Network Security Specialist Jobs in Illinois
Network Security Specialist jobs in Illinois are open across Chicago, North Chicago, and Abbott and other Illinois metros, with employers like AbbVie, Collabera, and Gotion hiring at every experience level. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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ABOUT ABBVIE
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Senior Director will provide senior leadership to create and execute Global Network, Voice and Network Security strategies that support AbbVie business goals. This role owns the end-to-end direction and performance of AbbVie’s Data Network, Voice Network, and Network Security capabilities worldwide, with enterprise-wide impact and influence.
This role will build collaborative partnerships with technology and functional domain vice presidents and key business stakeholders. Lead delivery of secure, reliable, and scalable network services and security controls that address prioritized business problems, support innovation, and enable global growth. Objectives are defined in collaboration with senior AbbVie leadership and results are assessed from a 3–5 year perspective.
Responsibilities
- Global Strategy & Roadmap: Define and lead the 3–5 year global strategy and roadmap for Data Network, Voice Network, and Network Security to enable AbbVie’s business priorities, digital transformation, and growth.
- Network Architecture & Standards: Partner with Enterprise Architecture to establish global reference architectures, engineering standards, and design patterns for LAN/WAN/SD-WAN/Wi-Fi, voice/collaboration, network segmentation, and secure connectivity (including cloud and third-party connectivity).
- Network Security Leadership: Own network security strategy and execution across the enterprise, including secure network design, perimeter and internal controls, Zero Trust alignment, DDoS protection, secure remote access, and continuous improvement of network security posture in partnership with Cybersecurity/GRC.
- Service Delivery & Operations: Accountable for global availability, performance, resilience, and lifecycle management of network and voice services, including monitoring, incident/problem management, change/release governance, and service quality KPIs/SLAs.
- Risk, Compliance & Resilience: Drive security and regulatory compliance requirements impacting networks (e.g., validated environments, privacy, audit readiness), and lead resiliency planning, disaster recovery, and business continuity for network services worldwide.
- Program & Portfolio Management: Lead global programs and investments (refresh, modernization, site build/expansion, M&A integration, cloud connectivity) ensuring delivery on scope, schedule, budget, and business outcomes.
- Vendor & Financial Management: Direct global vendor strategy and performance for carriers, managed services, hardware/software providers; manage budgets, contracts, and commercial negotiations to optimize cost, risk, and value.
- People Leadership: Build, lead, and develop high-performing global teams (including directors, managers, engineers, and managed service partners) with clear accountability, strong engagement, and a robust succession pipeline.
- Stakeholder Partnership & Influence: Serve as a trusted advisor to business and technology leaders; communicate strategy, tradeoffs, risks, and outcomes; and influence enterprise decisions and operating policies for network and security domains.
- Culture & Ways of Working: Consistently demonstrate AbbVie’s Ways of Working and Leadership Attributes, promoting an enterprise mindset, operational excellence, customer focus, and continuous improvement across global network and security services.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent education and 15+ years of experience required.
- Proven ability to effectively connect employee and BTS functional goals to business and/or overall AbbVie goals.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proven ability to drive outstanding employee performance and engagement through developing, coaching, motivating, energizing and inspiring team members.
- Experience managing teams of at least 20 people with a resource mix of managers, employees, matrixed teams, virtual teams, contractors and managed service providers.
- Ability to communicate problems in terms that are understandable to all levels of the organization, including C-Suite.
- Thought leader for AbbVie in their business and technology domain(s).
- Experiencing managing a budget of at least $20 million.
Preferred:
- Master’s degree and work experience in the pharmaceutical industry preferred. Will consider 19 years of relevant experience in related technical field.
- Experience in technology operation, strategy, planning and implementation and/or relevant business domain is preferred.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:
- The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
- We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
- This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
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ABOUT ABBVIE
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Senior Director will provide senior leadership to create and execute Global Network, Voice and Network Security strategies that support AbbVie business goals. This role owns the end-to-end direction and performance of AbbVie’s Data Network, Voice Network, and Network Security capabilities worldwide, with enterprise-wide impact and influence.
This role will build collaborative partnerships with technology and functional domain vice presidents and key business stakeholders. Lead delivery of secure, reliable, and scalable network services and security controls that address prioritized business problems, support innovation, and enable global growth. Objectives are defined in collaboration with senior AbbVie leadership and results are assessed from a 3–5 year perspective.
Responsibilities
- Global Strategy & Roadmap: Define and lead the 3–5 year global strategy and roadmap for Data Network, Voice Network, and Network Security to enable AbbVie’s business priorities, digital transformation, and growth.
- Network Architecture & Standards: Partner with Enterprise Architecture to establish global reference architectures, engineering standards, and design patterns for LAN/WAN/SD-WAN/Wi-Fi, voice/collaboration, network segmentation, and secure connectivity (including cloud and third-party connectivity).
- Network Security Leadership: Own network security strategy and execution across the enterprise, including secure network design, perimeter and internal controls, Zero Trust alignment, DDoS protection, secure remote access, and continuous improvement of network security posture in partnership with Cybersecurity/GRC.
- Service Delivery & Operations: Accountable for global availability, performance, resilience, and lifecycle management of network and voice services, including monitoring, incident/problem management, change/release governance, and service quality KPIs/SLAs.
- Risk, Compliance & Resilience: Drive security and regulatory compliance requirements impacting networks (e.g., validated environments, privacy, audit readiness), and lead resiliency planning, disaster recovery, and business continuity for network services worldwide.
- Program & Portfolio Management: Lead global programs and investments (refresh, modernization, site build/expansion, M&A integration, cloud connectivity) ensuring delivery on scope, schedule, budget, and business outcomes.
- Vendor & Financial Management: Direct global vendor strategy and performance for carriers, managed services, hardware/software providers; manage budgets, contracts, and commercial negotiations to optimize cost, risk, and value.
- People Leadership: Build, lead, and develop high-performing global teams (including directors, managers, engineers, and managed service partners) with clear accountability, strong engagement, and a robust succession pipeline.
- Stakeholder Partnership & Influence: Serve as a trusted advisor to business and technology leaders; communicate strategy, tradeoffs, risks, and outcomes; and influence enterprise decisions and operating policies for network and security domains.
- Culture & Ways of Working: Consistently demonstrate AbbVie’s Ways of Working and Leadership Attributes, promoting an enterprise mindset, operational excellence, customer focus, and continuous improvement across global network and security services.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required:
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent education and 15+ years of experience required.
- Proven ability to effectively connect employee and BTS functional goals to business and/or overall AbbVie goals.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proven ability to drive outstanding employee performance and engagement through developing, coaching, motivating, energizing and inspiring team members.
- Experience managing teams of at least 20 people with a resource mix of managers, employees, matrixed teams, virtual teams, contractors and managed service providers.
- Ability to communicate problems in terms that are understandable to all levels of the organization, including C-Suite.
- Thought leader for AbbVie in their business and technology domain(s).
- Experiencing managing a budget of at least $20 million.
Preferred:
- Master’s degree and work experience in the pharmaceutical industry preferred. Will consider 19 years of relevant experience in related technical field.
- Experience in technology operation, strategy, planning and implementation and/or relevant business domain is preferred.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:
- The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
- We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
- This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit
US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:
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Network Security Specialist Job Market in Illinois
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Who's Hiring
- AbbVie1
- Collabera1
- Gotion1
- HCLTech1
- ITW1
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software3
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals2
- Manufacturing2
- Automotive1
- Consulting & Professional Services1
What Illinois Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in network security specialist jobs across Illinois.
- Three or more years of hands-on experience in network security or a closely related role
- Proficiency with SIEM platforms such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, or IBM QRadar
- Industry certification such as CompTIA Security+, CISSP, CEH, or equivalent
- Experience configuring and managing firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and VPNs
- Knowledge of NIST, ISO 27001, or other security frameworks and compliance standards
- Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information technology, or a related field
Network Security Specialist Jobs in Illinois: Frequently Asked Questions
How many network security specialist jobs are there in Illinois?
There are 7+ network security specialist openings in Illinois on Migrate Mate as of June 2026, with the most roles in Chicago, North Chicago, and Abbott. New positions post regularly as employers across Illinois hire.
How much do network security specialists make in Illinois?
Network security specialists in Illinois earn a median of about $124,180 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $78,760 for the lowest 10% to over $172,830 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which Illinois cities have the most network security specialist jobs?
Chicago, North Chicago, and Abbott have the most network security specialist openings in Illinois right now, with additional roles spread across smaller metros statewide.
Which companies hire network security specialists in Illinois?
Employers hiring network security specialists in Illinois include AbbVie, Collabera, and Gotion, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026.
Are there remote network security specialist jobs in Illinois?
Yes. About 0% of network security specialist openings tied to Illinois are remote or hybrid as of June 2026. The rest are on-site roles based in Illinois metros.
How do I apply for network security specialist jobs in Illinois?
You can apply to network security specialist jobs in Illinois directly on Migrate Mate. Search the listings above, find roles that match your experience and preferred Illinois location, then apply to each one that fits.
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