesperson.
Patrick Morley, SVP and general manager of VMware's security business unit, told Insider that VMware has recruited workers from both "traditional and nontraditional" cybersecurity backgrounds, noting that the company will consider candidates without four-year degrees who complete cybersecurity certification courses.
"We're finding new places to hunt for talent and finding people who don't come out of central casting with a skillset for cybersecurity," Morley said.
SAP: 99 open cybersecurity roles
Business management software firm SAP is hiring threat researchers to monitor cybercriminals targeting its customers and security engineers to patch vulnerabilities in its software.
"SAP is not in the security business, but in the business of securing our customer's business," chief security officer Tim McKnight wrote in a recent blog post .
JPMorgan Chase: 107 open cybersecurity roles
Mike Blake/ReutersJPMorgan Chase employs over 50,000 tech workers who build the bank's financial software, maintain its infrastructure, and protect against cybercrime.
Among the company's open roles are red team operators that try to hack its products to test their defenses, security architects who build secure software, and engineers tasked with cloud security .
AT&T: 115 open cybersecurity roles
AT&T is hiring for cybersecurity roles across the US , including in engineering, compliance, and threat research.
The telecom giant is uniquely positioned to build security tools that combat cybercrime: global CISO Bill O'Hern, in a February interview with Insider, said AT&T is developing a new tool that authenticates people's identity using proprietary network protocols on their mobile phone.
"One area I think is really important today is strong mobile authentication," O'Hern said. "We've got to get to a point where we're less reliant on user IDs and passwords."
Google: 185 open cybersecurity roles
Google is hiring cybersecurity professionals across its divisions, including engineers to secure its Chrome browser , threat analysts in its growing Cloud division, and compliance experts to oversee privacy at YouTube.
Google currently employs over 500 security professionals across its divisions.
Microsoft: 220 open cybersecurity roles
With over $10 billion in annual cybersecurity revenue, Microsoft bills itself as the biggest cybersecurity company in the world. The company leverages the mass of customers who use its software to gain insights about emerging cyber threats, gathering over 8 trillion security signals — like device sign-ins or email inboxes automatically blocking spam — every 24 hours.
As the company scales up its cybersecurity teams, it actively seeks out candidates from non-cyber backgrounds, CVP of cybersecurity solutions Ann Johnson told Insider in a 2020 interview .
"If you have the same people who have the same STEM degree and same background and everything, they're not going to be able to solve all our problems," Johnson said. "If you have people that come in with a lot of different backgrounds, they can actually think differently."
IBM: 784 open cybersecurity roles
IBM has hundreds of open job listings for its security division, including engineering, security research, sales, operations, and compliance. The company touts a "new collar" approach to cyber recruitment, meaning it doesn't have any degree requirements and commits to train new hires as needed.
IBM Security vice president Aarti Borkar said in an email to Insider that the company is growing its global cybersecurity talent pool, including developers to build AI that detects cyberattacks, consultants to advise customers on security, and threat researchers for its X-Force intelligence unit.
"Cybersecurity threats are rising against organizations of all shapes and sizes – from ransomware attacks which disrupt critical business operations, to data breaches which can cost companies millions and damage reputation and customer trust," Borkar said. "This growth in our security business presents opportunities for those with experience in the field, as well as those looking for a new career path."
Accenture: 814 open cybersecurity roles
Accenture employs over 6,000 cybersecurity workers worldwide to provide enterprise clients with cyber consulting and detect hacking attempts.
The company is also scaling up its cyber-consulting operations: This year, it acquired the cyber services startup Openminded and the Brazilian cyber firm Real Protect .
Amazon: 1,114 open cybersecurity roles
John Moore/Getty ImagesAs one of the world's largest employers , Amazon has an outsize mandate to protect its systems and customers' devices against hacks.
The company is hiring cybersecurity roles across its divisions and says that its areas of focus include security intelligence, application security, incident response, security operations, risk and compliance, and external partner security.
Open roles run the gamut from traditional security engineer positions to more specialized jobs like developers who protect edge computing .
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