$100K+ to work from home? You can apply to these fully remote, high-paying positions in NC
The state of North Carolina currently has more than 1,000 job openings listed online. Some are entirely remote and offer six-figure salaries, and others have a work-from-home hybrid perk.
We combed through six-figure, remote-friendly offerings in the state of North Carolina right now.
If you’re searching for a new job, or if you’re just curious about the salaries some state employees are making these days, we’ve compiled some of the highest paying state jobs that are currently open (as of Tuesday, March 11) and listed on the state’s job postings site.
Below, you’ll find each job’s title, a description of the position and a link to the posting, where you can find more information about the job and apply. Be sure to inquire about residency requirements, as some remote jobs require employees to reside in-state. Some listings are only open to current employees of the department.
All of the jobs’ posted salaries and recruitment ranges go up to six figures, but not all are guaranteed to pay over $100,000.
You can find the full, searchable list of all current openings at governmentjobs.com/careers/northcarolina.
To search for fully remote or hybrid jobs, filter selections to include remote options, including remote only and flexible/hybrid.
Salary range: $95,000 - $205,000
Lead Enterprise Cloud Architect for the Department of Information Technology (Division: Chief Deputy for Internal Ops)
Posted salary: $116,627- $204,098
Recruitment range: Not listed (Note: This vacancy is only open to current North Carolina state government, current UNC System employees or select others.)
Type: Flexible/hybrid (Wake County)
Summary: In this role, you’ll architect, design, facilitate, and lead cloud initiatives on multiple fronts, developing resilient, scalable, and secure architectural solutions that align with our enterprise strategic goals. Your collaboration with IT teams and business owners will impact various aspects of IT infrastructure, applications, and business operations.
Deadline: Thursday, March 13
Chief Financial Officer for the Department of Environmental Quality (Division: Financial Services)
Posted salary: $97,040- $218,341
Recruitment range: $97,040- $165,000
Type: Flexible/hybrid (Wake County)
Summary: This position leads the financial oversight responsibilities for the department and sets the tone for DEQ’s ability to sustainably achieve its environmental mission and competitively advance its innovative approaches to economic viability for the state.
Deadline: Thursday, March 13
Salary range: $80,000 - $155,000
Applications Quality, Operations, and Support Manager for the State Bureau of Investigation (Division: SBI Office of the Director)
Posted salary: $88,187-$154,327
Recruitment range: Not listed
Type: Flexible/hybrid (Wake County)
Summary: The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) is seeking a highly qualified information technology professional who will be responsible for the availability, accessibility, quality, and operational integrity of SBI’s portfolio of highly integrated, highly complex, mission critical criminal justice information systems, administrative applications, and associated applications technology platforms and components.
Deadline: Sunday, March 23
Enterprise WAN Network Engineer for the Department of Information Technology (Division: Chief Deputy for Internal Ops)
Posted salary: $88,187-$154,327
Recruitment range: Not listed
Type: Flexible/hybrid (Wake County)
Summary: In this role, you’ll collaborate with fellow network engineers to design, implement, and support enterprise-wide network solutions. You’ll work closely with Service Owners and Service Directors to solve complex technical challenges, developing detailed designs, technical proposals, statements of work, and implementation plans.
Deadline: Thursday, March 20
Manager for Database and Business Intelligence Services for the Department of Information Technology (Division: Chief Deputy for Internal Ops)
Posted salary: $88,187-$154,327
Recruitment range: Not listed
Type: Flexible/hybrid (Wake County)
Summary: In this pivotal role as the Manager for Database and Business Intelligence Services, you’ll lead a talented team, set technical directions, and drive the successful delivery of cutting-edge solutions using Oracle, SQL Server, Tableau, Power BI and more.
Deadline: Thursday, March 13
Attorney III for the Department of the Secretary of State (Division: Securities)
Posted salary: $87,849- $153,736
Recruitment range: $87,849-$103,069
Type: Flexible/hybrid (Wake County)
Summary: The major functions of this position is evaluating and litigating cases within our Enforcement Section. The position requires an experienced attorney to investigate and enforce the North Carolina Securities Act (N.C.G.S. Chapter 78A), the North Carolina Investment Advisers Act, including the Uniform Athlete Agents Act (N.C.G.S. Chapter 78C), the North Carolina Commodities Act (N.C.G.S. Chapter 78D) and other statutes under the authority of the Secretary of State.
Deadline: Friday, March 21
Salary range: $80,000 - $130,000
Applications Systems Specialist for the Department of Information Technology (Division: DIT Transportation)
Posted salary: $84,353-$126,529
Recruitment range: Not listed
Type: Flexible/hybrid (Wake County)
Summary: The primary responsibility of the Applications Systems Specialist is to develop and program with a thorough knowledge of systems used to include knowledge of the design and implementation across multiple platforms in the area of software development, integration, maintenance and support.
Deadline: Monday, March 24
Applications Systems Specialist for the Department of Information Technology (Division: Chief Deputy for Internal Ops)
Posted salary: $84,353-$126,529
Recruitment range: Up to $101,875
Type: Flexible/hybrid (Wake County)
Summary: Duties for this position include designing and executing digital strategies to improve user experience and optimize service delivery across state platforms and conducting data analysis and user research to inform strategic decisions, identify opportunities and prioritize enhancements.
Deadline: Thursday, March 13
Cloud FinOps Analyst for Department of Information Technology (Division: Chief Deputy for Internal Ops)
Posted salary: $84,353-$126,529
Recruitment range: Not listed
Type: Flexible/hybrid (Wake County)
Summary: The Cloud FinOps Analyst is responsible for managing the billing and analysis for NC Department of Information Technology cloud providers (Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), etc.). The Cloud FinOps Analyst will also work closely with the cloud operations team and business relationship management team to provide guidance for customers on how to manage cloud costs.
Deadline: Wednesday, March 19
Operating Systems Software Programmer II for the Department of Information Technology (Division: Chief Deputy for Internal Ops)
Posted salary: $84,353-$126,529
Recruitment range: Not listed
Type: Flexible/hybrid (Wake County)
Summary: The Operating Systems Software Programmer II is a professional analyst with responsibility for the administration of program products and support of DIT customers. The primary responsibility is the day-to-day administration of mainframe software products.
Deadline: Friday, March 21
Oracle Cloud ERP Reporting Developer II for the Office of the State Controller (Division: OSC Information Technology)
Posted salary: $84,353-$126,529
Recruitment range: Not listed
Type: Flexible/hybrid (Wake County)
Summary: This position is responsible for designing, developing, implementing and supporting various reports using Oracle Cloud Financial reporting tools. Responsibilities include hands-on work with reporting tools, managing reports that are part of outbound interface, administration of report scheduling and working with business counterparts.
Deadline: Friday, March 21
Salary range: $70,000 - $130,000
Audit Manager - Rapid Response Division for the Office of the State Auditor (Division: Field Audit Services)
Posted salary: $78,579-$153,228
Recruitment range: Not listed
Type: Flexible/hybrid (Wake County)
Summary: The Office of the State Auditor (OSA) is looking for Rapid Response Manager to oversee the completion of audits that improve performance, strengthen accountability and enhance transparency and efficiency of state government programs.
Deadline: Sunday, March 16
Applications Systems Analyst II for the Department of Information Technology (Division: DIT Transportation)
Posted salary: $78,467-$117,701
Recruitment range: Not listed (Note: This vacancy is only open to current North Carolina state government, current UNC System employees or select others.)
Type: Flexible/hybrid (Wake County)
Summary: The primary responsibility of the Applications Systems Analyst is to assist the NCDIT-Transportation Engineering Design and CADD Services Team to facilitate coordination with NCDOT on overall engineering design software utilization, configuration, deployment, and training with a focus on the current transition and integration of OpenX Software including Open Roads Designer (ORD) and ProjectWise.
Deadline: Friday, March 21
Applications Systems Analyst II for the Department of Information Technology (Division: DIT Secretary & CIO)
Posted salary: $78,467-$117,701
Recruitment range: Not listed
Type: Flexible/hybrid (Wake County)
Summary: The applications analyst will work closely with the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, State Ethics Commission, NC Department of Administration, other developers, business analysts and project managers to provide coding, implementation and support to software solutions.
Deadline: Friday, March 21
IT Compliance Specialist for the Department of Information Technology (Division: Chief Deputy for Internal Ops)
Posted salary: $78,467-$117,701
Recruitment range: Not listed
Type: Flexible/hybrid (Wake County)
Summary: The IT Compliance Specialist will serve as the lead for the internal compliance unit of the Business Operations team of NCDIT and supports the division in all areas related to compliance including but not limited to internal/external audit requests, assessments, internal security policies and procedures, security incidents, documentation and continual improvements.
Deadline: Wednesday, March 19
Structural Engineering Analyst II for the Department of Information Technology (Division: DIT Transportation)
Posted salary: $78,467-$117,701
Recruitment range: Not listed
Type: Flexible/hybrid (Wake County)
Summary: This position will act as a team lead for assigned projects and will be responsible for creating structural engineering calculations and validating work of other team members assigned to the project.
Deadline: Friday, March 21
Systems Administrator II for the Department of Information Technology (Division: DIT Transportation)
Posted salary: $78,467-$117,701
Recruitment range: Not listed
Type: Flexible/hybrid (Wake County)
Summary: The primary purpose of the Systems Administrator II is to serve as a ServiceNow Platform administrator, implementing and maintaining a secure and efficient platform configuration for NCDOT.
Deadline: Thursday, March 20
Assistant State Forester - Forest Protection for the Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (Division: North Carolina Forest Service)
Posted salary: $73,096-$142,538
Recruitment range: $73,096-$142,538 (Note: This position is open only to current North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services employees or select others.)
Type: Flexible/hybrid (Wake County)
Summary: The position supervises and develops the Forest Fire Control and Emergency Response, and Forest Health programs on a state level in the NCFS.
Deadline: Friday, March 14
Public Utilities Engineer III for the Department of Commerce (Division: Utilities-Public Staff)
Posted salary: $73,096- $142,538
Recruitment range: $73,096-$120,000
Type: Flexible/hybrid (Wake County)
Summary: The primary purpose of this regulatory engineering position is to fulfill the Public Staff’s legislative mandate by providing highly technical engineering expertise and expert opinions to the Director of the Energy Division, as well as to the Public Staff’s Executive Director and other division directors and staff within the Public Staff, regarding a wide range of electric utility issues.
Deadline: Friday, March 28
Salary range: $65,000 - $140,000
Senior Auditor - Rapid Response Division for the Office of the State Auditor (Division: Field Audit Services)
Posted salary: $67,996- $132,593
Recruitment range: Not listed
Type: Flexible/hybrid (Wake County)
Summary: The Office of the State Auditor (OSA) is looking for a Senior Auditor to assist with various investigations and performance audits that improve performance, strengthen accountability and enhance transparency and efficiency of state government programs.
Deadline: Sunday, March 16
Chief of Natural Resources for the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (Division: Parks and Recreation)
Posted salary: $67,852-$118,741
Recruitment range: $67,852-$105,000
Type: Flexible/hybrid (Wake County)
Summary: This position will direct multiple state-wide scientific management programs with responsibilities including species and habitat stewardship, fire management, invasive species, restoration of degraded natural areas, training, environmental compliance and the conservation of significant natural and cultural resources present on lands managed or owned by NC State Parks.
Deadline: Tuesday, March 18
Unit Manager for the Department of Health and Human Services (Division: Vocational Rehabilitation)
Posted salary: $64,621-$113,088
Recruitment range: Not listed
Type: Flexible/hybrid (Nash County)
Summary: This Unit Manager is to ensure that quality Vocational Rehabilitation services are provided to persons with disabilities residing in Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash and Northampton counties, and Independent Living Unit services provided to persons in Edgecombe, Halifax, Hertford, Martin, Nash, Northampton and Wilson counties.
Deadline: Thursday, March 20
Budget Analyst III for the Department of Health and Human Services (Division: SEC Office- Budget and Analysis)
Posted salary: $61,545-$107,703
Recruitment range: Not listed
Type: Flexible/hybrid (Wake County)
Summary: This role requires conducting in-depth financial analysis, monitoring expenditures and ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations. The analyst will provide expert consultation and technical assistance, helping agency leadership make data-driven decisions.
Deadline: Friday, March 21
Mental Health Program Consultant for the Department of Health and Human Services (Division: Child and Family Well Being)
Posted salary: $61,545-$107,703
Recruitment range: Not listed
Type: Remote optional (Wake County)
Summary: This position will interface with children and their families to assist in obtaining necessary services. In this role, the mental health program consultant will also manage contracts and allocations for CWCN and other behavioral health contracts by developing detailed implementation plans, timelines, budgets and project objectives.
- Deadline: Friday, March 14
This story was originally published online Tuesday, March 11, so some application deadlines may have passed by print publication.
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