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Cybersecurity jobs for TA0001 Initial Access

37 DecipherU career guides list Initial Access as a tactic the role deals with day to day, per the MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise matrix.

SortMedian salary, high to lowDemand levelRole name, A to ZFilterEntry-level only
  1. 1.Adversarial ML Researcher$218,000 median · very-high demand
  2. 2.Fractional CISO$185,000 median · high demand
  3. 3.AI Application Security Engineer$178,000 median · very-high demand
  4. 4.MLOps Security Engineer$175,000 median · high demand
  5. 5.Zero Trust Architect$172,400 median · high demand
  6. 6.LLM Security Specialist$172,000 median · very-high demand
  7. 7.AI/ML Security Engineer$169,700 median · high demand
  8. 8.Cloud Security Architect$168,400 median · high demand
  9. 9.AI Threat Detection Engineer$168,000 median · very-high demand
  10. 10.Red Team Operator$165,200 median · medium demand
  11. 11.AI Red Team Operator$165,000 median · very-high demand
  12. 12.Security Product Manager$155,000 median · high demand
  13. 13.Purple Team Lead$154,800 median · medium demand
  14. 14.Security Operations Manager$151,800 median · high demand
  15. 15.Automotive Security Engineer$151,200 median · medium demand
  16. 16.Kubernetes Security Engineer$147,900 median · high demand
  17. 17.Financial Services Security Engineer$147,600 median · high demand
  18. 18.Vulnerability Researcher$145,000 median · high demand
  19. 19.Embedded Systems Security Engineer$144,500 median · medium demand
  20. 20.Cloud Security Engineer$142,300 median · high demand
  21. 21.Detection Engineer$141,000 median · high demand
  22. 22.SaaS Security Engineer$140,000 median · very-high demand
  23. 23.DevSecOps Engineer$139,200 median · high demand
  24. 24.Application Security Engineer$138,500 median · high demand
  25. 25.Mobile Security Engineer$136,800 median · medium demand
  26. 26.Supply Chain Security Engineer$135,000 median · high demand
  27. 27.Cloud Forensics Analyst$133,800 median · high demand
  28. 28.IAM Engineer$132,700 median · high demand
  29. 29.Network Security Engineer$118,900 median · high demand
  30. 30.Cybersecurity Consultant$115,000 median · high demand
  31. 31.Vendor Risk Manager$115,000 median · high demand
  32. 32.Healthcare Security Analyst$112,400 median · high demand
  33. 33.Penetration Tester$112,200 median · high demand
  34. 34.Security Awareness Manager$109,200 median · high demand
  35. 35.Incident Responder$105,300 median · high demand
  36. 36.Vulnerability AnalystEntry level$98,600 median · high demand
  37. 37.SOC AnalystEntry level$87,400 median · high demand

Sources

  1. MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Matrix · Definition of the Initial Access tactic
  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2024 · Median annual wages for the listed roles

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Cybersecurity Jobs for MITRE ATT&CK TA0001 Initial Access