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Remote SOC Architect jobs are open across cybersecurity, financial services, healthcare, and government contracting at remote-first firms and distributed enterprise security teams, from mid-level security engineers stepping into architecture to senior principals leading zero-trust and SIEM programs. Employers hiring remotely right now include Huntress Labs, Binary Defense, and Cts. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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- This position is contingent upon a future opening with Gunnison.
Salary: $90,000 - $94,000/year
The Tier 3 Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst is a senior-level cybersecurity professional responsible for monitoring, detecting, analyzing, mitigating, and responding to cyber threats and adversarial activity on the NRC enterprise from multiple data sources. The analytical methodology required involves a combination of direct monitoring and response from the NRC SOC and coordinated activity with system administrators, Information System Security Officers, and other NRC Offices including regional locations. This role includes providing leadership and mentorship to more junior analysts, overseeing shift operations, and ensuring the timely detection and mitigation of security incidents. The position requires strong technical expertise, excellent communication skills, and the ability to coordinate security efforts within a fast-paced environment.
Requirements:- Bachelor’s Degree
- Minimum 2 years of SOC experience
- Professional experience in network security architecture, incident detection/response, malware analysis/cyber forensics.
- Ability to analyze and synthesize multiple data sources.
- Guidance/mentorship capability.
- Experience in security, information-risk management or information-system risk assessment.
- Extensive knowledge across IDS/IPS, protocol analysis, IR, DLP, advanced threat protection, log and packet analysis, scripting, SOAR, email security and malware analysis.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
Desired Qualifications:
- Tier 3 SOC experience in a Federal environment
- Certifications: Security+, CISSP, Pentest+, CEH, GIAC, Encase, Defender, Palo Alto, Splunk, Tenable
- Master's degree in a relevant field
The salary range for this position depends upon multiple factors including location, the individual's knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, and contract-specific budget constraints and organizational requirements.
Gunnison Consulting Group's total compensation package also includes bonus and profit-sharing opportunities, depending on company and employee performance. Available employee benefits include:
- 3 weeks of Personal Leave your first year
- 11 paid Holidays each year
- 5 days of Flexible Time Off each year
- 401(k) company match at 50% up to 10% of your salary
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Life and Disability Insurance
- Public Transportation Subsidies
- Certifications and Training Allowance - $2,500/year!
Why Join Gunnison?
- Gunnison takes on ambitious projects. We target fun, challenging work that requires creative thinking and innovation.
- Quality is our top priority.
- Gunnison employee benefits meet or exceed what other companies in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area offer.
- There is a great sense of camaraderie at Gunnison. This is an atmosphere we will maintain as we continue to grow.
- We are growing rapidly and the opportunity for individual professional growth with Gunnison is outstanding.
- We hire for careers at Gunnison, not to fill a position.
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Must be eligible for employment in the United States. We are unable to sponsor candidates at this time.
In 1994 Gunnison began serving the greater Washington, D.C. metro area, focused on tackling our customers' most ambitious technology projects. By creating a culture dedicated to enabling our customers and employees to achieve more than they ever thought they could, the company has thrived for over 25 years.
- This position is contingent upon a future opening with Gunnison.
Salary: $90,000 - $94,000/year
The Tier 3 Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst is a senior-level cybersecurity professional responsible for monitoring, detecting, analyzing, mitigating, and responding to cyber threats and adversarial activity on the NRC enterprise from multiple data sources. The analytical methodology required involves a combination of direct monitoring and response from the NRC SOC and coordinated activity with system administrators, Information System Security Officers, and other NRC Offices including regional locations. This role includes providing leadership and mentorship to more junior analysts, overseeing shift operations, and ensuring the timely detection and mitigation of security incidents. The position requires strong technical expertise, excellent communication skills, and the ability to coordinate security efforts within a fast-paced environment.
Requirements:- Bachelor’s Degree
- Minimum 2 years of SOC experience
- Professional experience in network security architecture, incident detection/response, malware analysis/cyber forensics.
- Ability to analyze and synthesize multiple data sources.
- Guidance/mentorship capability.
- Experience in security, information-risk management or information-system risk assessment.
- Extensive knowledge across IDS/IPS, protocol analysis, IR, DLP, advanced threat protection, log and packet analysis, scripting, SOAR, email security and malware analysis.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust
Desired Qualifications:
- Tier 3 SOC experience in a Federal environment
- Certifications: Security+, CISSP, Pentest+, CEH, GIAC, Encase, Defender, Palo Alto, Splunk, Tenable
- Master's degree in a relevant field
The salary range for this position depends upon multiple factors including location, the individual's knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, and contract-specific budget constraints and organizational requirements.
Gunnison Consulting Group's total compensation package also includes bonus and profit-sharing opportunities, depending on company and employee performance. Available employee benefits include:
- 3 weeks of Personal Leave your first year
- 11 paid Holidays each year
- 5 days of Flexible Time Off each year
- 401(k) company match at 50% up to 10% of your salary
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Life and Disability Insurance
- Public Transportation Subsidies
- Certifications and Training Allowance - $2,500/year!
Why Join Gunnison?
- Gunnison takes on ambitious projects. We target fun, challenging work that requires creative thinking and innovation.
- Quality is our top priority.
- Gunnison employee benefits meet or exceed what other companies in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area offer.
- There is a great sense of camaraderie at Gunnison. This is an atmosphere we will maintain as we continue to grow.
- We are growing rapidly and the opportunity for individual professional growth with Gunnison is outstanding.
- We hire for careers at Gunnison, not to fill a position.
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Must be eligible for employment in the United States. We are unable to sponsor candidates at this time.
In 1994 Gunnison began serving the greater Washington, D.C. metro area, focused on tackling our customers' most ambitious technology projects. By creating a culture dedicated to enabling our customers and employees to achieve more than they ever thought they could, the company has thrived for over 25 years.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Education
- Medical Devices
- Electronics & Hardware
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote SOC architect jobs.
- Five or more years of hands-on experience in security operations or architecture roles
- Deep expertise with SIEM platforms such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, or IBM QRadar
- Experience designing detection, alerting, and incident response workflows at enterprise scale
- CISSP, CISM, or equivalent security architecture certification strongly preferred or required
- Proficiency with SOAR platforms, EDR tools, and cloud security services across AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, cybersecurity, information systems, or a related field
Tips for Your Remote SOC Architect Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote soc architect openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your experience and apply directly. Remote postings attract high volume quickly, so applying early puts you ahead of the queue.
Show async documentation skills up front
Remote soc architect employers care deeply about how you communicate architecture decisions in writing. Include links to threat models, design documents, or runbooks you have authored so hiring managers can assess your async communication before the first interview.
Highlight distributed tool fluency in your resume
Name the specific remote collaboration and security platforms you work in daily, such as Confluence for architecture documentation, Jira for detection backlogs, and cloud-native SIEM tools like Chronicle or Sentinel. Remote teams want to see you are already operating in their stack.
Prepare for remote-first technical interviews
Remote soc architect interviews often include async take-home architecture exercises or whiteboard sessions over video. Practice walking through threat models and detection logic verbally and in writing, since your ability to explain decisions clearly on a call carries as much weight as the design itself.
Remote SOC Architect Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote soc architect job?
Target companies with distributed security teams, such as cloud-native firms, managed security service providers, and remote-first enterprises, since these organizations are built for async work and actively hire soc architects remotely. Remote employers screen heavily for self-direction, clear written communication, and the ability to document architecture decisions without in-person handoffs. Demonstrating hands-on experience with SIEM platforms, detection engineering, and cloud security architecture gives your application the strongest edge.
Which companies hire remote soc architects?
Employers currently hiring remote soc architects include Huntress Labs, Binary Defense, and Cts, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote soc architect roles are most common at managed security service providers, cloud-native technology firms, and large enterprises in financial services and healthcare that run geographically distributed security operations.
Can you get a remote soc architect job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level soc architect roles are harder to land because employers expect you to work independently from day one without on-site mentorship. Your best path is to build documented home-lab projects, earn recognized certifications like CISSP or GIAC, and target smaller remote-first security firms that hire junior architects. Demonstrating written communication skills and async collaboration readiness matters more in a remote context than it does in an office setting.
Do you need a degree for remote soc architect jobs?
Not always. Remote employers weigh practical skills, certifications, and a demonstrable history of designing and defending real security architectures far more heavily than a diploma alone. Credentials such as CISSP, SABSA, or cloud security certifications carry significant weight, and a portfolio showing SIEM deployments, threat modeling work, or zero-trust designs can substitute for a formal degree at many remote-first companies.
Which industries hire the most remote soc architects?
Remote soc architect roles concentrate in Education, Medical Devices, and Electronics & Hardware, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors rely on distributed security operations teams that must protect cloud infrastructure and sensitive data across multiple locations without requiring architects to sit on-site.
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