Remote Principal Security Engineer Jobs
Remote principal security engineer jobs are in strong demand across the U.S., with remote-first firms and distributed engineering teams actively hiring for this role in sectors like fintech, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise software. Employers hiring remotely right now include ServiceNow, DigitalOcean, and Danaher. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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WHO WE ARE
Zeta Global (NYSE: ZETA) is the AI-Powered Marketing Cloud that leverages advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and trillions of consumer signals to make it easier for marketers to acquire, grow, and retain customers more efficiently. Through the Zeta Marketing Platform (ZMP), our vision is to make sophisticated marketing simple by unifying identity, intelligence, and omnichannel activation into a single platform – powered by one of the industry’s largest proprietary databases and AI. Our enterprise customers across multiple verticals are empowered to personalize experiences with consumers at an individual level across every channel, delivering better results for marketing programs. Zeta was founded in 2007 by David A. Steinberg and John Sculley and is headquartered in New York City with offices around the world. To learn more, go to www.zetaglobal.com.
Role Overview
This is a hands-on Principal Infrastructure Security opportunity within the DevSecOps practice that strengthens security across our primarily AWS-based infrastructure and software delivery. Partner with AppSec and InfoSec to prevent issues and respond effectively when they arise. This is a player-coach role: set strategy while staying close to the technical work.
What You'll Do
- Define and execute a risk-based DevSecOps roadmap; establish ownership, metrics, escalation paths, and a plan to grow the team.
- Implement preventive AWS controls for identity, networking, encryption, secrets/key management, and cloud configuration; ensure security-relevant activity is logged for monitoring, investigation, and audit.
- Embed security into IaC, CI/CD, containers/orchestration, and software supply chains (SCA, secrets scanning, artifact integrity/signing, SBOMs where appropriate), including automated pipeline controls (SAST, IaC/container scanning, policy-as-code).
- Partner with AppSec and InfoSec on security testing, policy, risk, audit evidence, and incident response.
- Triage and prioritize vulnerabilities by exposure, exploitability, and business impact; coordinate remediation, track exceptions, and support investigation, containment, recovery, and post-incident improvement.
What We're Looking For
Required qualifications
- 10+ years combined experience in software, platform/DevOps, and security engineering; 3+ years as a technical lead.
- Experience leading cross-functional security or infrastructure initiatives and influencing engineering, DevOps/platform, AppSec, and InfoSec teams.
- Hands-on AWS security and IAM (least privilege, service identities, privileged access, encryption, networking/security boundaries); experience automating controls with scripting, IaC, CI/CD, and policy-as-code.
- Experience securing delivery pipelines end to end (IaC, CI/CD, containers, dependencies/artifacts, secrets).
- Experience prioritizing vulnerabilities by risk and establishing ownership, escalation, exception, and remediation workflows.
- Experience in security incident investigation, containment, recovery, and post-incident improvement; ability to communicate risk and tradeoffs to leadership.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience building a security/DevSecOps practice and hiring, developing, or managing engineers.
- Kubernetes/container security; software supply chain and secure SDLC practices; security observability/detection partnership with InfoSec/SOC.
- Experience selecting security tools, managing vendors and budgets, and measuring control coverage, risk reduction, and remediation progress.
- Familiarity with public-company or regulated audit controls (e.g., SOX, SOC 2, ISO 27001).
BENEFITS & PERKS
- Unlimited PTO
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Employee Equity
- Employee Discounts, Virtual Wellness Classes, and Pet Insurance and more!!
SALARY RANGE
The salary range for this role is $220,000 - $240,000, depending on location and experience.
PEOPLE & CULTURE AT ZETA
Zeta considers applicants for employment without regard to, and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual’s sex, race, color, religion, age, disability, status as a veteran, or national or ethnic origin; nor does Zeta discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.
We’re committed to building a workplace culture of trust and belonging, so everyone feels invited to bring their whole selves to work. We provide a forum for employees to celebrate, support, and advocate for one another. Learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion here: https://zetaglobal.com/blog/a-look-into-zetas-ergs/
ZETA IN THE NEWS!
https://zetaglobal.com/press/?cat=press-releases
#LI-TS1
WHO WE ARE
Zeta Global (NYSE: ZETA) is the AI-Powered Marketing Cloud that leverages advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and trillions of consumer signals to make it easier for marketers to acquire, grow, and retain customers more efficiently. Through the Zeta Marketing Platform (ZMP), our vision is to make sophisticated marketing simple by unifying identity, intelligence, and omnichannel activation into a single platform – powered by one of the industry’s largest proprietary databases and AI. Our enterprise customers across multiple verticals are empowered to personalize experiences with consumers at an individual level across every channel, delivering better results for marketing programs. Zeta was founded in 2007 by David A. Steinberg and John Sculley and is headquartered in New York City with offices around the world. To learn more, go to www.zetaglobal.com.
Role Overview
This is a hands-on Principal Infrastructure Security opportunity within the DevSecOps practice that strengthens security across our primarily AWS-based infrastructure and software delivery. Partner with AppSec and InfoSec to prevent issues and respond effectively when they arise. This is a player-coach role: set strategy while staying close to the technical work.
What You'll Do
- Define and execute a risk-based DevSecOps roadmap; establish ownership, metrics, escalation paths, and a plan to grow the team.
- Implement preventive AWS controls for identity, networking, encryption, secrets/key management, and cloud configuration; ensure security-relevant activity is logged for monitoring, investigation, and audit.
- Embed security into IaC, CI/CD, containers/orchestration, and software supply chains (SCA, secrets scanning, artifact integrity/signing, SBOMs where appropriate), including automated pipeline controls (SAST, IaC/container scanning, policy-as-code).
- Partner with AppSec and InfoSec on security testing, policy, risk, audit evidence, and incident response.
- Triage and prioritize vulnerabilities by exposure, exploitability, and business impact; coordinate remediation, track exceptions, and support investigation, containment, recovery, and post-incident improvement.
What We're Looking For
Required qualifications
- 10+ years combined experience in software, platform/DevOps, and security engineering; 3+ years as a technical lead.
- Experience leading cross-functional security or infrastructure initiatives and influencing engineering, DevOps/platform, AppSec, and InfoSec teams.
- Hands-on AWS security and IAM (least privilege, service identities, privileged access, encryption, networking/security boundaries); experience automating controls with scripting, IaC, CI/CD, and policy-as-code.
- Experience securing delivery pipelines end to end (IaC, CI/CD, containers, dependencies/artifacts, secrets).
- Experience prioritizing vulnerabilities by risk and establishing ownership, escalation, exception, and remediation workflows.
- Experience in security incident investigation, containment, recovery, and post-incident improvement; ability to communicate risk and tradeoffs to leadership.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience building a security/DevSecOps practice and hiring, developing, or managing engineers.
- Kubernetes/container security; software supply chain and secure SDLC practices; security observability/detection partnership with InfoSec/SOC.
- Experience selecting security tools, managing vendors and budgets, and measuring control coverage, risk reduction, and remediation progress.
- Familiarity with public-company or regulated audit controls (e.g., SOX, SOC 2, ISO 27001).
BENEFITS & PERKS
- Unlimited PTO
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Employee Equity
- Employee Discounts, Virtual Wellness Classes, and Pet Insurance and more!!
SALARY RANGE
The salary range for this role is $220,000 - $240,000, depending on location and experience.
PEOPLE & CULTURE AT ZETA
Zeta considers applicants for employment without regard to, and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual’s sex, race, color, religion, age, disability, status as a veteran, or national or ethnic origin; nor does Zeta discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.
We’re committed to building a workplace culture of trust and belonging, so everyone feels invited to bring their whole selves to work. We provide a forum for employees to celebrate, support, and advocate for one another. Learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion here: https://zetaglobal.com/blog/a-look-into-zetas-ergs/
ZETA IN THE NEWS!
https://zetaglobal.com/press/?cat=press-releases
#LI-TS1
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Retail
- Insurance
- Banking & Financial Services
- Non-Profit & Social Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote principal security engineer jobs.
- 8 or more years of hands-on security engineering experience across multiple domains
- Deep expertise in cloud security architecture on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- Active CISSP, CISM, or equivalent advanced security certification
- Demonstrated experience leading threat modeling and security design reviews
- Proficiency with SIEM platforms, EDR tooling, and security automation frameworks
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information security, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Remote Principal Security Engineer Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote principal security engineer openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your background and apply directly without sifting through non-remote listings mixed in.
Show async security leadership in your materials
Remote principal security engineers are expected to drive programs without in-person oversight. Document examples of threat models, security roadmaps, or architecture decisions you led and communicated entirely in writing, since remote hiring managers treat written clarity as a core signal.
Highlight your cloud and zero trust depth early
Remote security teams typically operate in cloud-native environments. Lead your resume and conversations with specific platforms, like AWS Security Hub, Azure Defender, or GCP Security Command Center, and any zero trust implementations you've designed, since these map directly to what distributed teams are hiring for.
Prepare for async technical screening rounds
Many remote-first companies replace live whiteboard sessions with take-home threat modeling exercises or written security architecture reviews. Practice producing clear, well-structured written assessments under realistic time constraints so your async output matches the standard remote teams expect at the principal level.
Remote Principal Security Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote principal security engineer job?
Remote principal security engineers are hired most often by remote-first technology companies, cloud-native startups, and distributed enterprise security teams that need senior-level ownership without geographic constraints. Remote employers screen heavily for self-direction, strong async written communication, and deep expertise in areas like zero trust architecture, threat modeling, and cloud security frameworks. Candidates who demonstrate autonomous project leadership and clear technical documentation stand out in remote hiring.
Which companies hire remote principal security engineers?
Companies hiring remote principal security engineers right now include ServiceNow, DigitalOcean, and Danaher, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote-first technology firms, cloud security vendors, and distributed fintech and healthcare companies are the most consistent hirers of principal security engineers outside traditional office settings.
Can you get a remote principal security engineer job with no experience?
Yes, but remote principal-level roles are among the hardest to land without a proven track of independent security ownership, since you're expected to operate autonomously from day one. Entry paths that work include open-source security contributions, documented personal lab environments, bug bounty results, and certifications like CISSP or OSCP that signal hands-on depth to remote hiring teams without requiring in-person validation.
Do you need a degree for remote principal security engineer jobs?
Not always. Remote employers at the principal level weigh demonstrated security expertise, certifications, and real-world results alongside or instead of a formal degree. What matters most is evidence that you can own complex security programs independently, whether that comes from a CS degree, years of hands-on engineering work, recognized certifications, or a combination of all three.
Which industries hire the most remote principal security engineers?
The sectors hiring the most remote principal security engineers are Technology & Software, Retail, and Insurance, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These industries rely on distributed engineering teams managing sensitive data and complex cloud infrastructure, which makes the principal security engineer role well suited to fully remote arrangements.
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