I want to live in Thailand. From what I gather through the different subs of Reddit, nomading is somewhat in the grey area when it comes to remote work with some company’s being okay with it and some company not allowing it at all, resorting to employees having to find various ways to hide their locations. But what about being an expat, or completely relocating to a different country? How do employers feel about that? You’re in a consistent location with constant internet connection. I would like to know how possible it is to work a completely remote cyber security job while living entirely in another country.
Where I am
- USAF doing network admin with less then year less in my contract
- Sec+ and CCNA
- Top Secret clearance
- Currently enrolled in WGU’s Cybersecurity Bachelors degree
- Enrolled in Josh Madakor’s Cybersecurity course
My plans in chronological order
- Get out the military and use the TS clearance to get a job and gather more experience in security
- Finish the degree with some more certs under my belt
- Use everything above to leverage myself into an uncleared fully remote job that allows me to work from Thailand
Someone tell me how smooth this will all actually be. Thank you and have a good day!
I taught the separation and pre retirement seminar for folks getting out. I would recommend on top of what you already have to look into the skill bridge program for Microsoft MSSA, as much as it is a boot camp like experience there has been a good track record of job placement. You can do it while still in while whittling your last months away or as a recently separated/retired veteran.
As someone else said the tax/residency issue is real, but the most savvy cybersecurity organizations that allow you to telework are familiar with shell companies that will hire you locally in your country and “loan” you to the American company while teleworking abroad. What do I know about jobs with security clearances though, you may have to resort to GS jobs abroad which are not the worst in the world. Good luck!