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Will AI replace information security engineers?
Based on live job postings — updated September 2026
Not yet — employers aren't cutting information security engineers. They're asking them to use AI.
There are 35 live information security engineers openings right now. Across the roughly 3,300 fast-growing companies we track, 34% of current information security engineers openings now ask for AI skills. The work is changing, not going away.
35live openings
34%ask for AI skills
17%remote
24companies hiring
What AI is actually changing
AI shows up directly in these openings: Artificial Intelligence. That is the part of the job changing fastest.
Employers still ask most for: AWS, Cybersecurity, Communication, Python, SIEM, Azure — the parts of the work people are hired to own.
Who's hiring right now
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| Palantir | 9 |
| Appian Corporation | 3 |
| Five9 | 2 |
| Fireblocks | 1 |
| Cognite | 1 |
| Oportun | 1 |
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