Top Remote Cyber Security Jobs in Portland, ME

Lead and expand the Application Security program: define roadmap, embed security into SDLC, perform architecture and code reviews, manage vulnerability lifecycle and incident response, lead penetration testing strategy, deliver executive metrics, and mentor a small hands-on AppSec team.

Lead research and analysis on cloud-native security, create thought leadership, advise clients and vendors, present at events, support sales and peer review, mentor junior analysts, and improve research processes. Provide actionable guidance on cloud security architectures, vendor selection, and the intersection of cloud security with GenAI. Travel up to 25%.

Lead research and produce high‑impact network security insights. Advise clients on evaluation, selection and deployment of network security technologies, present at events, support sales, mentor analysts, and drive research agenda and process improvements.

Senior individual contributor who researches and delivers thought leadership on application security for enterprise applications (ERP/CRM). Produces insights, advises CIOs, supports sales and events, mentors junior analysts, and builds security strategies, roadmaps, metrics, and vulnerability testing programs for major vendors and third-party tools.

Lead security advisory engagements focused on cybersecurity and data governance. Conduct program assessments, design and operationalize data governance programs, produce client deliverables, mentor consultants, support sales with scoping and proposals, and contribute to practice development, thought leadership, and forecasting to drive advisory services revenue.

Design, implement, and automate cloud security controls (primarily AWS, with GCP work) using code (Python, Go) and IaC (Terraform). Build authorization and JIT access systems, harden containers and CI/CD pipelines, integrate data classification with access controls, automate security operations and incident response, and partner with engineering to embed HIPAA-compliant, secure-by-design practices.

Lead Datadog-first security observability and detection engineering: design, scale and tune Datadog Cloud SIEM, log pipelines, detection rules and telemetry. Correlate signals across EDR, cloud and identity, automate detection-as-code, reduce false positives, and build dashboards, monitors and workflows in partnership with Security Ops, SRE and Engineering.

Lead and improve ZODL security posture, manage incident response, coordinate external audits, advise staff on operational and personal security, prioritize mitigations, recruit security talent, and collaborate with engineering and research to secure Zcash software and protocols.

Perform advanced offensive security work: conduct complex penetration tests, teach and integrate offensive tradecraft into the AI platform, harden product and company defenses, and collaborate with core engineers to build and ship capabilities that automate red-team techniques.

Design and integrate diverse cybersecurity and IT tools into an AI engine, ensure common data/function models, advise on autonomous security analysis, and own corporate security posture for endpoints, cloud, and build pipelines.

Own product security across the SDLC: threat modeling, secure design reviews, application security testing (code review, SAST/DAST), supply-chain/dependency hardening, CI/CD security, and building automated security tooling and guardrails while partnering with engineering and product.

Lead cloud and cybersecurity engineering engagements: design and implement multi-cloud security architectures, detect and respond to threats, manage identity and access, enforce compliance baselines (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI, HIPAA), secure cloud infrastructure and DevSecOps pipelines, mentor staff, and develop AI-accelerated internal tooling and automation.

Lead cybersecurity advisory engagements including building GRC programs, conducting compliance readiness and ITGC assessments, executing remediation roadmaps, directing incident response exercises, performing IT risk assessments, managing GRC platforms, and delivering client-facing recommendations and project management.

Serve as part-vCISO and account manager: assess client security posture, design and customize security programs mapping controls to infrastructure, liaise with auditors, guide implementations, advise engineering on integrations, and communicate with stakeholders to ensure compliance and operational security.

Own integration, configuration, and output quality of security tooling; tune findings to reduce noise; design severity scoring, triage flows, and enrichment; build a security judgment layer; partner with engineering, product, and design; engage with customers; benchmark and contribute to open-source security tooling.

Serve as a senior platform consultant and security architect advising engineering teams on secure-by-design platforms. Lead threat modeling, design large-scale cloud-native microservices, embed CI/CD security, drive Zero Trust and IAM strategies, mentor engineers, influence architecture and delivery, and communicate security posture to technical and business leaders.

Perform advanced security evaluations and research on embedded devices, including firmware reverse engineering, low-level code review, hardware hacking, exploit development, and vulnerability assessments. Build tools, communicate findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders, publish research, and support engagement scoping and business development.

Support VA Health portfolio cybersecurity across projects: lead ATO/ATC activities, develop security/privacy artifacts, review controls against NIST SP 800-53, perform scans and remediation, update ServiceNow/CAM and GRC tools, prepare audit documentation, and coordinate with stakeholders to identify and mitigate risks while enabling agile application development and operations.

Lead end-to-end onboarding and enterprise deployments of Clearly AI, integrating with Jira, ServiceNow, Confluence, and GitHub. Configure review workflows, run structured project management, optimize threat modeling/privacy/vendor-risk processes, translate deployment friction into product improvements, triage support, and create onboarding documentation to drive production adoption and measurable security outcomes.

Lead multiple product security engineering teams to design, implement, and operate security controls across Allstate's technology ecosystem. Architect secure digital products, drive DevSecOps, CI/CD, cloud-native and application security best practices, integrate IAM/SIEM/vulnerability management, influence stakeholders, manage security product roadmaps, mentor engineers, and own production security KPIs and compliance.

Manage and grow a security engineering team responsible for product and platform security, embedding security into the SDLC, running red team/adversarial testing, performing hands-on web application pentesting, threat modeling, secure-coding guidance, and defining AI security guardrails.

Lead design, implementation, and management of security infrastructure across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments. Drive incident response, threat detection tuning, vulnerability assessments, risk and compliance (HIPAA, PCI-DSS, NIST, ISO 27001), security policy development, and security training. Collaborate with IT, DevOps, legal, and procurement to integrate security into SDLC and vendor selection.

Build and operate an internal Red Team to continuously find vulnerabilities across protocol, consensus, bridges, and execution clients. Develop Rust-based fuzzers and custom security tooling, simulate economic attacks on testnet, analyze game-theoretic risks (MEV, staking), and partner with engineering teams to review critical architecture and mitigate exploits.

Lead strategy, execution, and operational excellence for multiple security engineering domains. Build and develop leaders, deliver multi-year roadmaps, drive platform evolution, automation, vendor strategy, and cross-functional programs to reduce risk and scale secure operations.

Design, implement, and monitor internal security tooling and controls across endpoints and infrastructure. Enforce endpoint configurations via MDM, manage identity and zero-trust SSO solutions, automate security operations with IaC and scripting, perform log analysis and incident response, and collaborate with client platform and IT teams to harden systems and support threat hunting.