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Remote Security Specialist jobs are in active demand across the U.S., with remote-first firms, distributed enterprise teams, and government contractors all hiring for this role. Industries pulling in the most remote security specialists include technology, financial services, and defense. Employers hiring remotely right now include Convergint, Fellowship Health Resources, and World Wide Technology. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Join one of the nation’s most comprehensive academic medical centers, UChicago Medicine as an Information Security Engineer - Microsoft Purview Specialist for the Information Security department. This is a remote, work from home opportunity, and you may be based outside of the greater Chicagoland area.
The Microsoft Purview Specialist is responsible for the design, implementation, administration, monitoring, and continuous improvement of Microsoft Purview capabilities across the University of Chicago Medical Center Microsoft 365 environment.
This role serves as a technical subject matter expert for data protection, information governance, compliance, investigation, and data lifecycle capabilities within Microsoft Purview. The position works closely with Information Security, Privacy, Legal, Records Management, Microsoft 365 engineering, endpoint management, and application teams to translate organizational, regulatory, and business requirements into scalable technical controls.
The successful candidate will have hands-on experience administering Microsoft Purview in a complex enterprise environment and will understand how Purview capabilities interact with Microsoft 365 services including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 Apps, endpoints, and Microsoft Entra ID.
Essential Job Functions
- Administer and maintain Microsoft Purview capabilities across the Microsoft 365 environment.
- Design, configure, test, deploy, monitor, and tune Purview policies and controls.
- Develop standards, operational procedures, technical documentation, and governance documentation for Purview services.
- Information Protection and Classification.
- Design and maintain the organization's Microsoft Purview Information Protection strategy.
- Develop and manage sensitivity labels, label policies, publishing policies, protection settings, encryption controls, and related classification standards.
- Configure and maintain Sensitive Information Types, Exact Data Match classifiers, trainable classifiers, keyword dictionaries, and other classification mechanisms where appropriate.
- Develop DLP controls for Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 applications, endpoints, and other supported workloads.
- Configure policy tips, notifications, user overrides, incident reporting, auditing, restriction, and blocking actions.
- Manage retention across Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Teams, and other supported Microsoft 365 workloads.
- Support evaluation, implementation, and administration of Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management and Communication Compliance
- Develop operational metrics and reporting for Purview controls.
- Participate in development of enterprise information-protection and data-governance standards.
- Develop and maintain PowerShell and Microsoft Graph automation used to administer, report on, validate, and monitor Microsoft Purview configurations.
- Automate repetitive administrative and reporting processes where supported.
- Develop scripts and tooling for configuration assessment, policy validation, reporting, and operational support. Maintain source-controlled scripts and supporting technical documentation.
Required Qualifications
BS or BA degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent education, training or work experience; master’s degree preferred
- Strong hands-on experience administering Microsoft Purview in a production Microsoft 365 environment
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Purview Information Protection, sensitivity labels, sensitive information types, and classification technologies
- Experience with Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management and retention
- Experience supporting Microsoft Purview Audit and eDiscovery
- Strong understanding of Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft 365 Apps
- Understanding of Microsoft Entra ID identity, groups, roles, and access-control concepts
- Experience administering Microsoft 365 using PowerShell
- Experience troubleshooting enterprise Microsoft 365 policy and configuration issues
- Experience creating technical documentation, operational procedures, and governance standards
- Ability to translate security, privacy, regulatory, legal, and business requirements into technical configurations Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting Microsoft 365 in a healthcare environment
- Experience implementing data-protection controls involving PHI and PII
- Knowledge of HIPAA and healthcare data-protection requirements
- Experience with Microsoft Purview Endpoint DLP
- Experience with Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
- Experience with Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance
- Experience with Microsoft Purview Records Management
- Experience with advanced Microsoft Purview eDiscovery workflows
- Experience with Exact Data Match, trainable classifiers, custom Sensitive Information Types, and advanced classification techniques
- Experience with Microsoft Graph and automation
- Experience with Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Defender, and Microsoft Entra ID
- Experience working within formal change-management and enterprise governance processes Experience operating Microsoft 365 in a large, regulated enterprise
Position Details
- Job Type/FTE: Full Time (1.0 FTE)
- Shift: Day
- Location: Remote
- Unit/Department: Information Security
- CBA Code: Non-Union
Join one of the nation’s most comprehensive academic medical centers, UChicago Medicine as an Information Security Engineer - Microsoft Purview Specialist for the Information Security department. This is a remote, work from home opportunity, and you may be based outside of the greater Chicagoland area.
The Microsoft Purview Specialist is responsible for the design, implementation, administration, monitoring, and continuous improvement of Microsoft Purview capabilities across the University of Chicago Medical Center Microsoft 365 environment.
This role serves as a technical subject matter expert for data protection, information governance, compliance, investigation, and data lifecycle capabilities within Microsoft Purview. The position works closely with Information Security, Privacy, Legal, Records Management, Microsoft 365 engineering, endpoint management, and application teams to translate organizational, regulatory, and business requirements into scalable technical controls.
The successful candidate will have hands-on experience administering Microsoft Purview in a complex enterprise environment and will understand how Purview capabilities interact with Microsoft 365 services including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 Apps, endpoints, and Microsoft Entra ID.
Essential Job Functions
- Administer and maintain Microsoft Purview capabilities across the Microsoft 365 environment.
- Design, configure, test, deploy, monitor, and tune Purview policies and controls.
- Develop standards, operational procedures, technical documentation, and governance documentation for Purview services.
- Information Protection and Classification.
- Design and maintain the organization's Microsoft Purview Information Protection strategy.
- Develop and manage sensitivity labels, label policies, publishing policies, protection settings, encryption controls, and related classification standards.
- Configure and maintain Sensitive Information Types, Exact Data Match classifiers, trainable classifiers, keyword dictionaries, and other classification mechanisms where appropriate.
- Develop DLP controls for Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 applications, endpoints, and other supported workloads.
- Configure policy tips, notifications, user overrides, incident reporting, auditing, restriction, and blocking actions.
- Manage retention across Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Teams, and other supported Microsoft 365 workloads.
- Support evaluation, implementation, and administration of Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management and Communication Compliance
- Develop operational metrics and reporting for Purview controls.
- Participate in development of enterprise information-protection and data-governance standards.
- Develop and maintain PowerShell and Microsoft Graph automation used to administer, report on, validate, and monitor Microsoft Purview configurations.
- Automate repetitive administrative and reporting processes where supported.
- Develop scripts and tooling for configuration assessment, policy validation, reporting, and operational support. Maintain source-controlled scripts and supporting technical documentation.
Required Qualifications
BS or BA degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent education, training or work experience; master’s degree preferred
- Strong hands-on experience administering Microsoft Purview in a production Microsoft 365 environment
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Purview Information Protection, sensitivity labels, sensitive information types, and classification technologies
- Experience with Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management and retention
- Experience supporting Microsoft Purview Audit and eDiscovery
- Strong understanding of Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft 365 Apps
- Understanding of Microsoft Entra ID identity, groups, roles, and access-control concepts
- Experience administering Microsoft 365 using PowerShell
- Experience troubleshooting enterprise Microsoft 365 policy and configuration issues
- Experience creating technical documentation, operational procedures, and governance standards
- Ability to translate security, privacy, regulatory, legal, and business requirements into technical configurations Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting Microsoft 365 in a healthcare environment
- Experience implementing data-protection controls involving PHI and PII
- Knowledge of HIPAA and healthcare data-protection requirements
- Experience with Microsoft Purview Endpoint DLP
- Experience with Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
- Experience with Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance
- Experience with Microsoft Purview Records Management
- Experience with advanced Microsoft Purview eDiscovery workflows
- Experience with Exact Data Match, trainable classifiers, custom Sensitive Information Types, and advanced classification techniques
- Experience with Microsoft Graph and automation
- Experience with Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Defender, and Microsoft Entra ID
- Experience working within formal change-management and enterprise governance processes Experience operating Microsoft 365 in a large, regulated enterprise
Position Details
- Job Type/FTE: Full Time (1.0 FTE)
- Shift: Day
- Location: Remote
- Unit/Department: Information Security
- CBA Code: Non-Union
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Who's Hiring
- Convergint15
- Fellowship Health Resources4
- World Wide Technology3
- Fivetran2
- Infoblox2
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Education
- Law & Legal Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote security specialist jobs.
- Active security clearance or eligibility for a federal background investigation
- Experience with physical access control systems, CCTV, and alarm monitoring platforms
- Relevant certification such as CPP, PSP, CompTIA Security+, or CISSP
- Knowledge of NIST, OSHA, or industry-specific security compliance frameworks
- Bachelor's degree in criminal justice, security management, information security, or a related field
- Demonstrated experience conducting risk assessments, incident investigations, or security audits
Tips for Your Remote Security Specialist Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote security specialist openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your skills and apply directly. Remote postings fill fast, so applying within the first few days of a listing going live puts you ahead of the bulk of applicants.
Document your remote security wins
Remote hiring managers can't observe you working, so your application needs to show outcomes. Quantify what you secured, detected, or remediated, and note the tools you used, SIEM platforms, EDR solutions, or vulnerability scanners, so reviewers see independent, results-driven work.
Signal async communication skills upfront
Remote security teams run on written communication. Include examples of clear incident write-ups, runbook documentation, or security awareness content you've produced. Showing you communicate precisely in writing removes a key concern remote employers have about hiring security specialists they can't sit next to.
Target remote-friendly security certifications
Certifications like CompTIA Security+, CISSP, CEH, and cloud security credentials from AWS or Azure carry extra weight in remote hiring because they give distributed teams a standardized signal of your competency when in-person vetting isn't possible.
Remote Security Specialist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote security specialist job?
Target companies that already run distributed security operations, including remote-first tech firms, managed security service providers, and cloud-native organizations. Remote employers screen for self-direction, clear written communication, and hands-on skills like SIEM management, vulnerability assessment, and incident response. Holding a recognized certification such as CompTIA Security+, CISSP, or CEH gives your application a concrete edge when a hiring manager can't meet you in person.
Which companies hire remote security specialists?
Companies hiring remote security specialists right now include Convergint, Fellowship Health Resources, and World Wide Technology, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Remote-first technology firms, financial institutions with distributed compliance teams, and defense contractors with geographically spread workforces are among the most consistent sources of fully remote security specialist openings.
Can you get a remote security specialist job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level security specialist roles are harder to land because employers expect you to troubleshoot and escalate independently from day one. Remote-first companies and managed security service providers occasionally hire junior candidates who can demonstrate hands-on lab work, a home lab setup, CTF competition results, or a security-focused certification. Those proof points substitute for on-the-job experience and show you can operate without constant in-person supervision.
Do you need a degree for remote security specialist jobs?
Not always. Many remote employers weigh certifications, demonstrable skills, and a history of real security work more heavily than a four-year degree for this role. CompTIA Security+, CEH, or CISSP can open the same doors a degree would, especially at remote-first technology companies and managed security service providers where output and accountability matter more than credentials on paper.
Which industries hire the most remote security specialists?
The sectors hiring the most remote security specialists are Technology & Software, Education, and Law & Legal Services, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. These industries rely on distributed teams protecting cloud infrastructure, sensitive financial data, and regulated information systems, making fully remote security specialist roles a practical and common staffing model for them.
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