Endpoint Security L1 & L2 Support (Antivirus & Encryption)

Tekskills Inc.; Dadri; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekskills Inc. in India seeks an experienced Endpoint Security Specialist to deploy and manage antivirus agents across all endpoints, enforce real-time protection, and coordinate encryption controls.

You will investigate malware, generate health dashboards, and support L3 policy rollouts with signature tuning. Collaborating with EUC teams, you’ll enforce device lockdowns, USB controls, and application whitelisting, while collecting forensic artifacts per IR protocols and contributing to

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of experience with Trend Micro Apex One, Symantec, or equivalent EDR/XDR platforms.
• Good understanding of endpoint hardening, patching, and encryption controls.
• Familiarity with secure device lifecycle management.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and manage antivirus agents across all managed endpoints.
• Ensure real-time protection, policy enforcement, and updates of virus definitions.
• Administer full-disk encryption solutions and handle decryption requests.
• Investigate malware infections, quarantine events, and remediation workflows.
• Review endpoint health and compliance dashboards and generate reports.
• Work with EUC teams to enforce USB control, device lockdown, and application whitelisting.
• Assist L3 with policy rollouts, tuning signatures, and creating exception lists.
• Perform forensic artifact collection from infected endpoints per IR protocols.
• Participate in root cause analysis of repeated infections and corrective actions.
• Support asset onboarding and offboarding from endpoint protection platforms.

Skills

Trend Micro Apex One

Symantec

EDR/XDR platforms

Education

Trend Micro Certified Professional Apex One

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Certified

CompTIA CySA+ (optional)

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Deploy and manage antivirus agents (e.g., Trend Micro) across all managed endpoints.
• Ensure real-time protection, policy enforcement, and consistent update of virus definitions.
• Administer full-disk encryption solutions and handle decryption requests.
• Investigate malware infections, quarantine events, and initiate remediation workflows.
• Review endpoint health and compliance dashboards and generate periodic reports.
• Work with EUC teams to enforce USB control, device lockdown, and application whitelisting.
• Assist L3 with policy rollouts, tuning signatures, and creating exception lists.
• Perform forensic artifact collection from infected endpoints as per IR protocols.
• Participate in root cause analysis of repeated infections and provide corrective action inputs.
• Support asset onboarding and offboarding from endpoint protection platforms.

Key Skills & Certifications:

• 5 to 7 years of experience with Trend Micro Apex One, Symantec, or equivalent EDR/XDR platforms.
• Good understanding of endpoint hardening, patching, and encryption controls.
• Familiarity with secure device lifecycle management.

Certifications:

• Trend Micro Certified Professional Apex One
• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Certified
• CompTIA CySA+ optional