Entry-Level Remote Security Engineer
This is a full-time, fully remote Security Engineer role paying up to $104,000 a year, open to applicants anywhere and aimed at people early in their security career rather than seasoned specialists.
The job sits within a company's broader engineering organization, and the person hired for it will spend most of their week working close to the systems that keep production safe. Security engineers on this team design, implement, and maintain the controls that protect infrastructure day-to-day, and when something goes wrong, they're the ones who trace it, contain it, and fix the gap that let it happen. A meaningful part of the role is collaborative: engineering teams build features and ship code constantly, and this position exists to make sure that work stays secure without slowing everyone down to a crawl.
What you'll be doing
- Design, build, and maintain security systems and controls across the company's infrastructure
- Respond to vulnerabilities and security incidents as they're identified, from initial triage through resolution
- Work directly with engineering teams to build systems that are secure by default rather than patched afterward
Because the role is listed as open to candidates anywhere, it fits among the broader set of remote security engineer jobs that don't require relocation or a fixed home base near an office. That said, it's a full-time position with real accountability during incidents, so it suits someone who can commit focused hours and be reachable when something needs attention, not a side gig.
A typical week is split between planned work and reactive work, though the exact ratio shifts depending on what's going on that month. Planned work looks like reviewing a new service's architecture before it ships, tightening firewall rules that have drifted over time, or closing out findings from a vulnerability scan. Reactive work is whatever the last alert turned into, and it's supposed to get handled without waiting for the next standup. New engineers usually start by shadowing incident response before they're the one leading it, and the expectation is that ownership grows over the first few months rather than landing all at once on the first day.
What you'll need
A bachelor's degree is the baseline educational requirement for this posting; most candidates come in with majors such as software engineering or information security, though a related technical degree paired with real project work is generally treated as equivalent. On the experience side, the listing calls for 13 months of hands-on work designing or maintaining security infrastructure. That's a modest bar by design. This is meant as an entry point for someone who has already touched real systems, whether through an internship, a junior role, or focused project work, but hasn't yet spent years in the field.
CISSP isn't a hard requirement at this level, but hiring teams reviewing applications for this kind of position tend to take note when it's already in progress or completed, since it signals a candidate has started building the broader knowledge base the role eventually demands. A recruiter working through Naukri Mitra's listings would tell you the same thing about most entry-level security postings: certifications rarely gate an application at this stage, but they do shape how quickly someone moves through it.
Skills we're looking for
- Network security
- Security architecture
- Scripting
- Cloud security
- Firewalls
- Vulnerability management
- Incident response
None of these need to be mastered on day one. Candidates who are comfortable writing basic Python or Bash, who've spent time in AWS or Azure's security tooling, or who've used something like Splunk or Wireshark during coursework or a previous job will pick up the rest of the stack faster than someone starting from theory alone. A Security+ certification or coursework toward CISSP is a reasonable substitute for direct work experience if your 13 months were spent mostly on the generalist side of IT.
Compensation and benefits
The role pays up to $104,000 a year in USD, which puts it toward the higher end of security engineer remote salary ranges for entry-level positions, largely because it does carry real incident-response responsibility rather than being a purely observational junior seat.
- Health coverage
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan matching
- A budget for certifications and ongoing training
Some employers hiring for roles like this one also include a wellness stipend or a home office equipment allowance for remote staff, though these vary by team and aren't guaranteed in every posting.
The training budget is worth calling out specifically, since it's aimed squarely at people at this stage of their career. It's meant to cover exam fees, study materials, or a conference here and there, not just a line item that never gets used. For someone still working toward CISSP or a cloud security certification, that's a direct way the compensation package supports the growth path the role assumes you're on.
How this role tends to work in practice
Most days are steady: monitoring, reviewing changes for security implications, working through a backlog of hardening tasks. Incidents don't follow a schedule, though, and when one lands, the pace shifts fast and the engineer on it is expected to move with it, not wait for a meeting to be scheduled. That mix, calm most weeks with sharp bursts when it isn't, is fairly typical of the field and worth knowing going in. If you're mapping out how to become a remote security engineer over the next few years, a role like this, with real ownership but a forgiving experience bar, is a common way people build the track record that gets them into more senior positions later.
To apply
Submit your application through the listing with your resume and, if you have one, a link to relevant project work or a GitHub profile. Since the role is fully remote with no fixed location requirement, applicants across time zones are welcome to apply; the team will note working-hour overlap during the interview process rather than screening for it upfront.
Interviews for this kind of role usually run in two or three stages: an initial conversation about background and motivation, a technical discussion covering the skills listed above, and a walkthrough of how you'd approach a realistic incident scenario. Bring specifics from your own experience where you can, even if they're small, since a concrete example from 13 months of real work tends to land better than a general description of what you know.
