CISSP Jobs: Certified Information Systems Security Professional Careers
CISSP is the most widely held senior credential in information security.
CISSP, from (ISC)2, is the most widely recognized senior credential in information security. It covers a broad body of knowledge across security domains and is built for experienced practitioners, which is why it appears on a large share of senior security, security architecture, and security-leadership roles.
In GRC, CISSP is common on the security and risk side and often sits alongside CISM for leadership roles or CRISC for risk. For many employers it is the baseline credential that gets a security-focused GRC candidate through the door.
CISSP: Frequently Asked Questions
What is CISSP?
CISSP, Certified Information Systems Security Professional, is a senior security credential from (ISC)2 covering a broad body of information-security knowledge.
Is CISSP required for security jobs?
It is not legally required, but it is one of the most commonly requested credentials on senior security and security-leadership roles.
Does CISSP help in GRC?
Yes. It is widely requested on the security and risk side of GRC, and it pairs well with CISM and CRISC.
A snapshot built from the 79 CISSP roles currently on this page.
What these roles pay by level
Median advertised midpoint, by seniority band. Bars are to scale.
Median advertised salary midpoint by seniority level
Level
Median midpoint
Postings
Mid-level
$185k
13
Senior / lead / manager
$155k
13
Director
$188k
5
How these figures were calculated, and sources
Primary source: our own board. Every figure above is the median midpoint of the salary ranges published in the live postings on this page. Nothing is estimated, modeled, or carried over from a previous month. It is recalculated each time the board refreshes.
What is included. Only postings that publish a salary range. Hourly, weekly and monthly rates are annualised (2,080 hours, 52 weeks, 12 months). Ranges below $20,000 a year are excluded as data-entry placeholders. A seniority band is shown only when at least five postings support it; executive / c-suite is present on this page but below that threshold, so no median is published for that band.
What this is not. These are advertised ranges, not accepted offers. Advertised ranges tend to run wider than what is actually paid, and roles that do not publish a range are missing from the calculation entirely, which can bias the result upward.
For an independent benchmark, compare against the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics for SOC 13-1041 — Compliance Officers, published annually at bls.gov/oes. BLS reports actual wages across all employers rather than advertised ranges, so its medians normally sit below job-board figures.
Where the work is
Work mode: 14 remote, 3 hybrid, 62 on-site or unstated.
Seniority mix: senior (35), mid (30), director (9), executive (5)
Employers hiring more than one: SEI (8), Anthropic (5), Deutsche Bank (4), Snowflake (4), AlphaSense (3), Prudential plc (2)
Skills these postings ask for
policy and procedure writing
control testing and evidence collection
regulatory change management
SOX and SOC 2 readiness
issue management and remediation tracking
How to get a compliance job — the full career guide for this field: entry routes, transferable backgrounds, certifications and salary by level.
Certifications that come up most
None of these are universally required, but they appear often enough in CISSP postings to be worth knowing: CCEP, CRCM, CAMS, CIPP/US, AIGP. The certification academy covers what each one actually tests and who it is for.
Hiring for CISSP?
We have 79 open CISSP roles on the board right now. Reach candidates who are already searching for this role, not a general audience. Your posting appears on this page, in the job alerts, and across the GRC Careers network.
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