Cyber Security Specialist

About the Company We are a proud work-from-office company. If you're ready to work on-site in a dynamic, global company, we'd love to hear from you. Vensure Employer Solutions is the largest privately held organization in the HR technology and service sector, providing a comprehensive portfolio of solutions, including HR/HCM technology, managed services, and global business process outsourcing (BPO). The company and its service providers collectively serve over 95,000 businesses and process over $135B in annual payroll. As a "One Employer SolutionΓÇ¥ headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Vensure helps thousands of businesses streamline and grow their operations with custom strategies that benefit both employers and employees. Find out more by visiting www.vensure.com. About the Role As a Cyber Security Specialist, you will play a critical role in protecting our organization from cyber threats. You will work closely with other IT and cyber security professionals to monitor, analyze, and respond to cyber security incidents, ensuring our systems and data are secure and compliant with industry standards and regulations. Responsibilities Threat Monitoring and Analysis: Continuously monitor network traffic, system logs, end point detection and other cyber security systems and alerts to identify potential threats and vulnerabilities. Incident Response: Respond to and investigate cyber security alerts, data breaches, network intrusions, and execute incident response tasks. Vulnerability Management: Conduct a review of vulnerability assessments to identify and mitigate security weaknesses. Reporting and Documentation: Create and address cyber security tickets that support internal and external cyber security organization tasks based on process procedures and verbal guidance. Security Tools Operations: Provide input to standard operating procedures to improve cyber security tool productivity and operations. Collaboration: Work with IT and product development teams to support cyber security operations, risk mitigations, and protections. Training and Awareness: Communicate to peers and colleagues' security concepts as part of job functions. Build, maintain and promote relationships with team members, peers across disciplines, and all other company team members ensuring effective coordination of communications and services affecting clients. Attend webinars and training to stay up to date on best practices related to the company and department. Complete projects and other duties as assigned by supervisor. Qualifications Bachelors degree or 4+ years equivalent combination of experience in related field. Required Skills Technical Skills: Knowledge of network protocols, operating systems, applications, and security technology concepts. Experience: Operating with security toolsets required (e.g., SIEM, IDS/IPS, firewalls). Analytical Skills: Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking abilities that include the ability to assess risks. Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills that can convey complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders. Attention to Detail: Keen attention to detail and ability to multitask. Team Player: Ability to work effectively as part of a team and collaborate with cross-functional groups. Preferred Skills Entry level cyber security certification preferred (Security +, CEH, etc.) Experience with cloud security (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud). Knowledge of regulatory requirements and standards (e.g., SOC2, NIST, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS). Familiarity with scripting languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell) for automation tasks. Pay range and compensation package This position is eligible for the following benefits: Health Insurance: Medical, dental, and vision coverage Retirement Plan: 401(k) with company match Paid Time Off: PTO, Holidays, Parental leave and Sick Leave provided as required by applicable state law Other Benefits: Life insurance, short term disability, long term Client ability, employee assistance program (EAP), flexible spending account (FSA), health savings account (HSA), Identity theft protection, critical illness, accident, cancer, hospital protection, legal and pet insurance. Equal Opportunity Statement This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee filling this position. Employee will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by management. Management has the right to add to, revise, or delete information in this job description. Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.