Sr. Security Engineer

Senior Security Engineer

Location: Boca Raton, FL (Onsite)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: $125,000-150,000

About the Opportunity

On Cue Hire is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join a fast-growing organization based in Boca Raton, Florida.

This role will help strengthen and mature the organization's cybersecurity program through hands-on security engineering, security operations, identity management, vulnerability management, and cloud security initiatives. The ideal candidate brings strong technical expertise, experience within the Microsoft security ecosystem, and a proactive approach to protecting enterprise systems and data.

Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize Microsoft security technologies, including Defender, Sentinel, Intune, and related security solutions.
• Support security operations, threat detection, incident response, and remediation activities.
• Assist with Zero Trust initiatives across identity, devices, networks, and cloud environments.
• Manage and enhance identity and access management controls, including Entra ID, SSO, MFA, Conditional Access, and privileged access controls.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments, security reviews, remediation tracking, and validation of corrective actions.
• Support data protection and data loss prevention initiatives across Microsoft 365, endpoints, email, and cloud platforms.
• Partner with infrastructure, application, and leadership teams to identify and mitigate security risks.
• Support compliance and audit initiatives aligned with NIST, CIS Controls, SOX, and vendor risk management requirements.
• Contribute to security standards, policies, procedures, and best practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, security engineering, or related disciplines.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Intune, Entra ID, and Microsoft security technologies.
• Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms, incident response, threat detection, and security monitoring.
• Experience implementing identity and access management controls, including SSO, MFA, Conditional Access, and privileged access management.
• Experience with vulnerability management tools such as Tenable, Nessus, Qualys, Rapid7, or similar platforms.
• Knowledge of data protection, DLP, data classification, and information security controls.
• Strong understanding of network security, firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPNs, endpoint security, and cloud security concepts.
• Experience supporting security compliance frameworks such as NIST, CIS Controls, and SOX.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with SOC, MDR, or managed security service providers.
• Experience with SIEM/SOAR automation and security orchestration.
• Experience with Microsoft Purview and enterprise DLP solutions.
• Experience with CyberArk or other Privileged Access Management platforms.
• Security certifications such as CISSP, Security+, SC-200, SC-300, AZ-500, or similar.