Remote Director Of Security Jobs
Remote Director Of Security jobs are open across the U.S. in sectors including cybersecurity, financial services, healthcare technology, and enterprise software, where distributed teams need senior security leadership. Companies actively hiring remotely include Deloitte, Sunrun, and Aledade. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Description
Southern New Hampshire University is a team of innovators. World changers. Individuals who believe in progress with purpose. Since 1932, our people-centered strategy has defined us — and helped us grow a team that now serves over 180,000 learners worldwide.
Our mission to transform lives is made possible by talented people who bring diverse industry experience, backgrounds and skills to the university. And today, we're ready to expand our reach. All we need is you.
Make an impact — from near or far
At SNHU, you'll have the option to work remotely in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
We ask that our remote employees have access to a reliable internet connection and a dedicated, properly equipped workspace that is free of distractions. Employees must reside in, and work from, one of the above approved states.
The opportunity
The Director, Information Security Engineering will report to the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer. You will lead the university's security architecture and engineering strategy, modernizing platforms, practices, and operating models to deliver scalable, resilient, and effective security capabilities. You will improve adoption of modern security architectures, cloud-native approaches, and AI-enabled security capabilities that strengthen the institution's ability to manage evolving threats.
You will bring deep technical credibility to lead senior architects and engineers, a demonstrated track record of leading transformation in complex organizations, and the vision to align security architecture and engineering investments with institutional priorities, modern technology environments, and emerging risk.
You will work 100% remotely from any of our approved states. #LI-Remote
What You'll Do:
- Drive organizational and cultural change within the team, promoting a growth mindset, accountability, and engineering excellence while building alignment and demonstrating measurable progress.
- Establish and promote modern security engineering practices, including infrastructure-as-code, security-as-code, zero trust architecture, and DevSecOps integration across the university's technology ecosystem.
- Be an internal change agent, advocating for security modernization across ITS and with university leadership.
- Provide authoritative technical direction across security architecture and engineering disciplines, including network and cloud security, endpoint and data protection, application security, and security tooling platforms.
- Lead the security architecture practice including defining clear service parameters, setting high technical standards, reviewing architecture decisions, and ensuring solutions are forward-looking, practical, and aligned to risk posture.
- Own the university's enterprise security reference architecture, ensuring it reflects current threat landscapes, regulatory requirements (NIST 800-171, GLBA, FERPA, etc.), and modern delivery models including cloud-native and hybrid environments.
- Evaluate, select, and oversee implementation of security technologies with disciplined focus on reducing complexity, improving efficacy, and enabling automation.
- Establish and lead the ISMO's strategy for applying AI and machine learning to advance security engineering capabilities and tooling.
- Partner with governance, risk, privacy, and AI stakeholders to assess and address security risks introduced by AI adoption including shadow AI, generative AI data exposure, and risks introduced by autonomous AI agents operating within enterprise environments.
- Stay current with the rapidly evolving AI security landscape and serve as a subject matter authority to the D-CISO, senior IT leadership, and AI leadership on both AI-enabled security and AI-security related risk.
- Identify opportunities to leverage automation and AI to increase the team's capacity and capability without proportional headcount growth.
- Partner with the Deputy CISO to define a multi-year Security Architecture and Engineering strategy, translating vision into actionable roadmaps, funded initiatives, and measurable outcomes.
- Develop and present compelling business cases to the Deputy CISO and CISO to secure funding, headcount, and organizational support for strategic initiatives.
- Build and manage a portfolio of security initiatives, ensuring alignment to institutional risk priorities, compliance obligations, and technology strategy.
- Collaborate with the AVP of Governance, Risk, Compliance and Privacy to ensure architecture and engineering decisions are grounded in risk and that controls are implemented effectively and measurably.
- Lead, develop, and retain a team of security architects, engineers, and managers — creating clear career paths, fostering technical excellence, and building a high-performing culture.
- Design and evolve the team structure, capabilities, and leadership depth required to deliver the future-state vision, aligning talent and resources to strategic priorities while developing both managers and individual contributors.
- Recruit and onboard talent capable of delivering the future-state vision, including individuals who bring skills the current team does not possess.
- Set clear expectations for performance, accountability, and continuous improvement across the team.
- Serve as a mentor and technical escalation point for architects and engineers navigating complex problems.
- Advise the Deputy CISO, CISO, and ISMO leadership team on security architecture, engineering trends, and emerging risks.
- Engage effectively with university stakeholders across business units, translating technical concepts into business and mission impact.
- Represent the security architecture and engineering function in governance forums, project review boards, and vendor negotiations.
What We're Looking For:
- 10+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience
- 5+ years in a senior technical leadership role overseeing architecture or engineering functions.
- High School Diploma or equivalent (i.e. GED)
- Professional Certification(s): CISSP, ISC2 Certifications, GIAC.
- Experience as a security engineer or architect across at least two core disciplines (Platform Security, Application Security, AI Security, Cloud/Infrastructure Security, Data Security, DSPM)
- Experience securing Azure PaaS/IaaS, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Fabric, or similar.
- Experience as an engineer or architect across multiple security domains: zero trust architecture, application security, cloud security (Azure), identity and access management, network security, endpoint protection, data security, and security automation.
- Experience with AI and machine learning applications in cybersecurity, including familiarity with AI-enabled security tools, LLM-related risks, and emerging threats associated with enterprise AI adoption.
We believe real innovation comes from inclusion — where different experiences, perspectives and talents are celebrated. So if you're wondering whether SNHU is right for you, take the leap and apply. You might be just the person we're looking for.
Compensation
The annual pay range for this position is $125,298.00 - $200,516.00. Actual offer will be based on skills, qualifications, experience and internal equity, in addition to relevant business considerations. We expect this position to be hired in the following target hiring range $138,456.00 - $187,323.00.
Exceptional benefits (because you’re exceptional)
You’re the whole package. Your benefits should be, too. As a full-time employee at SNHU, you’ll get:
- High-quality, low-deductible medical insurance
- Low to no-cost dental and vision plans
- 5 weeks of paid time off (plus almost a dozen paid holidays)
- Employer-funded retirement
- Free tuition program
- Parental leave
- Mental health and wellbeing resources
Description
Southern New Hampshire University is a team of innovators. World changers. Individuals who believe in progress with purpose. Since 1932, our people-centered strategy has defined us — and helped us grow a team that now serves over 180,000 learners worldwide.
Our mission to transform lives is made possible by talented people who bring diverse industry experience, backgrounds and skills to the university. And today, we're ready to expand our reach. All we need is you.
Make an impact — from near or far
At SNHU, you'll have the option to work remotely in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
We ask that our remote employees have access to a reliable internet connection and a dedicated, properly equipped workspace that is free of distractions. Employees must reside in, and work from, one of the above approved states.
The opportunity
The Director, Information Security Engineering will report to the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer. You will lead the university's security architecture and engineering strategy, modernizing platforms, practices, and operating models to deliver scalable, resilient, and effective security capabilities. You will improve adoption of modern security architectures, cloud-native approaches, and AI-enabled security capabilities that strengthen the institution's ability to manage evolving threats.
You will bring deep technical credibility to lead senior architects and engineers, a demonstrated track record of leading transformation in complex organizations, and the vision to align security architecture and engineering investments with institutional priorities, modern technology environments, and emerging risk.
You will work 100% remotely from any of our approved states. #LI-Remote
What You'll Do:
- Drive organizational and cultural change within the team, promoting a growth mindset, accountability, and engineering excellence while building alignment and demonstrating measurable progress.
- Establish and promote modern security engineering practices, including infrastructure-as-code, security-as-code, zero trust architecture, and DevSecOps integration across the university's technology ecosystem.
- Be an internal change agent, advocating for security modernization across ITS and with university leadership.
- Provide authoritative technical direction across security architecture and engineering disciplines, including network and cloud security, endpoint and data protection, application security, and security tooling platforms.
- Lead the security architecture practice including defining clear service parameters, setting high technical standards, reviewing architecture decisions, and ensuring solutions are forward-looking, practical, and aligned to risk posture.
- Own the university's enterprise security reference architecture, ensuring it reflects current threat landscapes, regulatory requirements (NIST 800-171, GLBA, FERPA, etc.), and modern delivery models including cloud-native and hybrid environments.
- Evaluate, select, and oversee implementation of security technologies with disciplined focus on reducing complexity, improving efficacy, and enabling automation.
- Establish and lead the ISMO's strategy for applying AI and machine learning to advance security engineering capabilities and tooling.
- Partner with governance, risk, privacy, and AI stakeholders to assess and address security risks introduced by AI adoption including shadow AI, generative AI data exposure, and risks introduced by autonomous AI agents operating within enterprise environments.
- Stay current with the rapidly evolving AI security landscape and serve as a subject matter authority to the D-CISO, senior IT leadership, and AI leadership on both AI-enabled security and AI-security related risk.
- Identify opportunities to leverage automation and AI to increase the team's capacity and capability without proportional headcount growth.
- Partner with the Deputy CISO to define a multi-year Security Architecture and Engineering strategy, translating vision into actionable roadmaps, funded initiatives, and measurable outcomes.
- Develop and present compelling business cases to the Deputy CISO and CISO to secure funding, headcount, and organizational support for strategic initiatives.
- Build and manage a portfolio of security initiatives, ensuring alignment to institutional risk priorities, compliance obligations, and technology strategy.
- Collaborate with the AVP of Governance, Risk, Compliance and Privacy to ensure architecture and engineering decisions are grounded in risk and that controls are implemented effectively and measurably.
- Lead, develop, and retain a team of security architects, engineers, and managers — creating clear career paths, fostering technical excellence, and building a high-performing culture.
- Design and evolve the team structure, capabilities, and leadership depth required to deliver the future-state vision, aligning talent and resources to strategic priorities while developing both managers and individual contributors.
- Recruit and onboard talent capable of delivering the future-state vision, including individuals who bring skills the current team does not possess.
- Set clear expectations for performance, accountability, and continuous improvement across the team.
- Serve as a mentor and technical escalation point for architects and engineers navigating complex problems.
- Advise the Deputy CISO, CISO, and ISMO leadership team on security architecture, engineering trends, and emerging risks.
- Engage effectively with university stakeholders across business units, translating technical concepts into business and mission impact.
- Represent the security architecture and engineering function in governance forums, project review boards, and vendor negotiations.
What We're Looking For:
- 10+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience
- 5+ years in a senior technical leadership role overseeing architecture or engineering functions.
- High School Diploma or equivalent (i.e. GED)
- Professional Certification(s): CISSP, ISC2 Certifications, GIAC.
- Experience as a security engineer or architect across at least two core disciplines (Platform Security, Application Security, AI Security, Cloud/Infrastructure Security, Data Security, DSPM)
- Experience securing Azure PaaS/IaaS, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Fabric, or similar.
- Experience as an engineer or architect across multiple security domains: zero trust architecture, application security, cloud security (Azure), identity and access management, network security, endpoint protection, data security, and security automation.
- Experience with AI and machine learning applications in cybersecurity, including familiarity with AI-enabled security tools, LLM-related risks, and emerging threats associated with enterprise AI adoption.
We believe real innovation comes from inclusion — where different experiences, perspectives and talents are celebrated. So if you're wondering whether SNHU is right for you, take the leap and apply. You might be just the person we're looking for.
Compensation
The annual pay range for this position is $125,298.00 - $200,516.00. Actual offer will be based on skills, qualifications, experience and internal equity, in addition to relevant business considerations. We expect this position to be hired in the following target hiring range $138,456.00 - $187,323.00.
Exceptional benefits (because you’re exceptional)
You’re the whole package. Your benefits should be, too. As a full-time employee at SNHU, you’ll get:
- High-quality, low-deductible medical insurance
- Low to no-cost dental and vision plans
- 5 weeks of paid time off (plus almost a dozen paid holidays)
- Employer-funded retirement
- Free tuition program
- Parental leave
- Mental health and wellbeing resources
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Who's Hiring
- Deloitte28
- Sunrun1
- Aledade1
- Navia Benefits Solutions1
- ECG Management Consultants1
Top Industries Hiring
- Consulting & Professional Services29
- Accounting & Auditing28
- Investment & Asset Management28
- Education1
- Construction & Real Estate1
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote director of security jobs.
- Ten or more years of progressive security operations or law enforcement leadership experience
- Certified Protection Professional (CPP) designation from ASIS International
- Experience developing and implementing enterprise-wide physical security programs
- Proficiency with access control and video surveillance platforms such as Genetec or Lenel
- Bachelor's degree in criminal justice, security management, or a related field
- Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional incident response and crisis communication
Tips for Your Remote Director Of Security Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote director of security openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your background and apply directly without sorting through mixed location listings.
Prove async leadership in your application materials
Remote employers want evidence you can run a security program without daily in-person check-ins. Include specific examples of written security policies, async incident response runbooks, or distributed team initiatives you led from start to finish.
Show measurable security program outcomes
Remote hiring managers can't observe your work style firsthand, so documented results carry extra weight. Quantify risk reduction, audit outcomes, compliance milestones, or response time improvements you drove in previous roles to make your impact concrete.
Target companies with distributed security teams
Remote director of security roles cluster at cloud-native firms, remote-first SaaS companies, and managed security service providers. Focusing on employers whose entire security function is distributed increases your chances of finding a role built for remote work rather than adapted from an on-site structure.
Prepare for remote-format technical interviews
Remote director of security interviews often include written threat scenario assessments or async take-home exercises alongside video calls. Practice articulating security strategy decisions clearly in writing, since remote employers use written communication skills as a direct signal of how you will lead once hired.
Remote Director Of Security Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote director of security job?
Target remote-first technology companies, managed security service providers, and cloud-native firms, which hire directors of security remotely far more often than traditional enterprises. Remote employers screen hard for async written communication, self-directed decision-making under ambiguity, and the ability to lead distributed security teams without in-person oversight. Candidates who document past incident response outcomes, cross-functional program leadership, and measurable risk reduction stand out most.
Which companies hire remote director of securitys?
Remote director of security roles are posted by Deloitte, Sunrun, and Aledade and others right now, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. These tend to be remote-first technology firms, SaaS companies, and financial services organizations whose distributed workforces make centralized, location-independent security leadership a practical necessity.
Can you get a remote director of security job with no experience?
Yes, but entry-level remote director of security roles are rare because the position demands independent judgment from day one, with no in-office manager nearby to provide guidance. Candidates without direct director-level experience can strengthen their case by building a portfolio of security program documentation, leading open-source or volunteer security initiatives, and earning recognized certifications such as CISSP or CISM that signal readiness for senior remote responsibility.
Do you need a degree for remote director of security jobs?
Not always. Remote employers in cybersecurity and technology consistently weigh demonstrated program leadership, certifications, and measurable security outcomes alongside formal education. A candidate who can show they built or scaled a security program, reduced organizational risk, and communicated findings to executive stakeholders will often be competitive even without a four-year degree, particularly at remote-first companies that prioritize results over credentials.
Which industries hire the most remote director of securitys?
The sectors hiring the most remote director of securitys are Consulting & Professional Services, Accounting & Auditing, and Investment & Asset Management, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. These industries rely on distributed teams and cloud infrastructure, making it practical and often preferable to place senior security leadership in a fully remote capacity.
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