Senior IT Security Operations Engineer

🇺🇸Remote - United States$140K–$190K/yriJust now

K-12 Engineering Cybersecurity Security Operations Infrastructure Security Incident Response Threat Detection

Role Snapshot

Lakeshore Learning Materials is hiring a fully remote Senior IT Security Operations Engineer to own its security tools, strengthen preventative defenses, and lead incident response. The role serves as the senior technical authority and mentor for the five-person security team.

Key Responsibilities: Administer and optimize security tools (SentinelOne, Tanium, Active Directory, Okta, M365, endpoint protection, vulnerability management), investigate threats, drive remediation, lead incident response, and mentor analysts. Also run quarterly tabletop exercises and security awareness training.

Skills & Tools: Deep hands-on expertise in endpoint security, identity platforms, and SIEM-style alert tuning and automation, plus threat detection and exploit prevention. Strong communication skills are needed to advise leadership, coach analysts, and collaborate across IT and business teams.

Qualifications: Senior-level experience in security operations or security engineering with administration of enterprise security tools. Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience is typically expected; specific requirements were not detailed in the posting.

Location: Remote - United States

Compensation: $140K–$190K/yr (estimated)

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Job Description

At Lakeshore, strong security comes from well-run tools and strong partnerships. We are currently seeking a Senior IT Security Operations Engineer to join our IT Security team. In this role, you will own the administration and optimization of the security tools that protect Lakeshore every day.

You’ll also contribute to preventative measures as our environment grows, investigate threats and drive remediation to closure, and collaborate with IT and business stakeholders to strengthen our overall security posture. When incidents happen, you’ll be ready to step in and help lead the response, with after-hours coverage shared across our team of five.

This is a fully remote, senior individual contributor role with plenty of influence. You’ll be the senior owner of our security tools, mentor our security analysts, advise leadership and be the go-to expert the team counts on. If you’re a well-rounded security engineer who wants your judgment to matter—and your work to protect a company that helps kids love learning—we’d like to talk.

A day on the job looks like this:

Owning the administration and optimization of our security tools, including S1 and Tanium, Active directory, Okta, and M365, endpoint protection, incident detection and vulnerability management, and fine-tuning alerts and automation so the team can focus on what matters
Developing and implementing preventative security measures, from detection and monitoring to exploit prevention
Investigating threats and driving remediation efforts across IT and business teams, making sure fixes are completed and lessons are carried forward
Collaborating with IT and business stakeholders to identify gaps, recommend improvements and strengthen our overall security posture
Monitoring emerging threats, vulnerabilities and exploits, and translating what you learn into practical improvements to how we detect and prevent risk
Leading incident response when it’s needed, from first alert to resolution, and presenting clear findings and lessons learned to leadership
Mentoring and coaching our Information Security Analysts, and leading quarterly tabletop exercises and security awareness training that help employees spot and stop threats