Information Security Engineer Jobs in USA with Visa Sponsorship
Information Security Engineers are strong H-1B visa sponsorship candidates. The role qualifies as a specialty occupation requiring a computer science or cybersecurity degree, and demand from defense contractors, financial institutions, and tech companies keeps sponsorship activity high year-round. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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Segra is searching for a qualified and experienced Staff Information Security Engineer to join us in a full-time capacity.
Location Requirement:
The work arrangement for this role is a hybrid position, requiring a minimum of three (3) days in the office, with flexibility to work remotely two (2) days each week.
ROLE OVERVIEW
This is a senior-level technology-oriented position protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information systems and data at Segra.
The Staff Information Security Engineer is expected to understand complex technology systems and tools in both the traditional Information Technology and Service Provider domains. It is essential for this role to maintain awareness of security trends, government regulations and 3rd-party standards (NIST, ISO), as well as to monitor developments in systems, protocols, tools, and other changes in the information security space. Additionally, the staff engineer understands and supports the business environment in which security operates.
This role requires collaboration with architects, senior-level engineers, management, and stakeholders inside and external to the organization, both to ensure awareness of security risks and to ensure appropriate mitigation steps are taken.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. Advanced Degree preferred.
Required Experience:
- A minimum 10 years of related industry experience, or equivalent mix of education and related experience.
- Deep knowledge of security and telecommunications protocols and architectures.
- Proficient in one or more scripting language (Python, PowerShell, or equivalent).
Preferred Experience:
- Experience with asset discovery and logical asset management.
- Solid understanding of authentication and identity technologies (IAM, SSO, RADIUS, TACACS+, AD/LDAP/Kerberos).
- Experience with compliance frameworks, particularly NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, and/or ISO 27001.
- Experience with administration of Splunk, Splunk ES or other SIEM platforms.
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, git).
- Familiarity with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Office 365 security controls (e.g., IAM, PIM, Identity Governance, Azure Policies, Entra, Intune, DLP, IaaS).
- Familiarity with EDR/MDR/XDR platforms.
- Experience with security incident response.
- Strong understanding of operating systems and command line administration at all levels.
- Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking protocols at all layers of the OSI stack.
- Understanding of the HTTP protocol, Web Application Firewall (WAF) technologies, BurpSuite testing, and APIs.
- Understanding of PKI, SSL/TLS, and cryptographic functions.
- Experience working in micro-segmented environments.
- Comfortable with regular expressions.
- Current relevant industry certifications (SANS/GIAC, etc.), Azure or AWS architecture or security certifications.
Key Competencies:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent critical thinking, analytical, and engineering skills, including the ability to independently analyze and understand both new technologies and legacy solutions.
- Demonstrated commitment to ongoing skills development.
ABOUT SEGRA
Segra owns and operates a wide and dense fiber-optic infrastructure footprint that provides state-of-the-art connectivity, cybersecurity, voice, cloud and colocation solutions, all backed by industry-leading service and reliability. Serving over 30,000 connected customer locations, Segra has been providing customer-focused solutions for over 125 years.
At Segra, we imagine, we engineer and we build a world of opportunities for our customers through fiber-enabled technologies, driven by our customer-first mentality. We invest in the communities we serve by hiring locally, empowering our teams, and continually upgrading our network infrastructure to deliver smarter, stronger technology solutions.
BENEFITS OVERVIEW
Segra offers a very robust benefits package to our full-time employees, some of which include:
- Medical, dental, vision insurance.
- Life insurance.
- 401(k) match.
- Flexible Spending/Health Savings Accounts.
- Tuition and gym reimbursements.
- Vacation/PTO, paid holidays, floating holidays.
- Volunteer days, parental leave.
- Legal, accidental, hospital indemnity, identify theft, pet insurance.
OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY
Segra is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination of any kind. Segra does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.
SALARY RANGE
$116,025 - $140,000
Beyond competitive health and retirement benefits with immediate 401(k) vesting, Segra also invests in your total well-being through programs supporting physical, mental, financial, and social wellness.
INTRODUCTION
Segra is searching for a qualified and experienced Staff Information Security Engineer to join us in a full-time capacity.
Location Requirement:
The work arrangement for this role is a hybrid position, requiring a minimum of three (3) days in the office, with flexibility to work remotely two (2) days each week.
ROLE OVERVIEW
This is a senior-level technology-oriented position protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information systems and data at Segra.
The Staff Information Security Engineer is expected to understand complex technology systems and tools in both the traditional Information Technology and Service Provider domains. It is essential for this role to maintain awareness of security trends, government regulations and 3rd-party standards (NIST, ISO), as well as to monitor developments in systems, protocols, tools, and other changes in the information security space. Additionally, the staff engineer understands and supports the business environment in which security operates.
This role requires collaboration with architects, senior-level engineers, management, and stakeholders inside and external to the organization, both to ensure awareness of security risks and to ensure appropriate mitigation steps are taken.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. Advanced Degree preferred.
Required Experience:
- A minimum 10 years of related industry experience, or equivalent mix of education and related experience.
- Deep knowledge of security and telecommunications protocols and architectures.
- Proficient in one or more scripting language (Python, PowerShell, or equivalent).
Preferred Experience:
- Experience with asset discovery and logical asset management.
- Solid understanding of authentication and identity technologies (IAM, SSO, RADIUS, TACACS+, AD/LDAP/Kerberos).
- Experience with compliance frameworks, particularly NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, and/or ISO 27001.
- Experience with administration of Splunk, Splunk ES or other SIEM platforms.
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, git).
- Familiarity with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Office 365 security controls (e.g., IAM, PIM, Identity Governance, Azure Policies, Entra, Intune, DLP, IaaS).
- Familiarity with EDR/MDR/XDR platforms.
- Experience with security incident response.
- Strong understanding of operating systems and command line administration at all levels.
- Strong understanding of TCP/IP networking protocols at all layers of the OSI stack.
- Understanding of the HTTP protocol, Web Application Firewall (WAF) technologies, BurpSuite testing, and APIs.
- Understanding of PKI, SSL/TLS, and cryptographic functions.
- Experience working in micro-segmented environments.
- Comfortable with regular expressions.
- Current relevant industry certifications (SANS/GIAC, etc.), Azure or AWS architecture or security certifications.
Key Competencies:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent critical thinking, analytical, and engineering skills, including the ability to independently analyze and understand both new technologies and legacy solutions.
- Demonstrated commitment to ongoing skills development.
ABOUT SEGRA
Segra owns and operates a wide and dense fiber-optic infrastructure footprint that provides state-of-the-art connectivity, cybersecurity, voice, cloud and colocation solutions, all backed by industry-leading service and reliability. Serving over 30,000 connected customer locations, Segra has been providing customer-focused solutions for over 125 years.
At Segra, we imagine, we engineer and we build a world of opportunities for our customers through fiber-enabled technologies, driven by our customer-first mentality. We invest in the communities we serve by hiring locally, empowering our teams, and continually upgrading our network infrastructure to deliver smarter, stronger technology solutions.
BENEFITS OVERVIEW
Segra offers a very robust benefits package to our full-time employees, some of which include:
- Medical, dental, vision insurance.
- Life insurance.
- 401(k) match.
- Flexible Spending/Health Savings Accounts.
- Tuition and gym reimbursements.
- Vacation/PTO, paid holidays, floating holidays.
- Volunteer days, parental leave.
- Legal, accidental, hospital indemnity, identify theft, pet insurance.
OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY
Segra is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination of any kind. Segra does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.
SALARY RANGE
$116,025 - $140,000
Beyond competitive health and retirement benefits with immediate 401(k) vesting, Segra also invests in your total well-being through programs supporting physical, mental, financial, and social wellness.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as an Information Security Engineer
Target industries with compliance mandates
Financial services, healthcare, and defense contractors sponsor Information Security Engineers at high rates because regulatory frameworks like HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and CMMC create non-negotiable security headcount. These employers budget for sponsorship as a cost of doing business.
Certifications accelerate approval
CISSP, CISM, and CompTIA Security+ strengthen your H-1B petition by demonstrating specialized expertise. USCIS officers reviewing security roles look for credentials that confirm the position genuinely requires theoretical and applied cybersecurity knowledge beyond general IT skills.
Align your degree field precisely
Your degree must be in computer science, cybersecurity, information assurance, or a closely related field. A general IT or business degree creates sponsorship risk. If your degree is adjacent, supplementary coursework or certifications help establish the required educational nexus.
Clarify your specialization in applications
Employers distinguish between network security, cloud security, application security, and GRC roles when evaluating sponsorship. Be specific about your specialization. A focused skill set is easier and less expensive to justify in an H-1B petition than a broadly defined security generalist role.
Ask about the employer's immigration attorney
Established sponsors use dedicated immigration counsel, which signals a functional sponsorship process. During interviews, asking about their attorney or legal support is a reasonable question that also signals you understand how sponsorship works and won't require hand-holding through it.
Factor in clearance requirements early
Some Information Security Engineer roles require security clearances that non-U.S. citizens cannot obtain. Filter your search to roles without clearance requirements from the start. Pursuing roles you're ineligible for wastes time and can damage relationships with otherwise willing sponsors.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Information Security Engineer role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes. Information Security Engineer consistently qualifies as a specialty occupation because USCIS recognizes the role as requiring at minimum a bachelor's degree in computer science, cybersecurity, information systems, or a directly related field. Employers should avoid job descriptions that list a degree as preferred rather than required, as that framing weakens the specialty occupation argument and can result in a Request for Evidence.
Which visa types are available to Information Security Engineers seeking U.S. sponsorship?
H-1B visa is the most common path and applies to all nationalities. Australians can use the E-3 visa, which has no lottery and is easier to obtain. Canadians and Mexicans may qualify under the TN visa if the role aligns with the computer systems analyst category. O-1A is available for engineers with demonstrated exceptional ability, such as published research, major certifications, or leadership in high-profile incident response programs.
How do I find Information Security Engineer roles that sponsor visas?
Migrate Mate lists Information Security Engineer jobs from employers with verified sponsorship history, so you're not applying blind to companies that won't consider visa candidates. Given that many security roles at defense contractors and cleared facilities explicitly exclude non-citizens, filtering for sponsorship-friendly employers before applying saves significant time and avoids discouraging rejections.
Can a cybersecurity bootcamp certificate substitute for a degree in an H-1B petition?
Not on its own. USCIS requires a U.S. bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent for H-1B qualification. A bootcamp certificate isn't equivalent. However, under the three-for-one rule, three years of specialized work experience can substitute for one year of a four-year degree. A two-year associate's degree combined with substantial hands-on security experience may bridge the gap, though this approach carries more petition risk and benefits from experienced immigration counsel.
Do security clearance requirements affect H-1B sponsorship eligibility for this role?
Yes, significantly. Roles requiring a Secret or Top Secret clearance are generally unavailable to non-U.S. citizens and permanent residents, since clearances require U.S. citizenship or, in limited cases, lawful permanent residency. H-1B holders cannot obtain most clearances. Focus your search on roles in the private sector, financial services, healthcare technology, and commercial cloud environments, where clearance requirements are rare and sponsorship rates are high.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Information Security Engineer jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.