Security Administrator

Kuvare; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Kuvare is seeking a hands-on Security Administrator to join the Information Security team and secure a hybrid Azure/Microsoft environment. You will contribute to incident response, identity hardening, and cloud security engineering, operating across on‑prem and cloud infrastructure in a regulated financial services setting.

The role emphasizes DevSecOps practices, automation, and security‑as‑code, with emphasis on implementing robust controls and ongoing risk reduction.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in IT with 3+ years in Cybersecurity.
• Hands-on admin, engineering or operations with Microsoft tech.
• Security certifications and experience in regulated financial services.

Responsibilities

• Operate and tune detections in Microsoft Sentinel and Defender XDR.
• Design and automate response with SOAR playbooks.
• Lead incident response for breaches and compromises across cloud and on‑prem.
• Translate policies into enforceable technical controls.
• Develop disaster recovery and resilience strategies from a security perspective.
• Engineer Entra ID and manage privileged access controls.
• Harden cloud workloads and perform vulnerability scans.
• Build IaC solutions to deploy security controls.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Security Operations

Incident Response

Cloud Security

DevSecOps

Automation

Education

CEH

OSCP

AZ-500

SC-300

SC-200

SC-100

Tools

Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Defender XDR

SOAR (Logic Apps)

PowerShell

Python

Bicep/ARM/Terraform

Microsoft Entra ID

Intune

Key Vault

RBAC

Job description

Kuvare is on a mission to serve hardworking consumers overwhelmed by the complexities of retirement and is built from the ground up to do so. Our unified financial hub protects the retirement of everyday Americans and the distributors, carriers and investors that serve them. We create life insurance and annuity products that protect consumers’ retirements, and are simplified for distributor partners and financial professionals to sell and service.

Kuvare family of companies:

Retail Annuity and Life Insurance Solutions:

• United Life Insurance Company
• Guaranty Income Life Insurance Company
• Lincoln Benefit Life

Institutional Insurance:

• Kuvare Life Re

Bespoke Insurance Solutions:

• Ignite Partners

About the role

The Security Administrator is a hands-on technical role on the Information Security team, responsible for engineering, hardening, and operating security controls across a hybrid environment spanning Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft 365, and traditional infrastructure. This is not a policy-focused position. The ideal candidate is an accomplished Security Administrator who can walk into an existing complex environment, quickly understand the architecture, and immediately contribute to incident response, identity and access hardening, cloud security engineering, and vulnerability remediation.

Success in this role requires deep, current technical expertise in Information Security, Security Operations, Microsoft Ecosystem, a DevSecOps mindset, and fluency with automation and infrastructure-as-code / security-as-code practices. The organization operates in a highly regulated financial services environment, so the candidate must apply strong engineering discipline while meeting compliance obligations.

What you'll do

Security Operations & Incident Response

• Operate, tune, and build detections inMicrosoft Sentinel(KQL for analytics rules, hunting queries, workbooks) andMicrosoft Defender XDRto detect, investigate, and respond to threats.
• Design and automate response withSOAR playbooks(Logic Apps / Sentinel automation rules) to reduce mean time to respond.
• Lead and coordinate hands-on incident response for events such as data breaches, malware outbreaks, and identity compromises, including containment, eradication, and root-cause analysis across cloud and on-premises systems.
• Partner with Security and Risk leadership to translate policies and frameworks into enforceable, technically implemented controls.
• Develop, test, and validate disaster recovery and resilience strategies from a security perspective.

Access Management & Compliance

• Engineer and administerMicrosoft Entra ID: Conditional Access, PIM, Privileged Access Groups, authentication methods, identity protection, and hybrid identity.
• Manage privileged access controls and conduct recurring, evidence-based access reviews across cloud and on-premises systems.
• Ensure technical controls map to financial industry regulatory and compliance requirements; produce audit-ready evidence and documentation.
• Coordinate with compliance officers on security-related regulatory requirements.
• Maintain asset inventory and system/component security documentation.
• Coordinate and oversee third-party penetration testing and remediate findings.

Security Infrastructure Management

• Administer and continuously improve security solutions across our hybrid environment.
• Harden PaaS/IaaS workloads and partners with engineering teams on secure-by-design cloud implementations (e.g., network segmentation, private endpoints, Key Vault, managed identities, RBAC).
• Conduct regular security assessments and vulnerability scans; drive remediation to closure.
• Perform periodic access and configuration reviews of enterprise systems.
• Buildautomation and infrastructure-as-codesolutions (PowerShell, Python, Bicep/ARM/Terraform) to deploy controls consistently and reliably.
• Recommend and implement improvements, upgrades, and modernization of the security stack.

Leadership & Guidance

• Provide security architecture guidance for cloud and infrastructure initiatives.
• Mentor IT team members on security best practices and secure engineering patterns.
• Partner with network, application, and database teams to implement secure solutions.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Information Technology experience, with at least3 years focused on Cybersecurity
• Minimum of 4 years on Microsoft technologiesin hands-on administration, engineering or operations capacity.
• Advanced cybersecurity certifications in good standing (e.g., CEH, OSCP, AZ-500, SC-300, SC-200, SC-100).
• Deep, hands-on knowledge of Microsoft servicessuch as Defender (Cloud/Endpoint/XDR), Intune, Sentinel, and Entra ID, sufficient to operate and troubleshoot in a live environment on day one.
• Extensive experience operatinghybrid cloud security architecture and controls.
• Strong background in security tooling administration, configuration, and tuning.
• Proven experience with endpoint security and modern device management (Intune).
• Advanced knowledge of network security concepts, includingVPNs, firewalls, and SASE.
• Demonstrated experience leading security monitoring, incident response, and day-to-day security operations.

Salary Information

The pay range for this role is: 100,000 - 125,000 USD per year (Rosemont)