Security Administrator at Kuvare – Baton Rouge, Louisiana

About Kuvare

Kuvare is on a mission to serve hardworking consumers overwhelmed by the complexities of retirement and is built from the ground up to do so. Our unified financial hub protects the retirement of everyday Americans and the distributors, carriers and investors that serve them. We create life insurance and annuity products that protect consumers’ retirements, and are simplified for distributor partners and financial professionals to sell and service.

Kuvare family of companies:

Retail Annuity and Life Insurance Solutions:
- United Life Insurance Company
- Guaranty Income Life Insurance Company
- Lincoln Benefit Life

Institutional Insurance:
- Kuvare Life Re

Bespoke Insurance Solutions:
- Ignite Partners

About the role

The Security Administrator serves on the Information Security team for our organization, and is responsible for implementing, maintaining, and monitoring security controls across a hybrid environment with emphasis on Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, and collocated on-premises infrastructure. This role leads and supports incident response, access management, infrastructure hardening, and regulatory compliance activities in a highly regulated environment. A DevSecOps mindset, automation experience, and familiarity with security-as-code/infrastructure-as-code practices are preferred.

What you'll do

Security Operations & Incident Response

· Partner with Security and Risk leadership to design and implement security policies, standards, and frameworks.

· Participate in and coordinate security incident response activities including data breaches and virus outbreaks.

· Operate, tune, and use SIEM/SOAR and related tooling to detect, investigate, and respond to threats.

· Coordinate security incident response activities across technical teams.

· Develop, test, and implement disaster recovery strategies from a security viewpoint.

Access Management & Compliance

· Manage privileged access controls (including PIM and PAGs) and conduct regular access reviews.

· Ensure security controls align with financial industry regulatory and compliance standards.

· Coordinate with compliance officers on security-related regulatory requirements.

· Maintain asset inventory and system/component security documentation.

· Coordinate and oversee third-party penetration testing activities.

Security Infrastructure Management

· Manage security solutions across hybrid cloud environment.

· Participate in the implementation of security systems such as endpoint security, firewall, and anti-malware systems.

· Conduct regular security assessments to identify and remediate vulnerabilities.

· Conduct periodic access reviews of Kuvare systems.

· Recommend and implement improvements and upgrades.

· Coordinate with engineering teams on secure cloud (PaaS) implementations.

· Develop automation solutions using modern scripting languages to ensure reliable outcomes.

Leadership & Guidance

· Provide security architecture guidance for cloud and infrastructure initiatives.

· Mentor IT team members on security best practices.

· Partner with network, application, and database teams to implement secure solutions.

Qualifications

· 5+ years of IT Security experience, with at least 4 years focusing on Microsoft technologies.

· Advanced certifications in cybersecurity, in good standing (CISSP and\or CCSP)

· Deep knowledge of Microsoft Azure security services, including Defender, Intune, Sentinel, and Entra ID

· Extensive experience with hybrid cloud security architecture and controls

· Strong background in security tools administration and configuration

· Proven experience with endpoint security solutions and modern device management (Intune)

· Advanced knowledge of network security concepts, including VPNs, firewalls, and SASE.