Cybersecurity Jobs in USA with Visa Sponsorship
Cybersecurity professionals are in exceptionally high demand in the US, with hundreds of thousands of unfilled positions nationwide creating strong employer willingness to sponsor international talent. Most sponsored roles are in the private sector at tech companies, financial institutions, and healthcare organizations, since government and defense positions typically require security clearances limited to US citizens. Industry certifications such as CISSP, CompTIA Security+, and CEH carry significant weight in both hiring and visa petition support. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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The Senior Director, Global Managed Cybersecurity Services is a client-facing managed services business and delivery leadership role responsible for the global operation, commercial performance, modernization, and client outcomes of Unisys' external managed cybersecurity services portfolio. This global leader owns client-facing service delivery and operational execution across Managed Detection & Response (MDR), Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), and managed cloud security services, with room to expand into additional revenue-generating managed security offerings as the business evolves.
This leader will drive delivery excellence, client retention, service economics, portfolio growth, and scalable global operations while building a high-performing, inclusive, and engaged global workforce. The ideal candidate combines deep cybersecurity expertise with exceptional leadership, client management, project management, and business acumen. They can understand complex technical challenges, translate them into practical solutions, and deliver measurable business, operational, and risk-reduction outcomes for external clients.
As a key member of the Cybersecurity Solutions & Services leadership team, this individual will serve as a trusted advisor to clients, a mentor to associates, and a strategic partner across sales, product, engineering, operations, finance, and executive leadership. This role does not own Unisys' internal enterprise cybersecurity program, corporate security policy, regulatory control framework, or enterprise security architecture; its primary accountability is the performance, growth, modernization, and client outcomes of external managed cybersecurity services.
Global Client-Facing Service Delivery Ownership
- Own end-to-end delivery and operational performance for Unisys managed cybersecurity services globally.
- Lead and continuously improve MDR, CTEM, and managed cloud security service delivery.
- Ensure consistent, scalable, resilient, and high-quality service execution across regions and delivery centers.
- Establish and maintain managed services governance, delivery standards, service management practices, operational controls, and clear accountability for external client delivery.
- Drive continuous improvement focused on service quality, efficiency, resilience, and client value realization.
- Ensure delivery organizations consistently meet or exceed contractual obligations and service-level commitments.
Managed Services Business Performance & Growth
- Operate the organization with a managed services P&L and business-owner mindset, balancing client success, associate engagement, operational excellence, growth, and financial performance.
- Drive and be accountable for revenue growth, margin improvement, client retention, and service portfolio expansion.
- Identify market opportunities and collaborate with sales, solution, and product teams to develop differentiated offerings.
- Support business planning, forecasting, resource planning, investment decisions, pricing inputs, capacity planning, portfolio investment cases, renewals, expansions, and strategic growth initiatives.
- Drive operational efficiencies through automation, standardization, AI adoption, and process optimization.
Strategic Client Outcomes & Retention
- Build trusted executive-level relationships with strategic clients and act as an executive escalation point when required.
- Ensure cybersecurity services support each client's business objectives, security priorities, and risk reduction goals.
- Create a culture centered on measurable client outcomes, transparency, accountability, and delivery excellence.
- Establish executive reporting frameworks that demonstrate client value, contractual performance, operational health, and measurable risk reduction through meaningful metrics, trends, insights, and performance data.
- Collaborate with clients to resolve complex technical and operational issues pragmatically and sustainably.
Service Capability & Platform Modernization
- Maintain broad and current expertise across cybersecurity operations, threat detection, incident response, cloud security architecture and operations, vulnerability management, threat exposure management, and emerging security technologies.
- Demonstrate intellectual curiosity and the ability to rapidly understand technical issues, challenge assumptions, and guide teams toward practical, scalable solutions.
- Partner with security architects, engineers, and service leaders to strengthen client-facing managed service architectures, delivery patterns, platform integrations, automation, and delivery quality.
- Guide modernization efforts through automation, platform optimization, AI-enabled operations, and repeatable service catalog and delivery model improvements.
- Balance technical rigor and operational discipline with a clear focus on business outcomes.
AI & Innovation Leadership
- Champion the responsible adoption of artificial intelligence across cybersecurity operations and service delivery.
- Use AI, automation, and analytics to improve security outcomes, associate productivity, operational scale, and client experience.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and determine how they can be practically incorporated into the service portfolio.
- Foster disciplined experimentation while protecting service stability, security, and client trust.
Managed Services Transformation & Portfolio Execution
- Lead complex global initiatives involving multiple clients, teams, technologies, regions, and business stakeholders.
- Manage competing priorities across daily operations, client delivery, transformation, growth, and talent objectives.
- Establish clear plans, delivery governance structures, dependencies, milestones, risk management, and performance measures tied to client commitments, service economics, and transformation outcomes.
- Drive execution, remove barriers, and ensure strategic programs deliver intended outcomes without compromising operational performance.
Talent Development & Culture
- Build, lead, and develop a high-performing global cybersecurity organization.
- Foster a culture of accountability, trust, innovation, inclusion, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- Create opportunities for professional development, technical excellence, career progression, and leadership advancement.
- Increase associate engagement, retention, team health, and a sense of belonging while maintaining high performance expectations.
- Actively mentor future leaders and build a diverse, sustainable leadership pipeline.
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Collaborate across Sales, Delivery, Product Management, Engineering, Finance, Human Resources, partners, and executive leadership.
- Align managed cybersecurity services strategy, delivery execution, go-to-market priorities, and portfolio investment with broader organizational growth objectives.
- Influence outcomes across complex stakeholder groups through strong communication, credibility, and relationship management.
- Promote a One Unisys approach to client success, innovation, and business performance.
You will be successful in this role if you have:
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
- At least 10 years of progressive cybersecurity experience, including meaningful leadership responsibility in client-facing managed services, MSSP/MDR operations, cybersecurity consulting, security operations delivery, or technology services business leadership.
- Demonstrated experience leading global or geographically distributed cybersecurity teams and operations.
- Strong technical understanding across MDR, SIEM/SOC operations, CTEM, vulnerability management, cloud security architecture and operations, incident response, and related cybersecurity domains.
- Proven ability to understand complex technical problems and guide teams toward practical, scalable, and sustainable solutions.
- Strong client management experience, including executive engagement, service reviews, escalations, and outcome-focused communications.
- Demonstrated business acumen, including experience with managed services revenue, margin performance, forecasting, resource and capacity planning, operational metrics, renewal support, and growth initiatives.
- Exceptional project and program management skills, with the ability to lead multiple high-priority workstreams simultaneously.
- Experience applying AI and automation to cybersecurity, technology operations, or managed services.
- Exceptional written, verbal, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred:
- Experience in an MSSP, MDR provider, cybersecurity consulting firm, or global technology services organization.
- Demonstrated success transforming, scaling, or expanding a managed services business.
- Experience supporting complex multinational enterprises and regulated industries.
- Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC, CCSP, SC-100, AZ-500, or comparable credentials.
- Advanced degree in cybersecurity, technology, engineering, or business.
This role may require access to export-controlled commodities and technology. Therefore, to conform to U.S. export control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.
Unisys is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants without regard to age, caste, citizenship, color, disability, family medical history, family status, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, parental status, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, veteran status or any other category protected by law.
This commitment includes our efforts to provide for all those who seek to express interest in employment the opportunity to participate without barriers. If you are a US job seeker unable to review the job opportunities herein, or cannot otherwise complete your expression of interest, without additional assistance and would like to discuss a request for reasonable accommodation, please contact our Global Recruiting organization at GlobalRecruiting@unisys.com or alternatively Toll Free: 888-560-1782 (Prompt 4). US job seekers can find more information about Unisys’ EEO commitment here.
What success looks like in this role:
The Senior Director, Global Managed Cybersecurity Services is a client-facing managed services business and delivery leadership role responsible for the global operation, commercial performance, modernization, and client outcomes of Unisys' external managed cybersecurity services portfolio. This global leader owns client-facing service delivery and operational execution across Managed Detection & Response (MDR), Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), and managed cloud security services, with room to expand into additional revenue-generating managed security offerings as the business evolves.
This leader will drive delivery excellence, client retention, service economics, portfolio growth, and scalable global operations while building a high-performing, inclusive, and engaged global workforce. The ideal candidate combines deep cybersecurity expertise with exceptional leadership, client management, project management, and business acumen. They can understand complex technical challenges, translate them into practical solutions, and deliver measurable business, operational, and risk-reduction outcomes for external clients.
As a key member of the Cybersecurity Solutions & Services leadership team, this individual will serve as a trusted advisor to clients, a mentor to associates, and a strategic partner across sales, product, engineering, operations, finance, and executive leadership. This role does not own Unisys' internal enterprise cybersecurity program, corporate security policy, regulatory control framework, or enterprise security architecture; its primary accountability is the performance, growth, modernization, and client outcomes of external managed cybersecurity services.
Global Client-Facing Service Delivery Ownership
- Own end-to-end delivery and operational performance for Unisys managed cybersecurity services globally.
- Lead and continuously improve MDR, CTEM, and managed cloud security service delivery.
- Ensure consistent, scalable, resilient, and high-quality service execution across regions and delivery centers.
- Establish and maintain managed services governance, delivery standards, service management practices, operational controls, and clear accountability for external client delivery.
- Drive continuous improvement focused on service quality, efficiency, resilience, and client value realization.
- Ensure delivery organizations consistently meet or exceed contractual obligations and service-level commitments.
Managed Services Business Performance & Growth
- Operate the organization with a managed services P&L and business-owner mindset, balancing client success, associate engagement, operational excellence, growth, and financial performance.
- Drive and be accountable for revenue growth, margin improvement, client retention, and service portfolio expansion.
- Identify market opportunities and collaborate with sales, solution, and product teams to develop differentiated offerings.
- Support business planning, forecasting, resource planning, investment decisions, pricing inputs, capacity planning, portfolio investment cases, renewals, expansions, and strategic growth initiatives.
- Drive operational efficiencies through automation, standardization, AI adoption, and process optimization.
Strategic Client Outcomes & Retention
- Build trusted executive-level relationships with strategic clients and act as an executive escalation point when required.
- Ensure cybersecurity services support each client's business objectives, security priorities, and risk reduction goals.
- Create a culture centered on measurable client outcomes, transparency, accountability, and delivery excellence.
- Establish executive reporting frameworks that demonstrate client value, contractual performance, operational health, and measurable risk reduction through meaningful metrics, trends, insights, and performance data.
- Collaborate with clients to resolve complex technical and operational issues pragmatically and sustainably.
Service Capability & Platform Modernization
- Maintain broad and current expertise across cybersecurity operations, threat detection, incident response, cloud security architecture and operations, vulnerability management, threat exposure management, and emerging security technologies.
- Demonstrate intellectual curiosity and the ability to rapidly understand technical issues, challenge assumptions, and guide teams toward practical, scalable solutions.
- Partner with security architects, engineers, and service leaders to strengthen client-facing managed service architectures, delivery patterns, platform integrations, automation, and delivery quality.
- Guide modernization efforts through automation, platform optimization, AI-enabled operations, and repeatable service catalog and delivery model improvements.
- Balance technical rigor and operational discipline with a clear focus on business outcomes.
AI & Innovation Leadership
- Champion the responsible adoption of artificial intelligence across cybersecurity operations and service delivery.
- Use AI, automation, and analytics to improve security outcomes, associate productivity, operational scale, and client experience.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and determine how they can be practically incorporated into the service portfolio.
- Foster disciplined experimentation while protecting service stability, security, and client trust.
Managed Services Transformation & Portfolio Execution
- Lead complex global initiatives involving multiple clients, teams, technologies, regions, and business stakeholders.
- Manage competing priorities across daily operations, client delivery, transformation, growth, and talent objectives.
- Establish clear plans, delivery governance structures, dependencies, milestones, risk management, and performance measures tied to client commitments, service economics, and transformation outcomes.
- Drive execution, remove barriers, and ensure strategic programs deliver intended outcomes without compromising operational performance.
Talent Development & Culture
- Build, lead, and develop a high-performing global cybersecurity organization.
- Foster a culture of accountability, trust, innovation, inclusion, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- Create opportunities for professional development, technical excellence, career progression, and leadership advancement.
- Increase associate engagement, retention, team health, and a sense of belonging while maintaining high performance expectations.
- Actively mentor future leaders and build a diverse, sustainable leadership pipeline.
Cross-Functional Leadership
- Collaborate across Sales, Delivery, Product Management, Engineering, Finance, Human Resources, partners, and executive leadership.
- Align managed cybersecurity services strategy, delivery execution, go-to-market priorities, and portfolio investment with broader organizational growth objectives.
- Influence outcomes across complex stakeholder groups through strong communication, credibility, and relationship management.
- Promote a One Unisys approach to client success, innovation, and business performance.
You will be successful in this role if you have:
Required:
- Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
- At least 10 years of progressive cybersecurity experience, including meaningful leadership responsibility in client-facing managed services, MSSP/MDR operations, cybersecurity consulting, security operations delivery, or technology services business leadership.
- Demonstrated experience leading global or geographically distributed cybersecurity teams and operations.
- Strong technical understanding across MDR, SIEM/SOC operations, CTEM, vulnerability management, cloud security architecture and operations, incident response, and related cybersecurity domains.
- Proven ability to understand complex technical problems and guide teams toward practical, scalable, and sustainable solutions.
- Strong client management experience, including executive engagement, service reviews, escalations, and outcome-focused communications.
- Demonstrated business acumen, including experience with managed services revenue, margin performance, forecasting, resource and capacity planning, operational metrics, renewal support, and growth initiatives.
- Exceptional project and program management skills, with the ability to lead multiple high-priority workstreams simultaneously.
- Experience applying AI and automation to cybersecurity, technology operations, or managed services.
- Exceptional written, verbal, presentation, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred:
- Experience in an MSSP, MDR provider, cybersecurity consulting firm, or global technology services organization.
- Demonstrated success transforming, scaling, or expanding a managed services business.
- Experience supporting complex multinational enterprises and regulated industries.
- Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC, CCSP, SC-100, AZ-500, or comparable credentials.
- Advanced degree in cybersecurity, technology, engineering, or business.
This role may require access to export-controlled commodities and technology. Therefore, to conform to U.S. export control regulations, applicant should be eligible for any required authorizations from the U.S. Government.
Unisys is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants without regard to age, caste, citizenship, color, disability, family medical history, family status, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, parental status, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, veteran status or any other category protected by law.
This commitment includes our efforts to provide for all those who seek to express interest in employment the opportunity to participate without barriers. If you are a US job seeker unable to review the job opportunities herein, or cannot otherwise complete your expression of interest, without additional assistance and would like to discuss a request for reasonable accommodation, please contact our Global Recruiting organization at GlobalRecruiting@unisys.com or alternatively Toll Free: 888-560-1782 (Prompt 4). US job seekers can find more information about Unisys’ EEO commitment here.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Cybersecurity Jobs
Take advantage of the cybersecurity talent shortage
The U.S. has hundreds of thousands of unfilled cybersecurity positions, which works in your favor for sponsorship. Employers facing critical security staffing gaps are more willing to sponsor visas when they can't find qualified domestic candidates.
Earn industry certifications that employers prioritize
CISSP, CISM, CEH, and CompTIA Security+ are among the most recognized cybersecurity credentials. Holding one or more of these certifications makes your specialty occupation case clearer and signals readiness for senior security roles.
Focus on private-sector roles that don't require security clearance
Many government and defense cybersecurity positions require U.S. security clearance, which is limited to citizens and permanent residents. Target private-sector companies, financial institutions, and healthcare organizations where clearance is not a barrier.
Specialize in cloud security or application security
Cloud security architects, AppSec engineers, and penetration testers are among the hardest cybersecurity roles to fill. Specializing in one of these areas makes you a stronger sponsorship candidate than a generalist security analyst.
Use STEM OPT to build your security track record
Cybersecurity and information security degrees are STEM-eligible, providing 12 months of OPT plus a 24-month STEM extension. Use this time to earn certifications, respond to real incidents, and build the experience that makes you an obvious sponsorship candidate.
Explore cap-exempt cybersecurity roles at universities and research institutions
University IT security teams and federally funded research centers are H-1B cap-exempt. These roles let you bypass the lottery entirely and can serve as a stepping stone to private-sector positions once you have U.S. work experience.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do cybersecurity roles with visa sponsorship require security clearances?
Most sponsored cybersecurity positions do not require security clearances. Clearances are primarily required for government agencies, defense contractors, and intelligence community roles, and are generally limited to U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Private-sector roles at technology companies, financial institutions, healthcare systems, and managed security service providers rarely require clearances and are where the vast majority of sponsorship occurs.
Does the cybersecurity talent shortage actually make it easier to get sponsored?
Yes. With hundreds of thousands of unfilled cybersecurity positions in the U.S., employers face sustained difficulty hiring domestically, which increases their willingness to invest in visa sponsorship. This shortage also strengthens the labor market test for green card processing (PERM labor certification), as employers can more easily demonstrate that qualified U.S. workers are unavailable. Candidates with hands-on experience in penetration testing, incident response, or cloud security are in particularly strong positions.
Which cybersecurity certifications strengthen a visa petition?
CISSP, CompTIA Security+, CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker), and OSCP are the most recognized credentials and carry weight in both hiring and immigration documentation. These certifications provide concrete evidence that the role demands specialized knowledge beyond a general IT background. While certifications alone do not replace the bachelor's degree requirement for H-1B visa, they meaningfully support the specialty occupation argument when included in the petition package.
Can cybersecurity professionals qualify for the O-1 visa?
Yes, if you have notable contributions to the field. Published vulnerability disclosures, conference presentations at events like DEF CON or Black Hat, widely used open-source security tools, or significant bug bounty achievements can all serve as evidence of extraordinary ability. The O-1 visa bypasses the H-1B lottery and has no annual cap, making it a strong alternative for cybersecurity researchers and practitioners with a visible track record.
How to find Cybersecurity jobs with visa sponsorship?
To find cybersecurity jobs with visa sponsorship, use Migrate Mate, which specializes in connecting international talent with sponsoring employers. Focus on tech companies, financial institutions, government contractors, and healthcare organizations that frequently sponsor H-1B, O-1, and TN visas for cybersecurity professionals. Filter searches by roles like Security Analyst, Penetration Tester, and CISO positions.
What cybersecurity specializations are most in demand for visa sponsorship?
Cloud security, application security, and incident response are among the highest-demand specializations because they require deep technical expertise that is genuinely scarce. Security engineering roles at SaaS companies and financial institutions are particularly well-sponsored. GRC (governance, risk, and compliance) roles can also qualify but may face more H-1B scrutiny since USCIS sometimes questions whether these positions require a specific technical degree.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Cybersecurity jobs?
When a U.S. employer sponsors a foreign worker for a work visa, they are legally required to pay at least the "prevailing wage", the average wage paid to workers in the same occupation, in the same geographic area, with similar experience. This is set by the Department of Labor to prevent employers from hiring foreign workers at below-market rates. The prevailing wage varies significantly by role, location, and experience level. For example, a cybersecurity in California will have a different prevailing wage than the same role in a smaller state. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search Page.