The ideal candidate is a hands-on security engineer with strong Microsoft cloud and infrastructure security experience who can configure, troubleshoot, document, and improve security controls in a regulated healthcare environment.
Core Responsibilities
- Implement and support security controls across Microsoft cloud services, endpoint platforms, identity systems, infrastructure, SaaS applications, and network environments.
- Support vulnerability management activities, including validation, prioritization, remediation coordination, patching support, and closure documentation.
- Configure and improve Microsoft security capabilities across Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune, Defender, Sentinel, Purview, Azure, and related security platforms.
- Support endpoint security improvements, including endpoint protection, device compliance, encryption, patching, configuration baselines, and secure administration practices.
- Support identity and access security controls, including MFA, Conditional Access, privileged access, service accounts, vendor access, and access review processes.
- Support Azure security controls, including RBAC, policy enforcement, logging, secure networking, resource configuration, and cloud security posture improvements.
- Support Microsoft Purview and data protection capabilities, including DLP, sensitivity labels, data classification, audit support, eDiscovery support, and policy tuning.
- Support web security controls, including web proxy, secure web gateway, URL filtering, browser controls, internet access logging, and related policy enforcement.
- Configure, validate, and improve security logging to support monitoring, investigation, reporting, and audit evidence.
- Investigate security alerts and incidents, perform technical analysis, support containment and recovery actions, and document findings.
- Partner with infrastructure, cloud, network, application, compliance, vendor, and business teams to implement practical security improvements.
- Produce technical documentation, including implementation notes, runbooks, standards, evidence, and operational procedures.
- Support security reviews and remediation activities for third-party platforms, hosted systems, applications, and infrastructure services.
- Support business continuity and disaster recovery security activities, including technical validation, documentation, and remediation support.
- Recommend practical security improvements that are achievable in an operational healthcare environment.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and 6+ years of experience in cybersecurity, cloud security, infrastructure security, systems engineering, network security, endpoint security, or data protection. Additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
- Hands-on experience implementing, configuring, and supporting security controls in Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune, Defender, Sentinel, Purview, and related Microsoft security platforms.
- Strong practical understanding of identity security, endpoint protection, cloud security, data protection, network security, server hardening, logging, vulnerability management, and incident response.
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Purview, DLP, sensitivity labels, data classification, eDiscovery support, audit logging, or related data protection controls.
- Experience supporting web proxy, secure web gateway, URL filtering, CASB, browser controls, SSL inspection, or internet access security controls.
- Experience working with vulnerability management tools, EDR/XDR platforms, SIEM/logging platforms, IAM tools, endpoint management platforms, DLP tools, web proxy platforms, and cloud security posture tools.
- Ability to review technical findings, determine practical remediation steps, implement improvements, validate results, and produce clear evidence.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft 365 security, Entra ID, Conditional Access, Intune, Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Purview, Azure Policy, RBAC, and cloud logging concepts.
- Practical understanding of data loss prevention, PHI/PII protection, cloud app access, file movement controls, web activity monitoring, and data protection practices.
- Experience supporting endpoint security improvements, including patching, encryption, EDR coverage, device compliance, configuration baselines, application control, and local administrator controls
- Experience supporting network security controls, including firewalls, segmentation, VPN, remote access, DNS, certificates, and secure administration practices.
- Familiarity with HIPAA, PHI/PII handling, NIST CSF, CIS benchmarks, Microsoft security baselines, and security evidence requirements.
- Ability to work with infrastructure, cloud, network, application, compliance, vendor, and business teams to complete security improvement activities.
- Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.
- Healthcare experience or experience supporting regulated environments with sensitive data is preferred.
- Microsoft security and cloud certifications such as AZ-500, SC-200, SC-300, SC-400, SC-100, MS-102, or MD-102 are strongly preferred. Security+, CySA+, CISSP, CCSP, CCNA Security, or similar certifications are also preferred.
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual's skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.
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Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
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Vaco
$65.00 - $70.00 / hr
401(k), retirement plan
Jul 07, 2026