Cybersecurity Ops Analyst II: Threat Detection & Response

Specialized Dental Partners; Franklin (TN); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Specialized Dental Partners seeks a hands‑on Cybersecurity Operations Analyst II to monitor and respond to threats across endpoints, identities, and cloud services, with ownership of Defender EDR/XDR and a focus on risk management and compliance.

You will collaborate with infrastructure teams to embed security into daily operations, support HIPAA compliance, and lead vendor risk assessments while delivering clear security guidance to leadership.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of overall IT experience across cybersecurity, networking, systems engineering, infrastructure, or related technical disciplines.
• 2+ years of direct cybersecurity operations, security monitoring, investigation, or incident response experience.
• 1+ year of administering or operating EDR/XDR technologies, including Microsoft Defender EDR/XDR.
• Experience producing written security findings and recommendations.
• Working knowledge of Windows security, Microsoft 365, Active Directory, and Entra ID.
• Experience conducting vendor security assessments or technical risk reviews.
• Strong communication with engineers, vendors, and senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Monitor enterprise security systems for malicious, suspicious, or abnormal activity.
• Triage and investigate security alerts involving endpoints, identities, email, cloud services, and other enterprise systems.
• Determine the scope, severity, and potential impact of identified threats and perform or coordinate containment and remediation actions.
• Serve as a technical escalation point for cybersecurity issues requiring deeper investigation.
• Maintain investigation notes, evidence, timelines, and incident documentation and participate in post‑incident reviews.
• Own day‑to‑day administration and operation of Microsoft Defender EDR/XDR.
• Monitor platform health, security incidents, device coverage, and endpoint security posture.
• Investigate and respond to Defender‑generated alerts and incidents.
• Tune security controls and workflows to improve detection effectiveness and operational efficiency.
• Identify endpoint security gaps and coordinate remediation with engineering and support teams.
• Maintain platform standards, documentation, and operational procedures.
• Own the enterprise vendor cybersecurity risk management program.
• Perform security assessments of prospective and existing third‑party vendors.
• Evaluate vendor security controls, policies, technical posture, and identified weaknesses.
• Produce written vendor risk assessment reports and clearly document findings.
• Provide technical guidance and risk‑based recommendations to senior leadership regarding vendor approval, remediation, acceptance, or rejection.

Skills

Cybersecurity operations

Security monitoring

Incident response

EDR/XDR (Microsoft Defender)

Windows security

Stakeholder communication

Tools

PowerShell

Microsoft Defender EDR/XDR

Microsoft 365 security

Job description

Specialized Dental Partners seeks a hands‑on Cybersecurity Operations Analyst II to monitor and respond to threats across endpoints, identities, and cloud services, with ownership of Defender EDR/XDR and a focus on risk management and compliance.

You will collaborate with infrastructure teams to embed security into daily operations, support HIPAA compliance, and lead vendor risk assessments while delivering clear security guidance to leadership.