Senior Cyber Specialist – Digital Enablement

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

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.

• 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

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

• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, HCISPP
  , etc.
• Experience with phishing-resistant auth (Web Authn, Passkeys)