Security Specialist

About the role

DuraServ is seeking a Security Specialist to own continuous monitoring, analysis, and improvement of the company’s security posture across Azure environments, endpoints, cloud infrastructure, and multiple regulatory compliance frameworks. The role is based on‑site at DuraServ Corporate in Coppell, TX and involves working with Microsoft Azure, Defender, Sentinel, and Purview ecosystems as the organization’s subject‑matter expert across the security stack.

Responsibilities

• Threat & Vulnerability Management: Monitor, analyze, and support remediation of security vulnerabilities across enterprise systems, applications, endpoints, cloud environments, and network infrastructure; assess and prioritize findings based on business risk and operational impact; evaluate the attack surface to identify exposed assets, misconfigurations, and unauthorized access risks.
• Incident Response Support: Participate in alert triage, threat investigation, escalation, documentation, and coordination with technical teams.
• Cloud & Endpoint Security Operations: Operate within Microsoft Azure security tools (Defender, Sentinel, Purview); assist with endpoint, OS, and network security initiatives such as configuration validation, compliance monitoring, access controls, firewall reviews, and device management.
• Data Governance & Protection: Manage data classification, labeling, access monitoring, and protection of sensitive information.
• Compliance & Continuous Improvement: Implement, validate, and document security controls aligned with NIST, CMMC, ISO, SOC, CIS, and FedRAMP frameworks; maintain security policies, procedures, standards, audit evidence, and compliance tracking records; collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, data, and compliance teams to improve posture, support secure AI adoption, and drive continuous improvement.

Requirements

• 3–6 years of practical experience in information security operations (SOC, IT security, or infrastructure security team).
• Strong working knowledge of cybersecurity principles: threat detection, vulnerability management, incident response, SIEM platforms, EDR/XDR solutions, and enterprise security controls.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure security environments and the Microsoft security technology stack (Defender, Sentinel, Purview, or equivalent).
• Working knowledge of networking, operating‑system security, identity and access management, endpoint security, and cloud security concepts.
• Ability to investigate security alerts, analyze logs and attack activity, prioritize remediation, and support containment and recovery.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent hands‑on experience).
• Relevant industry certifications such as CompTIA Security+, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Microsoft Azure security certifications, Microsoft Purview certifications, or comparable credentials.
• Experience supporting compliance frameworks including NIST, CMMC, ISO, SOC, CIS, or FedRAMP.
• Background supporting AI security adoption or secure integration of emerging technologies in enterprise environments.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation commensurate with experience.
• Full benefits package: medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) with company match.
• Company‑provided life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability.
• Stable, office‑based environment with no travel requirement.
• Direct collaboration with engineering, infrastructure, and compliance teams, providing cross‑functional visibility and impact.
• Opportunity to shape security for AI adoption and emerging technologies.