IT Security Specialist: Shield Data & Systems

Lutheran Services Florida; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision

Telehealth

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Employer paid life insurance

13 paid holidays + floating holiday

Generous PTO

Job summary

Lutheran Services Florida (LSF) is seeking an IT Security Specialist to protect LSF systems, networks, endpoints, cloud services, users, and data. This role monitors security events, supports incident response and vulnerability remediation, and promotes secure technology practices.

The ideal candidate will have 2–4 years in IT/cybersecurity, experience with Microsoft 365 security, Entra ID, Defender, Intune, and Active Directory, and familiarity with SIEM and vulnerability tooling.

Qualifications

• Two to four years of progressively responsible experience in information technology, cybersecurity operations, endpoint support, network administration, systems administration, or security monitoring.
• Experience with Microsoft 365 security, Entra ID, Defender, Intune, Exchange Online, Windows endpoints, Active Directory, Group Policy, endpoint protection, or related technologies is preferred.
• Experience with SIEM or logging platforms, vulnerability tools, EDR or antivirus, email and web security, firewalls, IDS/IPS, DLP, encryption, backup, or disaster recovery is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, review, and triage security alerts involving endpoints, identities, email, cloud services, networks, and logging platforms.
• Document, escalation, and track suspected security incidents; assist with investigation, containment, remediation, recovery, and follow-up activities.
• Support vulnerability scanning, risk prioritization, patch coordination, secure configuration reviews, remediation tracking, and verification.
• Assist with Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Defender, Intune, Exchange Online, Active Directory, Group Policy, endpoint protection, and related security controls.
• Review suspicious sign-ins, phishing reports, malware alerts, endpoint detections, access concerns, and potential data exposure events.
• Support user access reviews, privileged access monitoring, multifactor authentication, least-privilege practices, and secure onboarding and offboarding activities.

Skills

Security monitoring

Incident response

Vulnerability management

Endpoint security

Identity and access management

Secure configuration practices

Windows systems

Microsoft cloud services

Networking basics

DNS/DHCP concepts

Firewalls/VPN basics

Backup/Disaster recovery

Education

Associates degree in Computer Science related field

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, IT, CS or related field

Certifications: CompTIA Security+, Network+, CySA+, Microsoft Security, CISSP Associate, SSCP, GIAC

Tools

SIEM

Logging platforms

Vulnerability tools

EDR/antivirus

Email and web security

Firewalls/IDS/IPS

DLP, encryption

Backup/DR tooling

Job description

Lutheran Services Florida (LSF) is seeking an IT Security Specialist to protect LSF systems, networks, endpoints, cloud services, users, and data. This role monitors security events, supports incident response and vulnerability remediation, and promotes secure technology practices.

The ideal candidate will have 2–4 years in IT/cybersecurity, experience with Microsoft 365 security, Entra ID, Defender, Intune, and Active Directory, and familiarity with SIEM and vulnerability tooling.