Security Analyst

The Cybersecurity Engineer is responsible for safeguarding Assurant’s information assets by implementing and maintaining robust security technologies and infrastructure. This position supports the execution of cybersecurity processes across all business units, ensuring compliance with the Assurant Information Security Program, relevant policies, standards, and regulatory requirements. The role demands expertise in various domains of information security, including identity and access management, security engineering, application and infrastructure security, threat detection, incident response, eDiscovery, security automation and digital forensics—across all operating system platforms.

Key Objectives

• Design, implement, and maintain security solutions aligned with Assurant’s Information Security Policies and Standards.
• Provide support for technologies across applications, infrastructure, and endpoint security.
• Identify, assess, and remediate hardware/software vulnerabilities, drive mitigation efforts.
• Uphold the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of enterprise information systems.
• Develop and recommend security practices to prevent unauthorized access, alteration, or destruction of sensitive data.
• Measure, analyze, and report compliance with security policies and standards to leadership.
• Collect and report security metrics on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis to support continuous improvement.

Stay current with industry best practices, emerging technologies, and regulatory mandates to maintain a well-rounded security knowledge base

Requirements

• Basic Understanding of IAM Concepts

  • Authentication vs. Authorization

  • Identity lifecycle (onboarding, offboarding, role changes)

  • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

• Directory Services Knowledge

  • Active Directory (AD) and LDAP basics

  • User and group management

• Familiarity with IAM Tools

  • Exposure to platforms like Okta, Azure AD, Ping Identity, or CyberArk

• Authentication Protocols

  • Introductory knowledge of SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect

• Basic Scripting

  • PowerShell or Python for automating simple IAM tasks