Security Operations Analyst: Defender & SIEM Growth Path

BHP, Inc dba Global Power Components; Street (MD); On-site; USD 75,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Power Components, a Milwaukee-based manufacturer of heavy gauge steel fuel tanks and enclosures, is seeking a Security Operations Analyst to join our team. You will help operationalize and continuously improve our security program, monitor alerts, and assist with compliance initiatives while growing hands-on experience with Microsoft security technologies.

Ideal candidates have 2–5 years in IT or security operations, familiarity with Windows Server and Defender/Sentinel, and strong

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in IT, systems administration, or security operations.
• Familiarity with Windows Server and enterprise infrastructure environments (Hyper V preferred).
• Exposure to Microsoft security technologies (Defender, Entra ID, Sentinel preferred).
• Basic understanding of security monitoring and incident investigation.
• Knowledge of identity and access management concepts.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage operational tasks.
• Excellent documentation and technical writing abilities.
• Demonstrated curiosity and desire to grow within cybersecurity.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and investigate alerts within Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel.
• Perform security alert triage and escalate potential incidents when needed.
• Analyze security logs and help identify suspicious activity or misconfigurations.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments and coordinate remediation efforts.
• Tune alerts and monitoring to improve signal-to-noise ratio.
• Document investigations and contribute to incident response procedures.
• Deliver security awareness training and phishing simulation campaigns.
• Assist with ongoing review and improvement of Entra ID Conditional Access policies.
• Monitor identity-related alerts and investigate anomalous authentication.
• Support privileged access monitoring and role‑based access control reviews.
• Assist with periodic access reviews and entitlement audits.
• Help enforce strong authentication and identity security practices.

Skills

Windows Server

Identity & Access Management

Security monitoring

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Tools

Microsoft Defender

Microsoft Sentinel

Entra ID

Job description

Global Power Components, a Milwaukee-based manufacturer of heavy gauge steel fuel tanks and enclosures, is seeking a Security Operations Analyst to join our team. You will help operationalize and continuously improve our security program, monitor alerts, and assist with compliance initiatives while growing hands-on experience with Microsoft security technologies.

Ideal candidates have 2–5 years in IT or security operations, familiarity with Windows Server and Defender/Sentinel, and strong