Remote Network Security Analyst Jobs
Remote Network Security Analyst jobs are open across the US at companies hiring remotely, from entry-level roles at remote-first startups to senior roles on large distributed teams, with employers like DigitalOcean, Target, and Blue Mantis hiring right now. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you'll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.
We are looking for a Staff Network Security Engineer to play a critical role in securing our global network infrastructure.
As a Staff Network Security Engineer at DigitalOcean, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to revolutionizing cloud computing and AI. In this role, you will act as a key technical leader, responsible for securing our global network infrastructure by partnering with engineering teams to advise on secure architecture. This position, which reports to the Manager, Security Defense Engineering, involves architecting and building automated security tools and championing best practices to ensure our network remains resilient against evolving threats across our edge, backbone, and datacenter environments.
What You'll Do:
- Define and enforce network security architecture standards and principles to ensure our networks are architected with security as a foundational element
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to security and network engineering teams, serving as a subject matter expert on network security-related matters
- Lead network security assessments, including threat modeling, intrusion detection, and protocol-level analysis to identify and mitigate sophisticated attack vectors
- Develop and deploy advanced security automation, tooling, and infrastructure-as-code to continuously validate security posture and enforce compliance at scale
- Collaborate with network engineers to integrate security controls and telemetry within SDN, BGP/MPLS, and network automation platforms
- Participate in incident response efforts related to network security incidents
- Drive the security review process for all network infrastructure or product changes, ensuring designs adhere to established security standards and best practices before deployment
- Promote security best practices through documentation, tooling, and cross-team collaboration
What You'll Add to DigitalOcean:
- 8-10 years of experience in network security engineering, network penetration testing, or security-focused infrastructure roles
- Excellent communication skills to effectively collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, explaining complex security concepts and advocating for security best practices
- Deep understanding of Layer 2/3/4 networking protocols (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, VRRP, LACP) and their security implications
- Deep understanding of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack vectors and mitigation strategies, including packet filtering, rate limiting, and scrubbing services
- Extensive experience in designing and building secure networks from the ground up
- Experience leading projects and providing technical guidance to cross-functional teams
- Proficiency in scripting/programming languages such as Python or Go for automation and tooling
- Familiarity with Corero, Cloudflare, Juniper, Arista, or Ciena network platforms
- Strong Linux experience and familiarity with firewall, routing, and DNS security
- Understanding and experience with Network Intrusion Detection principles and tooling
- Knowledge of MPLS, BGP-LU, and SDN architectures from a security perspective
- Hands-on experience with observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack
- Comfortable with Git-based workflows and collaborative development
Bonus Skills Include:
- Open-source contributions related to network security
- Background in security incident response or red/blue team operations
Compensation Range:
- $168,800 - $211,000
This is a remote role
JR: 2026-8009
LI-Remote
Why You'll Like Working for DigitalOcean
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We innovate with purpose. You'll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.
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We prioritize career development. At DO, you'll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
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We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
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We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.
Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you'll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.
We are looking for a Staff Network Security Engineer to play a critical role in securing our global network infrastructure.
As a Staff Network Security Engineer at DigitalOcean, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to revolutionizing cloud computing and AI. In this role, you will act as a key technical leader, responsible for securing our global network infrastructure by partnering with engineering teams to advise on secure architecture. This position, which reports to the Manager, Security Defense Engineering, involves architecting and building automated security tools and championing best practices to ensure our network remains resilient against evolving threats across our edge, backbone, and datacenter environments.
What You'll Do:
- Define and enforce network security architecture standards and principles to ensure our networks are architected with security as a foundational element
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to security and network engineering teams, serving as a subject matter expert on network security-related matters
- Lead network security assessments, including threat modeling, intrusion detection, and protocol-level analysis to identify and mitigate sophisticated attack vectors
- Develop and deploy advanced security automation, tooling, and infrastructure-as-code to continuously validate security posture and enforce compliance at scale
- Collaborate with network engineers to integrate security controls and telemetry within SDN, BGP/MPLS, and network automation platforms
- Participate in incident response efforts related to network security incidents
- Drive the security review process for all network infrastructure or product changes, ensuring designs adhere to established security standards and best practices before deployment
- Promote security best practices through documentation, tooling, and cross-team collaboration
What You'll Add to DigitalOcean:
- 8-10 years of experience in network security engineering, network penetration testing, or security-focused infrastructure roles
- Excellent communication skills to effectively collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, explaining complex security concepts and advocating for security best practices
- Deep understanding of Layer 2/3/4 networking protocols (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, VRRP, LACP) and their security implications
- Deep understanding of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack vectors and mitigation strategies, including packet filtering, rate limiting, and scrubbing services
- Extensive experience in designing and building secure networks from the ground up
- Experience leading projects and providing technical guidance to cross-functional teams
- Proficiency in scripting/programming languages such as Python or Go for automation and tooling
- Familiarity with Corero, Cloudflare, Juniper, Arista, or Ciena network platforms
- Strong Linux experience and familiarity with firewall, routing, and DNS security
- Understanding and experience with Network Intrusion Detection principles and tooling
- Knowledge of MPLS, BGP-LU, and SDN architectures from a security perspective
- Hands-on experience with observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack
- Comfortable with Git-based workflows and collaborative development
Bonus Skills Include:
- Open-source contributions related to network security
- Background in security incident response or red/blue team operations
Compensation Range:
- $168,800 - $211,000
This is a remote role
JR: 2026-8009
LI-Remote
Why You'll Like Working for DigitalOcean
-
We innovate with purpose. You'll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.
-
We prioritize career development. At DO, you'll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
-
We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
-
We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.
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Who's Hiring
- DigitalOcean4
- Target2
- Blue Mantis2B
- JLL1
- Humana1
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software6
- Retail2
- Consulting & Professional Services2
- Insurance1
- Manufacturing1
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote network security analyst jobs.
- Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, or IBM QRadar
- CompTIA Security+, CISSP, CEH, or equivalent industry certification
- Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information technology, or a related field
- Proficiency in network protocols, firewall management, and intrusion detection systems
- Experience conducting vulnerability assessments and interpreting penetration testing results
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, or SOC 2
Tips for Your Remote Network Security Analyst Job Search
Tailor your resume to each job tier
SOC analyst roles emphasize SIEM tool proficiency and alert triage volume, while senior analyst postings weight threat hunting and reporting. Pull the exact tool names from each job description and mirror them in your experience bullets, because many applicant systems screen for literal keyword matches.
Certify before you apply to mid-level roles
CompTIA Security+ clears the baseline bar for most entry postings, but mid-level openings increasingly list CISSP, CEH, or GIAC credentials as requirements, not preferences. Completing one before applying signals you can handle independent investigations without close supervision.
Filter openings by clearance requirement first
Defense and federal contractor roles often require an active Secret or Top Secret clearance, which can take a year or more to obtain if you don't already hold one. Prioritize listings that match your current clearance status so you're not disqualified before the first screen.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists network security analyst openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a concrete incident response example
Most technical interviews for this role include a scenario question asking how you'd handle an active intrusion or ransomware event. Walk through detection, containment, eradication, and recovery using a real or practice scenario you've worked through, naming the specific tools you'd use at each stage.
Negotiate using total compensation, not base salary
Security analyst offers frequently include certification reimbursement, on-call pay, and shift differentials that vary widely by employer. Before accepting or countering, ask for a written breakdown of all compensation components so you're comparing equivalent packages rather than headline numbers.
Remote Network Security Analyst Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote network security analyst job?
Target companies that already run distributed teams, since they hire remotely by default and know how to onboard someone they never meet in person. Remote network security analyst employers screen hard for self-direction and clear written communication on top of the core skills, so show evidence you can own work without someone over your shoulder. Apply to the openings above that match your experience.
Which companies hire remote network security analysts?
Employers currently hiring remote network security analysts include DigitalOcean, Target, and Blue Mantis, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Remote-first firms and large companies running distributed teams post the most remote network security analyst roles.
Can you get a remote network security analyst job with no experience?
Yes, but it is harder than an on-site role, because remote work expects you to operate independently from the start. Entry-level remote network security analyst openings do exist, especially at remote-first companies, and a portfolio of real work helps more than a long resume. Applying broadly to the roles that fit improves your odds.
Do you need a degree for remote network security analyst jobs?
Not always. Many employers hire remote network security analysts on demonstrated skills and prior work rather than a specific degree, though some larger companies still prefer one. Showing relevant results matters more than a credential for most remote network security analyst roles.
Which industries hire the most remote network security analysts?
The sectors hiring the most remote network security analysts are Technology & Software, Retail, and Consulting & Professional Services, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. These sectors run distributed teams and hire network security analysts remotely most consistently.
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