1

Virtual Security Guard Jobs in Florida (NOW HIRING)

Senior Network Engineer

Doral, FL · On-site

$96K - $131K/yr

Experience with cross-domain solutions and guards. * Knowledge of cloud computing security ... virtual communication platforms to interface with co-workers and customers. * Must be able to ...

next page

Showing results 1-20

Virtual Security Guard information

See Florida salary details

$8

$14

$18

How much do virtual security guard jobs pay per hour?

As of Sep 5, 2026, the average hourly pay for virtual security guard in Florida is $14.22, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $11.49 and $13.99 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a virtual security guard?

Virtual Security Guards are security professionals who monitor properties, businesses, or public spaces remotely using surveillance cameras and advanced software. Instead of being physically present at a location, they use live video feeds, motion sensors, and other technologies to detect suspicious activities and respond in real time. Virtual Security Guards can alert on-site personnel, contact law enforcement, or trigger alarms as needed. This approach provides continuous, cost-effective security coverage and can often respond faster to incidents than traditional security guards.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a virtual security guard, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Virtual Security Guard, you need keen observation skills, attention to detail, and a background in security or law enforcement, often supported by a security license or relevant certification. Familiarity with remote surveillance systems, video monitoring software, and incident reporting platforms is typically required. Excellent communication, quick decision-making, and the ability to remain calm under pressure are crucial soft skills. These abilities ensure effective threat detection, timely response, and reliable protection of property and assets in a remote setting.

What are some common challenges faced by virtual security guards, and how can they be managed?

Virtual security guards often face challenges such as monitoring multiple locations simultaneously, identifying potential threats through video feeds, and responding quickly to incidents remotely. To manage these challenges, guards typically use advanced surveillance software, follow strict protocols, and maintain constant communication with on-site personnel or local authorities. Team collaboration and ongoing training are also essential, ensuring that virtual guards are prepared to handle a wide range of situations effectively and efficiently.

What is the difference between Virtual Security Guard vs On-Site Security Guard?

AspectVirtual Security GuardOn-Site Security Guard
CredentialsSecurity certification, monitoring trainingSecurity certification, physical patrol training
Work EnvironmentRemote, surveillance centersPhysical locations, premises patrols
Employer & Industry UsageSecurity companies, remote monitoring servicesHospitals, malls, corporate buildings
Common Search & ComparisonYesYes

Virtual Security Guards provide remote surveillance and monitoring services, often working from a centralized location, while On-Site Security Guards are physically present at the location to patrol and respond directly to incidents. Both roles require security certifications but differ mainly in work environment and daily duties.

What are the most commonly searched types of Security Guard jobs in Florida?

The most popular types of Security Guard jobs in Florida are:

What cities in Florida are hiring for Virtual Security Guard jobs?

Cities in Florida with the most Virtual Security Guard job openings:

Infographic showing various Virtual Security Guard job openings in Florida as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 86% Full Time, 12% Part Time, and 2% Contract. Highlights an 92% Physical, 3% Hybrid, and 5% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $29,586 per year, or $14.2 per hour.

IT SPECIALIST (NETWORK) (TITLE 32)

Air National Guard Units

Jacksonville, FL • On-site, Remote

$68K - $97K/yr

Full-time

Re-posted 22 hours ago


Key responsibilities

  • Administer the base Local Area Network (LAN) and develop base-wide network procedures.

  • Coordinate LAN installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and evaluate network components to ensure optimal performance.

  • Install, configure, and troubleshoot network hardware, software, and peripheral equipment, and maintain network system documentation.


Air National Guard rating

8.3

Company rating: 8.3 out of 10

Based on 19 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

11th of 49 rated military and defense


Job description

Summary
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This National Guard position is for a IT SPECIALIST (NETWORK) (TITLE 32), Position Description Number D2181P01and is part of the FL 125th FW, National Guard.
Learn more about this agency
Duties
Help
As a, IT SPECIALIST (NETWORK), GS-2210-11, you will administer the base Local Area Network (LAN). Implement new network operating systems hardware and software and develops base wide network operating procedures. Analyzes LAN utilization statistics through data collection and performance measures to ensure the smooth, reliable, and robust operation of LANs to include classified and unclassified networks. Coordinate LAN installation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and reviews, evaluates, and fine-tunes components such as virtual servers, hubs, switches, and routers to achieve peak efficiency within the overall network connectivity. Assist in the development, configuration, installation, and maintenance of network systems to include the LAN/WAN. Receives network, communications, and related operating systems from various sources such as design centers and commercial vendors. Maintain an inventory of all network hardware and software. Installs, configures, and troubleshoots network and application server hardware, network operating system software, and peripheral network equipment such as routers, bridges, cabling system, network interface cards, modems, multiplexers, and concentrators. Develop and maintains base wide procedures for networks, system operations, backups, and product assembly and installation. Implements network operating system and/or network application software, and maintain contact with software suppliers to ensure that current releases of software products are in use. Conduct testing of network systems to ensure current network software products are compatible with system configurations and to ensure operability, efficiency, and compliance with existing standards. Monitor operation of the LAN/WAN and ensures hardware and network operating software are functioning properly and that operation standards are met.
Requirements
Help
Conditions of employment
  • Security Clearance requirements are determined by position and/or MOS/AFSC compatibility.
  • APPLICANTS SHOULD CONTACT THEIR STATE INCENTIVES MANAGER TO DETERMINE IF ACCEPTING THIS POSITION WILL AFFECT ANY BONUS RECEIVED FROM THE MILITARY.
  • Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment.
  • This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's National Guard, required prior to the effective date of placement.
  • Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
  • Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform.
  • May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
  • Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
  • Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
  • National Guard Membership is required.
  • Must obtain required IAT Level II, within 6 months of hire date.

Qualifications
AREA OF CONSIDERATION: AREA OF CONSIDERATION: This position is in the Excepted Federal Civil Service "under the authority of 32 U.S.C. 709", and is open to Category 1 & 3 Only. Category 1: All permanent/indefinite (T32 and T5) technicians employed by the agency WITH dual FL National Guard military membership; Category 3: All current military members of the Florida National Guard. First consideration will be given to Category 1.
PCS: Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs, Recruitment or Relocation Incentive MAY be authorized. Authorization for payment of PCS expenses, Recruitment or Relocation Incentive will be granted ONLY after determination is made that payment is in the best interest of the Florida National Guard.
Recruitment / Relocation: Incentive MAY be authorized. ONLY after determination is made that payment is in the best interest of the Florida National Guard.
FLNG BUS Code 8888: This position is "excluded" and ineligible for labor organization representation.
Military Grades: Enlisted- E4 thru E6
GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Must have experience, education or training that has provided a basic knowledge of data processing functions and general management principles that enabled the applicant to understand the stages required to automate a work process. Experience may have been gained in work such as computer operator or assistant, computer sales representative, program analyst, or other positions that required the use or adaptation of computer programs and systems.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE - GS-09:Must have at least one year of specialized experiences at the GS-07 level or the equivalent which provides knowledge and/or experience, education, or training receiving, maintaining, and issuing data storage media for computer operations. Experience in scheduling the use of computer time for program processing. Experience collecting and sequentially staging input media with associated program instructions for processing. Experience in at least one programming language. Translating detailed logical steps developed by others into language codes that computers accept where this required understanding of procedures and limitations appropriate to use of a programming language. Experience interviewing subject-matter personnel to get facts regarding work processes and synthesizing the resulting data into charts showing information flow. Experience in analysis of the interrelationship of pertinent components of the system. Experience planning the sequence of actions necessary to accomplish the assignment. Experience scheduling the sequence of programs to be processed by computers where alternatives had to be weighed with a view to production efficiency.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-11 - Must have at least 36 months of experience, education, or training that approaches techniques and requirements appropriate to an assigned computer applications area or computer specialty area in an organization; Experience planning the sequence of actions necessary to accomplish the assignment where this entailed coordination with others outside the organizational unit and development of project controls: Experience that required adaptations of guidelines or precedents to meet the needs of the assignment: Experience preparing documentation on cost/benefit studies where is involved summarizing the material and organizing it in a logical fashion.
MULTIPLE LEVEL RECRUITMENT: This position is being advertised using multiple level recruitment to allow for consideration of applicants with the basic skills necessary to develop to the full journeyman level of the position. If a less than fully qualified applicant is selected, the incumbent may be trained and developed until proficiency is gained to full journeyman level. If less than fully qualified individual is selected for this position, the position has potential to Grade11_.
STATEMENT OF DIFFERENCE: The purpose of this position is to provide on-the-job experience for the purpose of qualifying for the target grade level described in the position description. Work assignments are selected to provide training and experience in this occupation. The incumbent is required to obtain increased knowledge and skill in the duties of the position at the target grade level. Promotion to the full journeyman level position is not
automatic with the completion of the time in grade requirements, but rather it is contingent upon the assignments and performance of full journeyman level duties on a regular and recurring basis.
Education
In lieu of specialized experience, you may qualify with the following education or combination of both education and experience:
GS09- Successful completion of a master's degree
or
equivalent graduate degreeor2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a master's degree or equivalent graduate degree.
GS11- Successful completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
or
3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
Undergraduate or Graduate Education: Degree in computer science, engineering, information science, information systems management, mathematics, operations research, statistics, or technology management or degree that provided a minimum of 24 semester hours in one or more of the fields identified above and required the development or adaptation of applications, systems or networks.
Additional information
If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx).
Expand Hide additional information
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
Benefits
Help
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Review our benefits
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

What Air National Guard employees say

Pay

Benefits

Hours and flexibility

Workplace

Get the full story on Breakroom