IT Security Administrator

About the role

The IT Security Administrator safeguards the organization’s information assets by monitoring, analyzing, and responding to security threats across a wide range of tools and platforms. Working closely with the Senior Manager of IT Security and cross‑functional teams, this role supports daily security operations, incident response and security awareness initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Monitor security tools such as CrowdStrike, Zscaler, Microsoft Defender, Tanium, Adaptive, Tenable, Office 365, Entra ID and analyze logs to maintain situational awareness.
• Investigate alerts from the external SOC, determine false positives, security events or incidents, and document findings and remediation actions.
• Manage vulnerability assessments across endpoints, web applications, cloud environments and internal networks, coordinating remediation.
• Analyze reported suspicious emails, classify them, communicate results to users and track trends.
• Deploy security awareness and privacy training using the company’s training platform.
• Escalate confirmed security incidents to IT Security Leadership and the Director of IT Operations.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Cyber/IT Security, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field.
• At least 4 years of experience in IT security and system administration.
• Hands‑on experience implementing security software and managing identity solutions such as Microsoft Entra ID.
• Familiarity with Security Operations Center processes and data‑privacy regulations.

Required skills

• CrowdStrike
• Zscaler
• Microsoft Defender
• Tanium
• Adaptive
• Tenable
• Office 365 / Entra ID (Azure AD) and Conditional Access
• Multi‑factor authentication, passwordless and FIDO2
• SIEM and log analysis
• Intrusion detection systems
• Endpoint security solutions
• Web proxy / content filtering
• Active Directory, PKI, Radius
• Vulnerability management platforms