Cybersecurity Specialist

tmc•Homosassa, FL

About The Position

The Cybersecurity Specialist is responsible for helping protect TMC's systems, applications, cloud infrastructure, and sensitive data from security threats and vulnerabilities. This role combines hands-on security operations, cloud security, vulnerability management, and compliance monitoring with a focus on continuously improving TMC's overall security posture. As a Cybersecurity Specialist, you are expected to support the organization and its technology through the security lifecycle: Understand the environment: Build a thorough understanding of TMC's applications, infrastructure, users, security controls, regulatory requirements, and evolving threat landscape. Protect the environment: Implement, maintain, and improve security controls across TMC's Azure environment, applications, identities, endpoints, and supporting technology platforms. Monitor and respond: Continuously monitor security systems and findings, investigate potential threats and vulnerabilities, coordinate remediation, and assist with incident response. Maintain compliance: Ensure security controls remain effective and audit-ready by maintaining security and compliance platforms, evidence, documentation, policies, and remediation activities.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or higher in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
3+ years of hands-on experience in cybersecurity, security operations, cloud security, information security, or a related technical security role.
Hands-on experience securing and monitoring Microsoft Azure environments.
Working knowledge of Microsoft cloud security technologies and concepts including Microsoft Entra ID, Defender for Cloud, RBAC, Multi-Factor Authentication, Conditional Access, Key Vault, Azure networking, logging, and monitoring.
Experience administering or supporting security compliance or GRC automation platforms such as Vanta, or similar platforms. Direct Vanta experience is strongly preferred.
Experience administering or supporting application and vulnerability security platforms such as Aikido Security, Snyk, GitHub Advanced Security, or comparable tools. Direct Aikido experience is strongly preferred.
Practical experience with vulnerability management, including risk assessment, prioritization, remediation coordination, and validation.
Understanding of application and cloud security concepts including SAST, SCA, secrets detection, dependency vulnerabilities, infrastructure-as-code security, container security, and cloud misconfiguration.
Working knowledge of identity and access management, least-privilege principles, zero trust concepts, and privileged-access management.
Experience investigating security alerts and participating in cybersecurity incident response.
Understanding of security and compliance frameworks applicable to regulated organizations, including HIPAA, SOC 2, HITRUST, ISO 42007, NIST, and CIS guidance.
Understanding of networking fundamentals including firewalls, DNS, TCP/IP, VPNs, virtual networks, network security groups, and private endpoints.
Familiarity with SIEM technologies, security logging, threat detection, and log analysis.
Ability to use scripting or automation technologies such as PowerShell, Bash, Python, APIs, or Microsoft Graph to improve security operations.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.
Ability to effectively collaborate across development, DevSecOps, infrastructure, compliance, leadership, and business teams.
Demonstrated ability to take ownership, work independently, and continuously improve security processes.
Relevant security certifications such as CompTIA Security+, Microsoft AZ-500, SC-200, SC-300, CISSP, or CCSP are preferred.
Organized, detail-oriented, and process- and improvement-minded

Nice To Haves

Direct Vanta experience is strongly preferred.
Direct Aikido experience is strongly preferred.
Relevant security certifications such as CompTIA Security+, Microsoft AZ-500, SC-200, SC-300, CISSP, or CCSP are preferred.

Responsibilities

Own the day-to-day administration, configuration, integration health, and continuous improvement of TMC's security platforms, with particular responsibility for Vanta and Aikido Security.
Manage Vanta control monitoring, automated tests, evidence collection, access reviews, security findings, and audit-readiness activities.
Manage Aikido Security capabilities including application security scanning, dependency analysis, secrets detection, infrastructure-as-code scanning, container security, and cloud security posture monitoring.
Monitor and improve TMC's Microsoft Azure security posture, including identity and access controls, resource configuration, logging, network protections, and cloud security controls.
Configure and maintain applicable Microsoft security technologies such as Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Key Vault, Azure Policy, Azure Monitor, and Microsoft Sentinel.
Review security findings and vulnerabilities, assess their severity and business risk, prioritize remediation, and verify resolution.
Coordinate security remediation with development, DevSecOps, infrastructure, and other technology teams.
Review identity and access controls to support least-privilege access, appropriate authentication controls, privileged-access management, and secure application identities.
Monitor security alerts and events, investigate suspicious activity, escalate significant threats, and participate in incident containment, remediation, root-cause analysis, and post-incident improvement.
Support TMC's compliance with applicable security and healthcare standards, including HIPAA, SOC 2, and HITRUST, by monitoring control effectiveness, identifying gaps, and coordinating corrective actions.
Support internal and external audits by maintaining security evidence, responding to findings, and ensuring corrective actions are tracked to completion.
Assist with third-party security reviews, vendor risk assessments, security questionnaires, and other security-assurance activities as needed.
Develop and maintain security dashboards, reports, procedures, runbooks, and technical documentation.
Automate repetitive security monitoring, reporting, evidence collection, and remediation activities where appropriate using scripting, APIs, and platform integrations.
Collaborate with development, DevSecOps, infrastructure, compliance, and business stakeholders to implement practical security improvements while minimizing unnecessary operational friction.
Evaluate existing security controls and recommend improvements to technologies, configurations, processes, and security practices.
Stay current with cybersecurity threats, vulnerabilities, Azure security capabilities, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.