Senior Security Specialist

About Us

We are the leading player in SaaS analytics and workflow space for dental practices, launched in 2015 to help dentists manage and grow their practices. Our best-in-class tech makes it more fulfilling to be a dental professional and easier to be a patient. Nearly 9,000 dental practices utilize our platform to practice smarter, generating average top-line production increase of 50% in the first 12 months. Whether a practice wants a comprehensive 2-year growth plan or simply a more effective Morning Huddle, we take the busy work out of growth. Our platform helps practices find patients, schedules them, follows up, collects payments, files their forms, designs their treatment plans, and so much more. We are seeking an individual with passion and experience in compliance who can contribute to our organization. If the profile below sounds like you, let's talk!

What You'll Do

As a Senior Security Specialist at Dental Intelligence, you are passionate about Application Security/Cybersecurity/Information Security with a focus on HIPAA, SOC 2, Privacy, and PCI DSS standards. This position currently offers remote flexibility in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area or the Pleasant Grove, Utah area with the option to be in our Corporate Office a few days per week. The Senior Security Specialist will report to the Senior Manager of Security & Compliance. Although this role is an individual contributor, there is significant cross-functional collaboration, responsibility, and a level of leadership capabilities expected. A candidate will feel successful in this role if they are a self-starter that is motivated to work efficiently under limited supervision, open to continuous improvement efforts, is accountable, and is a friendly team player.

We are seeking a technically skilled Application Security /Cybersecurity professional with prior experience to support and advance our overall Security programs. This role will focus on assessing and implementing technical controls, conducting vulnerability assessments, as well as performing detailed analyses to proactively protect systems that process sensitive patient health and payments data. The candidate will work with cross-functional teams to strengthen application security, ensure robust system protection, and enforce security standards across the organization.

Outcomes You'll Own

Vulnerability Management and Application Security:

• Coordinate penetration testing and remediation efforts.
• Utilize security testing tools, such as Tenable & Aikido, to perform scanning of code, containers, domains, APIs, etc.
• Collaborate with product owners, software developers, and systems engineering to implement and track security remediations.
• Track and analyze Open Source Software security concerns, and report potential licensing issues to Compliance.

Security Operations:

• Utilize a variety of Security tools such as intrusion detection systems (IDS), endpoint detection (EDR), firewalls, DNS filtering, and Audit Logging/SIEM platforms, CSPM, SAST/DAST, etc.
• Perform weekly patch management reviews, including testing, deployment coordination with Systems & IT, and reporting.
• Support and collaborate with the Compliance team with Security related controls of HIPAA, SOC 2, PCI DSS, Privacy, etc.
• Risk Assessments and Vendor/Software assessments

Incident Detection and Response:

• Participate in identifying, analyzing, and responding to real-time security incidents.
• Support efforts to identify root causes, create detailed incident reports, and After Action Reports.

Security Education, Training, and Awareness (SETA):

• Foster a positive culture of compliance and reporting through rapport building and awareness activities.
• Design and deliver advanced security training modules.
• Leverage threat intelligence to create tailored awareness campaigns targeting emerging risks.

Documentation and Reporting:

• Maintain documentation for security configurations, tools, and processes.
• Contribute to developing detailed security policies, playbooks, internal audit plans, and risk assessments.

What will make us REALLY Love you:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical Cyber