Remote Cybersecurity Lead Jobs
Remote Cybersecurity Lead jobs are in strong demand across the U.S., with remote-first firms, distributed enterprise teams, and companies in technology, finance, and healthcare actively hiring for this role. Employers hiring remotely right now include AttainX,Inc, Affirm, and Aprio. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Location: Remote
Department: Security
Schedule: Full Time, Days
Salary: $105,830.21 - $147,521.09 per year
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What You Will Do:
- Adversary Attribution & Mapping: Collect, pivot, and analyze multi-source telemetry—including OSINT, commercial feeds, deep/dark web forums, and internal technical logs—to profile threat actors, track localized and global cyber campaigns, and map adversary TTPs directly to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
- Detection Engineering & TIP Optimization: Manage, tune, and optimize the Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) to ingest, score, and deduplicate IOCs, collaborating with SIEM/SOAR and Detection Engineering teams to translate threat trends into actionable YARA, Sigma, and SIEM rules.
- Proactive Hypothesis-Based Hunting: Partner with security teams to design and execute hypothesis-based threat hunting scopes and conduct retroactive hunts across data lakes and internal security platforms utilizing newly identified indicators and zero-day vulnerability intelligence.
- Incident Response Fusion & Advisory: Provide real-time, context-driven intelligence support during active security incidents, delivering critical briefings on attacker infrastructure, capabilities, and intent to the Incident Response (IR), SOC, and DevSecOps teams.
- Strategic & Operational Intelligence Synthesis: Synthesize complex, abstract technical data into high-impact threat assessments, flash reports, and threat actor profiles ("baseball cards"), contextualizing technical risks into actionable operational insights for both technical stakeholders and executive leadership.
What You Will Need:
Education: High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.
Additional Preferences:
- Advanced proficiency in developing automation scripts (e.g., Python, PowerShell) to streamline CTI workflows, automated enrichment, data parsing, and tool/API integration.
- Hands-on experience with specialized external threat landscape and enrichment tools (e.g., DomainTools, Intel 471, Maltego, or VirusTotal Enterprise).
- Active advanced security or threat intelligence certifications, such as GIAC Cyber Threat Intelligence (GCTI), Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst (CTIA), or GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA).
Why Join Our Team:
Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 97,000+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military-Friendly Gold Employer, you’ll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer:
Equal employment opportunity employer
Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) poster.
Fraud prevention notice
Prospective applicants should be vigilant against fraudulent job offers and interview requests. Scammers may use sophisticated tactics to impersonate Ascension employees. To ensure your safety, please remember: Ascension will never ask for payment or to provide banking or financial information as part of the job application or hiring process. Our legitimate email communications will always come from an @ascension.org email address; do not trust other domains, and an official offer will only be extended to candidates who have completed a job application through our authorized applicant tracking system.
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Employer participates in the Electronic Employment Verification Program. Please click here for more information.
Benefits:
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Various health insurance options & wellness plans
- Retirement benefits including employer match plans
- Long-term & short-term disability
- Employee assistance programs (EAP)
- Parental leave & adoption assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Ways to give back to your community
Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance, location and salary range at the time of the offer.
Location: Remote
Department: Security
Schedule: Full Time, Days
Salary: $105,830.21 - $147,521.09 per year
LI-Remote
What You Will Do:
- Adversary Attribution & Mapping: Collect, pivot, and analyze multi-source telemetry—including OSINT, commercial feeds, deep/dark web forums, and internal technical logs—to profile threat actors, track localized and global cyber campaigns, and map adversary TTPs directly to the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
- Detection Engineering & TIP Optimization: Manage, tune, and optimize the Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP) to ingest, score, and deduplicate IOCs, collaborating with SIEM/SOAR and Detection Engineering teams to translate threat trends into actionable YARA, Sigma, and SIEM rules.
- Proactive Hypothesis-Based Hunting: Partner with security teams to design and execute hypothesis-based threat hunting scopes and conduct retroactive hunts across data lakes and internal security platforms utilizing newly identified indicators and zero-day vulnerability intelligence.
- Incident Response Fusion & Advisory: Provide real-time, context-driven intelligence support during active security incidents, delivering critical briefings on attacker infrastructure, capabilities, and intent to the Incident Response (IR), SOC, and DevSecOps teams.
- Strategic & Operational Intelligence Synthesis: Synthesize complex, abstract technical data into high-impact threat assessments, flash reports, and threat actor profiles ("baseball cards"), contextualizing technical risks into actionable operational insights for both technical stakeholders and executive leadership.
What You Will Need:
Education: High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.
Additional Preferences:
- Advanced proficiency in developing automation scripts (e.g., Python, PowerShell) to streamline CTI workflows, automated enrichment, data parsing, and tool/API integration.
- Hands-on experience with specialized external threat landscape and enrichment tools (e.g., DomainTools, Intel 471, Maltego, or VirusTotal Enterprise).
- Active advanced security or threat intelligence certifications, such as GIAC Cyber Threat Intelligence (GCTI), Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst (CTIA), or GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA).
Why Join Our Team:
Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 97,000+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military-Friendly Gold Employer, you’ll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer:
Equal employment opportunity employer
Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) poster.
Fraud prevention notice
Prospective applicants should be vigilant against fraudulent job offers and interview requests. Scammers may use sophisticated tactics to impersonate Ascension employees. To ensure your safety, please remember: Ascension will never ask for payment or to provide banking or financial information as part of the job application or hiring process. Our legitimate email communications will always come from an @ascension.org email address; do not trust other domains, and an official offer will only be extended to candidates who have completed a job application through our authorized applicant tracking system.
E-Verify statement
Employer participates in the Electronic Employment Verification Program. Please click here for more information.
Benefits:
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Various health insurance options & wellness plans
- Retirement benefits including employer match plans
- Long-term & short-term disability
- Employee assistance programs (EAP)
- Parental leave & adoption assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Ways to give back to your community
Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance, location and salary range at the time of the offer.
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Who's Hiring
- AttainX,Inc30
- Affirm28
- Aprio22
- Akumin13
- Kastle Systems11
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software106
- Banking & Financial Services40
- Healthcare & Medical Services32
- Accounting & Auditing22
- Electronics & Hardware17
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote cybersecurity lead jobs.
- Seven or more years of progressive cybersecurity experience with at least two in a leadership role
- Hands-on proficiency with SIEM platforms such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, or IBM QRadar
- Active CISSP, CISM, or equivalent enterprise security certification
- Experience developing and maintaining security policies aligned to NIST, ISO 27001, or SOC 2 frameworks
- Proven ability to lead incident response efforts and manage post-incident reviews
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information security, or a closely related field
Tips for Your Remote Cybersecurity Lead Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote cybersecurity lead openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your experience and apply directly. Remote postings move fast, and early applications reach hiring managers before a shortlist forms.
Document your remote security leadership evidence
Remote employers cannot observe how you lead day to day, so your application materials must do that work. Include written samples of security policies, incident post-mortems, or risk assessment frameworks you authored. Concrete documentation proves independent leadership better than a job title alone.
Sharpen your async written communication skills
Distributed security teams run on written communication. Practice translating technical risk findings into clear, decision-ready memos or Slack-style updates for non-technical stakeholders. Interviewers for remote roles often assess writing ability directly, sometimes through a take-home scenario.
Target remote-first companies with distributed teams
Remote-first organizations already have the tooling and culture for remote security leadership, so the onboarding friction is lower. Look for companies that publicly describe distributed engineering or security teams, since they are more likely to offer genuine remote flexibility rather than a temporary remote arrangement.
Prepare for remote security interview scenarios
Remote cybersecurity lead interviews frequently involve live incident response simulations or threat modeling exercises conducted over video. Practice walking through your decision-making process out loud, using tools like shared virtual whiteboards or collaborative diagramming platforms that distributed security teams use daily.
Remote Cybersecurity Lead Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote cybersecurity lead job?
Remote cybersecurity lead roles go to candidates who can demonstrate self-direction and communicate security risk clearly in writing, since distributed teams rely on async documentation rather than hallway conversations. Remote employers screen hard for experience leading incident response and vulnerability programs without in-person oversight. Certifications like CISSP or CISM strengthen your profile, and a portfolio of documented security initiatives, policy frameworks, or audit outcomes gives you a concrete edge.
Which companies hire remote cybersecurity leads?
Employers currently hiring remote cybersecurity leads include AttainX,Inc, Affirm, and Aprio, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Remote-first software companies, distributed financial services firms, and healthcare technology organizations are among the most active sectors for this role.
Can you get a remote cybersecurity lead job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level cybersecurity lead roles are harder to land because remote employers expect early self-sufficiency with minimal onboarding. Smaller remote-first companies and managed security service providers are more open to emerging talent. Candidates can open doors by contributing to open-source security projects, earning recognized certifications, and showing documented examples of leading even small security initiatives independently.
Do you need a degree for remote cybersecurity lead jobs?
Not always. Remote employers weigh hands-on security experience, certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or CompTIA Security+, and a demonstrable record of leading security programs over a formal degree. Strong written communication skills and the ability to document risk decisions clearly also carry significant weight, since remote cybersecurity leads must convey complex security posture to distributed stakeholders without in-person meetings.
Which industries hire the most remote cybersecurity leads?
Most remote cybersecurity lead openings sit in Technology & Software, Banking & Financial Services, and Healthcare & Medical Services, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. These sectors hire cybersecurity leads remotely because their distributed teams and sensitive data environments require dedicated security leadership that can operate effectively across time zones and locations.
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