Cybersecurity Specialist

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**Summary - Cybersecurity Specialist**

The Cybersecurity Specialist is a hands-on member of the CEF Industries

IT team responsible for day-to-day cybersecurity execution, technical

security controls, cyber resilience, and related compliance activities.

The role works closely with the IT Director and IT Specialist and is

expected to take ownership of assigned security issues, remediation

activities, recurring control reviews, and technical projects.

Cybersecurity is the primary focus of this position; however, CEF

operates with a small, collaborative IT team. The successful candidate

must be comfortable working across technical disciplines and assisting

with general IT troubleshooting, applications, endpoints, servers,

infrastructure, workstation deployments, and end-user technology when

departmental or business needs require it.

This is an onsite position. Regular physical presence at the CEF

facility is required.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**

Essential Duties And Responsibilities Include The Following. Other

duties may be assigned.

Own day-to-day cybersecurity operations and follow-through, including

security alert review, threat investigation, incident response support,

coordination with managed security providers, and tracking required

remediation through closure.

Administer and support endpoint and security platforms, including EDR,

vulnerability management, security monitoring, authentication,

password-management, encryption, and related controls. Maintain endpoint

coverage, sensor health, security policies, and response readiness.

Manage vulnerability, patching, and system-hardening activities across

endpoints, servers, applications, network devices, and other technology

platforms. Prioritize findings, apply or coordinate fixes, validate

resolution, document exceptions, and drive identified risks through

closure.

Support identity and access management security controls, including MFA,

SSO, privileged access, authentication technologies, periodic access

reviews, stale account/entitlement cleanup, and other access-control

activities.

Support network security and related infrastructure, including

firewalls, wireless, VPNs, switching, firmware maintenance,

firewall-rule reviews, segmentation, troubleshooting, and implementation

of technical security controls.

Own backup and cyber-resilience activities, including backup-health

review and remediation, validation of backup coverage, restore testing,

disaster recovery exercises, recovery documentation, and improvements to

backup and recovery capabilities.

Perform recurring cybersecurity and compliance activities required by

TransDigm Policies, CMMC, NIST 800-171, Customer Requirements, Or Other

applicable standards. Support audit readiness by collecting evidence,

validating technical controls, maintaining documentation, and assisting

with assessments.

Coordinate cybersecurity testing and risk-reduction activities,

including internal/external penetration testing, remediation of

findings, third-party security/access reviews, security awareness

activities, phishing simulations, and other recurring security-control

validation.

Lead or support cybersecurity and infrastructure projects from planning

through completion. Work with consultants and vendors, understand

contracted scope and responsibilities, coordinate the appropriate

division of internal and external work within the approved project

scope, complete internal prerequisites, track actions, validate

deliverables, test results, document changes, and escalate material

scope, cost, business-impacting, or risk-related decisions to the IT

Director.

Evaluate technical solutions and recommendations with consideration for

cybersecurity risk, business operations, user impact, support bility,

cost, operational practicality, and ongoing administrative workload.

Create and maintain cybersecurity and technical documentation, including

procedures, runbooks, diagrams, incident and recovery documentation,

project records, and evidence supporting recurring control activities.

Maintain awareness of emerging threats and technologies, including

AI-enabled cybersecurity risks.

Serve as a cybersecurity resource for employees and business teams while

working collaboratively with the IT Specialist and IT Director. Assist

with broader IT support and troubleshooting when business or

departmental needs require it.

Serve as the primary after-hours contact for cybersecurity alerts,

incidents, and escalations. Respond to or coordinate investigation and

remediation as required, escalating significant business-impacting

incidents, risk decisions, or situations requiring management

involvement to the IT Director.

Remain flexible to support cybersecurity incidents, maintenance,

patching, planned changes, and project work outside normal business

hours when required.

**Competencies**

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the

Following Competencies

• Ownership and Results -** Takes responsibility for assigned work,

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