Cybersecurity Operations Administrator

Columbus McKinnon EMEA; Charlotte, Northern (NC, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Columbus McKinnon Corporation is seeking a Cybersecurity Administrator in Charlotte, NC to handle hands-on cybersecurity operations, tool administration, alert monitoring, and incident response coordination. You will partner with IT, infrastructure, application, and business teams to reduce risk and strengthen the security posture while delivering cybersecurity projects to completion.

This role requires strong technical administration skills, practical project execution experience, and a focus

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, infrastructure, systems administration, network administration, or related technical roles with hands-on security responsibilities.
• Experience administering or supporting cybersecurity tools such as endpoint protection/EDR, SIEM, vulnerability management, DLP, email security, IAM, firewalls, or cloud security platforms.
• Experience supporting incident response, vulnerability remediation, access reviews, security monitoring, compliance evidence collection, or audit support.
• Experience leading or coordinating cybersecurity or IT projects, including project planning, task tracking, stakeholder communication, and delivery of project outcomes.
• Relevant certifications such as CompTIA Security+, SSCP, CySA+, Microsoft security certifications, or equivalent practical experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain enterprise cybersecurity tools and controls across EDR, SIEM, vulnerability management, DLP, email security, IAM, and cloud security.
• Monitor security alerts, dashboards, and tool outputs; triage issues and escalate incidents or risks as appropriate.
• Support security incident response activities including initial investigation, evidence gathering, containment, remediation tracking, and post-incident documentation.
• Maintain runbooks, standard operating procedures, incident response playbooks, and technical workflows.
• Coordinate vulnerability scanning, validation, prioritization, and remediation follow-up with IT, infrastructure, application, and business owners.
• Prepare routine operational reporting on vulnerabilities, alert trends, control coverage, remediation progress, and security operations health.

Skills

Cybersecurity operations

Security tool administration

Vulnerability management

Incident response support

Access control

Project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science

Tools

EDR/XDR

SIEM

Vulnerability scanners

DLP

IAM

Firewalls

Cloud security platforms

Job description

Columbus McKinnon Corporation is seeking a Cybersecurity Administrator in Charlotte, NC to handle hands-on cybersecurity operations, tool administration, alert monitoring, and incident response coordination. You will partner with IT, infrastructure, application, and business teams to reduce risk and strengthen the security posture while delivering cybersecurity projects to completion.

This role requires strong technical administration skills, practical project execution experience, and a focus