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ASEC, Inc.

Security Administrator

Lemoore, CA · On-site

$85K - $93K/yr

No As a Security Administrator , you will join our dedicated team of security professionals supporting a critical Navy mission at NAS Lemoore, CA. In this role, you'll contribute to maintaining and ...

ASEC

Security Administrator

Lemoore, CA

$85K - $93K/yr

No As a Security Administrator , you will join our dedicated team of security professionals supporting a critical Navy mission at NAS Lemoore, CA. In this role, you'll contribute to maintaining and ...

Moog, Inc.

Sr. Security Administrator

Buffalo, NY · On-site

$20.19 - $33.65/hr

Job Title : Sr. Security Administrator Reporting To: Professional, Compliance Work Schedule: Onsite - Buffalo, NY Moog is the world-wide leader of advanced flight controls and actuation for ...

Booz Allen Hamilton

Security Administrator

Warren, MI

$55K - $126K/yr

Security Administrator The Opportunity: Assist a program manager with the research and development of projects within a corporate program. Apply specific functional knowledge, including working and ...

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ManTech

Security Administrator

Kaneohe, HI · On-site

$97K - $161K/yr

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR to join our team in Marine Corps Base HAWAII/KANEOHE This position will assist Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL ...

University Health

Security Administrator

San Antonio, TX · On-site

$25.25 - $43.27/hr

Implements appropriate security access to approved users utilizing role-based access methodology. Responds to security requests and manages incoming work to meet established deadlines. Supports ...

Sonsoft Inc

Security Administrator

Marysville, OH

Knowledge of security policies and interprets policies. * Understanding of a specific security application or tool and how it works. * Proven experience regarding DLP solution architecture, design ...

Beyond SOF

Security Administrator

Alexandria, VA · On-site

The security analyst shall provide assistance to the Government security staff in the administration of their collateral, SAP and SCI duties to include: * Document control. * Visitor control.

QinetiQ US

Senior Security Administrator

Chantilly, VA · On-site

The Security Administrators primary function is to provide multi-discipline security support for one or more of the client's Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), Special Access Program (SAP ...

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How much do security administrator jobs pay per hour?

As of Jun 10, 2026, the average hourly pay for security administrator in the United States is $37.60, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $21.63 and $50.96 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are the main challenges a Security Administrator faces when managing security across multiple platforms and systems?

Security Administrators often work with a diverse range of operating systems, networks, and security tools, which can pose challenges in maintaining consistent security policies and monitoring. Coordinating updates, patches, and incident responses across different platforms requires strong organizational skills and attention to detail. Additionally, balancing proactive threat prevention with user accessibility and business needs is a common challenge. Effective communication and collaboration with IT, compliance, and business teams are essential to ensure security measures are aligned and effective.

What are Security Administrators?

Security Administrators are IT professionals responsible for implementing, managing, and maintaining an organization's security systems and policies. They monitor networks for security breaches, install and configure security software, and respond to cyber threats to protect sensitive data and infrastructure. Their role also involves conducting regular security audits, updating access controls, and ensuring compliance with security standards and regulations.

What is the difference between Security Administrator vs Security Analyst?

AspectSecurity AdministratorSecurity Analyst
CertificationsCompTIA Security+, CISSP, CISACompTIA Security+, CISSP, CEH
Work EnvironmentIT departments, security teams, on-site and remoteMonitoring centers, security operations, on-site and remote
Employer & Industry UsageBusinesses, government agencies, healthcareFinancial institutions, tech companies, government agencies

Security Administrators focus on managing and maintaining security systems, policies, and user access, ensuring overall security infrastructure. Security Analysts primarily monitor security alerts, analyze threats, and respond to incidents. While both roles require similar certifications and often work in overlapping environments, their core responsibilities differ: administrators handle system setup and policy enforcement, analysts focus on threat detection and analysis.

What Is a Security Administrator?

A security administrator is responsible for all of a service’s cybersecurity features, such as protecting personal information, login information, and passwords. Their job duties are to oversee the implementation and maintenance of all security features, such as firewalls, software patches, and anti-virus software, develop any security tests to ensure the system is working correctly, and deal with any cyber breaches. A security administrator typically oversees a team of technicians and trains them in the company’s security protocols. They may also write and present reports and analyses of the organization’s security systems and address potential future threats.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Security Administrator, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Security Administrator, you need a solid understanding of network and information security principles, risk management, and typically a degree in computer science or a related field. Familiarity with security tools such as firewalls, intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), SIEM platforms, and relevant certifications like CompTIA Security+ or CISSP are common requirements. Strong problem-solving abilities, attention to detail, and effective communication skills help you respond to threats and collaborate with other IT professionals. These competencies are vital for protecting organizational assets, ensuring regulatory compliance, and minimizing cyber risks.
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Lead Security Administrator

Hearst Television

Dallas, TX • Hybrid

Full-time

Posted 13 days ago

Job description

About Us

Homecare Homebase, a subsidiary of Hearst Corporation is a market leader in healthcare software development providing mobile cloud-based solutions for clinical, operational, and financial improvement of homecare and hospice agencies throughout the United States.  Our software enables real time solutions for wireless information exchange and communication between office staff, field staff, and physicians. 

Our success is fueled by our talented technology teams that are driven by their passion to make a difference in patient care.  Our employees work in a culture that is guided by values of caring, action, respect, excellence, and smile (a positive attitude).  If you want to work in a role where your skills have a direct influence on patient care, Homecare Homebase is the next step in your career.  We are hiring technologists that want to make a difference. 

Lead Security Operations/Administration

The Lead Security Administrator is a technical leader who assures infrastructure alignment with modern Platform design and meets the business strategy. The Lead Security Administrator designs, builds, and documents new and existing environments. We are looking for someone with a strong security focused mindset and the hands-on ability/practice to implement and security platforms across a hybrid private and public cloud.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities for the Lead Security Administrator can vary, but should include:

  • Act as a technical leader/people, subject matter expert and point of escalation while providing technical direction to team-members and evangelize best practices and methodologies.
  • Act in a Product Owner role for the team, aligning priorities to the strategy.
  • Management of Professional Service engagements and other staff augmentation options.
  • Support the company journey of moving to modern cloud operations.
  • Stay current on security trends and integrated technologies.
  • Conduct necessary analysis, design, and prepare technical documentation and runbooks for new toolsets and processes.
  • Cultivate strong working relationships with scrum teams, engineers, architects, vendors, contractors, and leadership.
  • Leverage, support, and advocate the use of configuration management tools for infrastructure in a hybrid cloud model.
  • Align system capabilities to overall solution and business strategy.
  • IT Service Management fulfiller including incident, problem, and change.
  • Recommend and implement software, tools, or solutions to enhance security posture.
  • Available outside of business hours to respond to high priority escalations.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • 2+ years Security team lead experience.
  • Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, or related (equivalent experience considered).
  • Experience managing a team of security administrators/operators
  • 4+ years' experience in 24x7 production environments.
  • Demonstrated experience with Splunk Core, Splunk Enterprise Security.
  • Experience with event and incident handling
  • Experience working in a regulated industry such as HIPAA, PCI, SOX.
  • Security work experience in a healthcare context dealing with HiTrust (desired).
  • Experience working in an Agile environment.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

  • Strong written and verbal interpersonal skills.
  • Excellent problem solving and analytical skills with attention to detail and driving issues to resolution.
  • Strong customer focus, ownership, bias for action and the ability to dive deep.
  • Excellent ability to align business processes and requirements with a technical implementation focus.
  • Support compliance program including being able to create artifacts.
  • Write and contribute to project plans, features, and engineering / architecture level documentation.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

  • Experience designing and management large-scale distributed systems.
  • Operations and management of platforms used within Security Operations including but not limited to Cortex, Splunk ES, and CyberArk.
  • Root cause analysis that can be presented to technical and Executive audiences.
  • Proficient in the detection, response, mitigation, and/or reporting of cyber threats.
  • Proficient with NTLM and Kerberos authentication protocols, administration, and hardening.
  • Network/Server security attack mitigation.
  • Collaborating with cross function teams.
  • Windows/Linux security/administration knowledge
  • Experience with load balancers such as NetScaler, F5, and Azure load balancers.
  • Inventory management of all network devices.
  • Creates and maintains documentation to support policies, procedures, and runbooks.
  • Design systems management solutions using automation and self-repair rather than relying on alarms and human intervention.
  • Develop appropriate metrics and monitors to ensure operational excellence for services being supported. Aligning monitoring to SLA requirements.
  • Working with internal teams to secure assets.
  • Knowledge of CyberArk platform or similar product

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATION / TRAINING:

  • Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, Math or related (equivalent experience considered).
  • Candidates with relevant certifications are preferred, including but not limited to the following:
    • Security analysis (eg. Security+, GSEC, GCIH, GCIA, etc)
    • Security management\architecture (eg. CASP+, CISSP, NCSF, etc)
    • Security engineering (eg. Azure SAE, GCWIN, GCUX, PCCSA\CCNA, etc)
    • Information security auditing (eg. CISA, CIA, GSNA, ISO, etc)
    • Certifications in Splunk 
    • Certifications related to ITIL\ITSM 

This position does not provide sponsorship. All applicants should either be US Citizens or Permanent Residents eligible to work in the US without immigration restrictions.


 

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