Endpoint Security Analyst - Elastic Defend

Quest Oracle Community; Adelphi (MD); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking an experienced Endpoint Security Analyst to support our DoW cyber operations. The role focuses on deploying and tuning Elastic Agent/Defend, enhancing endpoint protection, telemetry, and rapid threat response in a hybrid onsite environment at Adelphi, MD.

The candidate will collaborate with Threat, Detection, and Engineering teams, develop detection rules and SOPs, and maintain dashboards that provide leadership with clear security visibility. U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM, cybersecurity, or related field and 4+ years of cybersecurity experience.
• Hands-on experience deploying and supporting enterprise endpoint security or EDR.
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK framework and modern endpoint protection strategies.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and manage Elastic Agent and Elastic Defend across enterprise endpoints.
• Optimize telemetry collection to maximize visibility and detection with minimal performance impact.
• Develop and tune endpoint detection rules, IOCs, and signatures.
• Coordinate with Threat and Detection teams on detection rules and MITRE mapping.
• Conduct host-based defensive cyber operations to identify and remediate vulnerabilities.
• Create dashboards and reports for enterprise security visibility.

Skills

Endpoint security

Threat detection

Incident response

Analytical skills

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM or related field

TS/SCI with SAP eligibility

Tools

Elastic Agent

Elastic Defend

CrowdStrike Falcon

McAfee/Trellix ePO

Tanium

Job description

The C5ISR Center Cyber Security Service Provider (CSSP) is a premier defensive cyber operations organization supporting the Department of War (DoW). Operating 24x7x365, the CSSP provides continuous monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and vulnerability management across cloud and on-premises environments, including AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud, and SaaS platforms.

Every day, our team protects the networks, systems, and data that enable critical DoW missions.

Leidos has an immediate opportunity for an experienced Endpoint Security Analyst to support a highly visible, strategic Cybersecurity Task Order. In this role, you will provide specialized expertise supporting Elastic Agent and Elastic Defend, helping deploy, configure, optimize, and sustain endpoint protection, telemetry collection, threat detection, and automated response capabilities across the enterprise.

You will work closely with threat, engineering, and cybersecurity operations teams to strengthen endpoint defenses, improve visibility, and rapidly identify and respond to emerging cyber threats.

Location:

Hybrid - 3 days on site at Adelphi, MD

Clearance:

U.S. Citizenship with an active TS/SCI with SAP Eligibility

Primary Responsibilities:

• Deploy, configure, operate, tune, upgrade, and troubleshoot Elastic Agent, Elastic Defend, and other enterprise endpoint security technologies.
• Optimize endpoint protection and telemetry collection to maximize security visibility and detection effectiveness while minimizing operational and system performance impacts.
• Partner with Threat and Detection teams to customize detection rules, develop threat signatures, and align endpoint defenses with emerging threat intelligence and MITRE ATT&CK techniques.
• Conduct host-based defensive cyber operations to identify, investigate, contain, mitigate, and remediate vulnerabilities and intrusions.
• Support cyber investigations using advanced endpoint queries, forensic data collection, and rapid containment and response capabilities.
• Build and maintain queries, dashboards, and reports that provide enterprise security visibility and leadership awareness.
• Coordinate with engineering teams on endpoint security deployments, patches, hot fixes, upgrades, and other critical security updates.
• Troubleshoot endpoint security tool issues, performance concerns, and outages.
• Develop and maintain endpoint security policies, configurations, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Evaluate emerging endpoint security tools, techniques, and technologies and recommend improvements aligned with enterprise cybersecurity strategy.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM), cybersecurity, or a related field and 4+ years of relevant cybersecurity experience.
• Hands-on experience deploying, configuring, operating, or supporting enterprise endpoint security or EDR solutions.
• Strong understanding of endpoint protection, security telemetry, threat detection, incident investigation, and response.
• Experience investigating and responding to endpoint security alerts and potential compromises.
• Knowledge of current cyber threats, attacker techniques, and defensive strategies, including familiarity with the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively across cybersecurity, threat, and engineering teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI with SAP eligibility.
• At least one of the following certifications:
  • GIAC/SANS: GCIA, GCIH, GCFA, GCFE, GREM, GISF, GXPN, GWEB, GNFA, or GMON
  • Offensive Security: OSCP, OSCE, OSWP, or OSEE
  • ISC2: CCFP or CISSP
  • EC-Council: CEH, CHFI, LPT, ECSA, or ECI

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands-on experience with Elastic Agent and Elastic Defend, including deployment, configuration, policy management, tuning, and troubleshooting.
• Experience optimizing endpoint telemetry and security controls in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Experience developing or tuning endpoint detection rules, threat signatures, IOCs, and behavioral detections.
• Experience using Elastic capabilities for endpoint investigation, advanced querying, forensic data collection, and response actions.
• Experience with CrowdStrike Falcon, McAfee/Trellix ePO, Tanium, or similar enterprise endpoint security platforms.
• Experience deploying and configuring CrowdStrike Falcon sensors and creating custom Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) and Indicators of Attack (IOAs).
• Experience supporting endpoint security operations within large, complex, or mission-critical environments.
• Relevant endpoint security certifications, such as Elastic, CrowdStrike, or Tanium certifications.

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Pay Range

Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.