TL;DR: For senior remote cybersecurity jobs, use Himalayas to see which countries each employer can hire in, Foorilla's InfoSec & Privacy section for security-only listings, and Wellfound and the Hacker News "Who is hiring?" thread for security roles at software companies. On 8 October 2026 our index held 591 live remote postings labeled Security Engineer on employers' own careers pages; 67.5% were senior level or above and 42.6% listed only the US and/or Canada.
What is different about this search
Remote security work is real, but not evenly open. Many government and defense roles need US citizenship or a US security clearance, and they cannot hire you from abroad whatever the board says. So read the hiring country before the title.
Two more things filter experienced candidates. On-call and time zones: detection, incident response and SOC teams run rotas, and a role "remote in EMEA" may expect you to cover European hours (see our guide to timezone overlap). Certifications: many postings name a certificate. Check whether it says "required" or "preferred" before you count yourself out; our guide to remote security engineer jobs covers which ones employers ask for. If your work leans to cloud platforms and pipelines, read our job boards for DevOps engineers too.
The boards at a glance
| Board | Best for | Cost to job seekers | What stands out |
| Himalayas | Checking the hiring country | Free | Labels such as "India only" or "Poland only" |
| Foorilla (InfoSec & Privacy) | Security-only listings worldwide | Free to browse | Remote filter, level tags and salary filter |
| Wellfound | Security roles at startups | Sign-up to search | Salary range on many listings, sometimes equity |
| Hacker News "Who is hiring?" | AppSec and product security at software companies | Free | Only hiring companies may post |
| We Work Remotely | Remote-only companies | Free Basic account to browse; paid Pro to apply | Security roles inside its DevOps and Sysadmin category |
| Dice | US roles and contract work | Free to search | Employment type on each listing |
| ClearanceJobs | US citizens with a clearance | Free to search | Government and defense security work |
| Volume | Free to search | Very large; needs strict searching |
Board by board
Himalayas
Himalayas has a security engineer page, and a profile is free. When we checked in October 2026, listings carried labels such as "United States only", "Canada only", "India only" and "Poland only", and many showed a salary range. That label is the fastest way to skip roles that cannot hire you.
Foorilla (InfoSec & Privacy)
Foorilla now hosts the security board that used to live at infosec-jobs.com, which redirects there. Its InfoSec & Privacy section covers cybersecurity, forensics, penetration testing and reverse engineering, and showed 13,446 new jobs in the last 60 days when we checked in October 2026. Most are office jobs, so set the region filter to "Remote" or "Remote Anywhere". Listings carry level tags (EN, MI, SE), and you can filter by a minimum salary in dollars or euros.
Wellfound
Wellfound lists startup jobs. Its security engineer page showed 843 results when we checked in October 2026, many with a salary range and some with an equity range. Location lines vary: some say remote only in Brazil or Europe, others remote in the United States. You sign up to search.
Hacker News "Who is hiring?"
Hacker News runs a "Who is hiring?" thread each month; the October 2026 thread was posted on 1 October. Its rules say only people at the hiring company may post, and to write "REMOTE (US)" or similar when the country is restricted. Of the 243 company posts we read on 8 October, about 10 named a security role, mostly application and product security.
We Work Remotely
We Work Remotely has no security category; 3 of the 18 listings in its DevOps and Sysadmin category were security roles when we checked in October 2026, one labeled "Anywhere in the World". The free Basic account browses and saves jobs, the paid WWR Pro adds applications, and only "Boosted" listings take applications without a subscription.
Dice
Dice is a US tech job board. A remote "security engineer" search showed 492 results when we checked in October 2026. Listings show the type, such as Full-time, Contract or "Contract, Third Party" (usually a staffing firm), and at least one required existing US work authorization.
ClearanceJobs
ClearanceJobs lists roles that need a US federal security clearance. Its home page advertised 81,621 security clearance jobs from 1,806 hiring companies when we checked in October 2026, and its search has a "Remote/Hybrid" filter. For readers outside the US it shows how much security work is closed to non-citizens.
LinkedIn is the volume source. Put "remote" in the search words, use the exact titles employers use, and check the location line of every posting.
Also checked. CyberSecJobs.com sends job seekers to ClearedJobs.Net, which says US citizenship and an active or current clearance are required.
What our index shows for cybersecurity
These figures come from our index of live remote postings that employers published themselves on their own careers pages or hiring systems; copies on job boards and office or hybrid jobs are not counted (see how we check every job). The group is the 591 postings our index files under the Security Engineer label, our only security label. "All professions" is the 25,804 postings our index has sorted by profession.
| Measure, 8 October 2026 | Cybersecurity (Security Engineer) | All professions |
| Live postings | 591 | 25,804 |
| State pay (any figure) | 53.1% | 42.6% |
| Median yearly band, where stated | $154,772 - $204,500 | $131,098 - $175,450 |
| Read as open worldwide by our index | 6.3% | 5.1% |
| Say in their own words that they hire anywhere | 8 | 114 |
| List only the United States | 34.5% | 30.8% |
| List only the US and/or Canada | 42.6% | 35.9% |
| List only European countries | 14.6% | 14.8% |
| Do not say where they hire | 25.4% | 24.6% |
Security postings state pay more often than most. On 8 October 2026, 53.1% of the 591 postings stated pay, 7th of the 41 professions with 200 or more postings. The median band rests on 308 postings with a yearly salary; see our security engineer salary page.
They lean to North America, and "worldwide" needs checking. 42.6% listed only the US and/or Canada, against 35.9% across all professions. Our index read 6.3% as open worldwide (9th of the 41), but only 8 of the 591 said in their own words that they hire anywhere. A posting that does not say where it hires is not open worldwide; read our guide to what "remote (US only)" means.
Counting job boards as well, our index held 1,362 live Security Engineer postings on 8 October 2026, and 771 of them (56.6%) were seen only through job boards, against 56.8% across all labelled postings.
A wider group built from job titles (1,111 postings naming security work such as SOC, GRC, pentest, AppSec, DevSecOps, IAM, detection, incident response or CISO) gives a similar picture: over its 724 labelled rows, 34.0% listed only the US and 25.6% did not say where they hire.
Where these jobs can hire you
"List includes" counts postings whose hiring list contains the country, directly or through a region such as "EMEA" or "Latin America". "Names it itself" counts lists that name the country.
| Country or region, 8 October 2026 | List includes it (of 591) | Names it itself | All professions: list includes it |
| India | 18 (3.0%) | 9 | 3.0% |
| Philippines | 9 (1.5%) | 0 | 2.5% |
| Nigeria | 13 (2.2%) | 0 | 2.3% |
| Brazil | 12 (2.0%) | 5 | 4.5% |
| Poland | 36 (6.1%) | 6 | 7.2% |
| Any Central or Eastern European country | 54 (9.1%) | 26 (4.4%) | 9.2% |
| Any Latin American country | 31 (5.2%) | 17 (2.9%) | 8.5% |
| Any country outside the US and Canada | 152 (25.7%) | 116 (19.6%) | 34.4% |
About one in four lists a country outside the US and Canada: 152 of the 591 postings (25.7%) on 8 October 2026, against 34.4% across all professions.
Nigeria and the Philippines come only through regions. No security posting named either country; the 13 and 9 that include them do so through a wider region, so confirm your country with the recruiter. For India, see our remote jobs in India page.
Level and contract type
This is a senior market. On 8 October 2026, 67.5% of the 591 postings were senior level or above, 19.3% mid-level and 4.2% (25) junior or internship, against 58.0%, 24.1% and 7.9% across all professions. Search the titles employers use most: security engineer, product security engineer and application security engineer. Of the 297 postings that stated an employment type, 285 said full-time and 7 contractor. Employers with postings under this label on 8 October 2026 included Elastic, Sophos, GitLab, Zscaler and Wiz. Browse the live remote security engineer openings.
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Where RemoteHunt fits
RemoteHunt is not a board you post on. It reads live remote postings from employers' own careers pages and job boards, checks where each one says it can hire, and scores the ones that can hire you from 0 to 100 against your resume, with a written reason. If you have no resume, it builds one with you. It is free to start and you never pay to apply.
FAQ
What is the best job board for remote cybersecurity jobs?
No single board covers the field. Himalayas shows which countries each employer can hire in, Foorilla's InfoSec & Privacy section lists security roles, and Wellfound and the Hacker News "Who is hiring?" thread carry security roles at software companies. On 8 October 2026 our index held 591 live remote postings labeled Security Engineer on employers' own careers pages.
Can I get a remote cybersecurity job from outside the US?
Yes, but read the hiring country first. On 8 October 2026, 152 of the 591 remote Security Engineer postings in our index (25.7%) listed at least one country outside the US and Canada, while 42.6% listed only the US and/or Canada.
Do remote security jobs need US citizenship or a clearance?
Some do, mostly government and defense roles, and those are generally limited to US citizens. Many others do not. On 8 October 2026, 34.5% of the 591 remote Security Engineer postings in our index listed only the United States.
Are remote cybersecurity jobs mostly senior?
Yes. On 8 October 2026, 67.5% of the 591 remote Security Engineer postings in our index were senior level or above, and only 25 (4.2%) were junior or internship roles.
How can RemoteHunt help me find remote cybersecurity jobs?
RemoteHunt checks where each live remote posting says it can hire and scores the ones open to you against your resume from 0 to 100, with a written reason for each score. For security engineers, that shows which postings can hire in your country before you spend an application.
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