# IT Security Specialist

Job Summary: Step2 is looking for a security leader who thinks big picture and is also an expert at the keyboard. You will set security strategy, stay ahead of fast-changing threats (especially new attack methods and vulnerabilities that come with AI), and do the hands-on work to protect our users, systems, data and sites. You will own our security program end to end: strategy, tools, vendors, training and incident response. We want someone excited by the challenge of protecting Step2 as AI makes attacks faster, cheaper and harder to spot: someone who questions whether yesterday's tools still fit, learns fast, and designs new defenses where needed. This is not a role for someone looking to re-implement a familiar legacy stack. Job Duties: Strategy and threat intelligence: Track emerging threats, including AI-enabled phishing, deepfake and social-engineering attacks, prompt injection, data leakage through AI tools, and vulnerabilities in AI agents and integrations. Turn that into a security and business continuity strategy, with a tactical roadmap that stays current, and brief leadership on risk. The goal: no malware or device loss can take Step2 down. AI security: Set guardrails fo

- **Id**: 3778415
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/step2-it-security-specialist>
- **Role**: Support
- **Role family**: Support
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Streetsboro, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-30T00:24:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-30
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T11:00:04Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 8
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7148
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Parental leave
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Consumer Goods, Toys, Games & Puzzles, Outdoor & Camping Gear

## Company

- **Id**: 2782549
- **Name**: Step2
- **Domain**: step2.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/step2-com>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: ADP

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 3
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **CWE** — Optional: no
- **Grafana** — Optional: no
- **Least Privilege** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **LLM Guardrails** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Entra ID** — Optional: no
- **Model Context Protocol** — Optional: no
- **NIST AI RMF** — Optional: no
- **NIST CSF** — Optional: no
- **OneDrive** — Optional: no
- **Oracle ERP** — Optional: no
- **OWASP Top 10** — Optional: no
- **PowerShell** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **SIEM** — Optional: no
- **Snowflake** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **VPN** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 8

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T00:04:31Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 85
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.85
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 8
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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