Senior Cyber Specialist – Digital Enablement
? Location: Onsite in St. Paul, MN or Madison, WI
? Job Type: W2 Contract (6 months, strong potential to extend/convert)
? Pay: $60–$71/hour + benefits
About the Role
We’re hiring a Senior Cyber Specialist – Digital Enablement to join our client’s Product Cybersecurity team. This is a consulting-focused role where you’ll act as a trusted advisor to product and engineering teams, helping ensure technologies are secure by design.
You’ll support a diverse portfolio including medical devices, mobile apps, cloud platforms, and eCommerce solutions, influencing cybersecurity strategy across the full product lifecycle.
What You’ll Do
- Partner with product teams to embed cybersecurity into design and development
- Conduct threat modeling, risk assessments, and control evaluations
- Review architectures and validate security across software supply chains and pipelines
- Interpret and apply standards (NIST, ISO, etc.) and regulatory requirements
- Analyze SAST/DAST outputs and penetration test results
- Recommend mitigation strategies and track remediation progress
- Develop and influence cybersecurity policies, standards, and governance practices
- Communicate risks and recommendations to both technical teams and executives
What We’re Looking For
? Must-Have:
- 7+ years of cybersecurity consulting experience with development teams (software/hardware)
- Strong experience with threat modeling, risk assessment, and control effectiveness
- Ability to influence security policies and standards (including emerging tech like AI, cloud, quantum)
- Knowledge of security frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001, etc.)
- Strong communication skills with ability to present to leadership
? Preferred:
- Experience in medical devices, IoT, mobile apps, or eCommerce security
- Background in software development or product security
- Familiarity with cloud-native architectures, APIs, IAM, and cryptography
Nice to Have (Not Required)
- Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, HCISPP, etc.
- Experience with phishing-resistant auth (WebAuthn, Passkeys)
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