Endpoint Security Engineer, Technology

Linuxconfig; New York (NY); In loco; USD 170.000 - 250.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Fully-paid health care benefits

Generous parental and family leave

Volunteer opportunities

Affinity groups for women, people of色?

Descrizione del lavoro

Point72 is seeking an experienced Endpoint Security Engineer to join its Technology team in New York. You will administer CrowdStrike Falcon across Windows, macOS, and Linux, design and implement security policies, and automate security workflows to strengthen the firm’s AI-enabled IT infrastructure.

You will work with Defender for Endpoint baselines, CIS benchmarks, and collaborate with security operations to tune detections and drive sprint commitments, delivering robust protection across

Competenze

• 5+ years hands-on endpoint security engineering in a production enterprise environment.
• Experience administering CrowdStrike Falcon across Windows, macOS, and Linux, including sensor deployment, policies, groups, exclusions, and response actions.
• Experience using CrowdStrike API for automation, reporting, and validation.
• Experience administering Defender for Endpoint through security baselines and policies, including antivirus and vulnerability management.
• Experience operating native and third‑party endpoint protection platforms in coexistence and passive mode.
• Familiarity with Defender and advanced hunting with KQL for investigation and reporting.
• Experience with endpoint management tools (Intune, Jamf, Group Policy) and CIS Benchmarks.
• Scripting in PowerShell, Python, or Bash and delivering sprint backlog items.
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards.

Mansioni

• Administer endpoint detection and response platforms across the estate, including sensor deployment, policies, host grouping, exclusions, and response actions.
• Maintain sensor coverage across Windows, macOS, Linux, and VDI environments; reconcile telemetry with asset inventory and close gaps.
• Manage endpoint protection and Windows security controls, including antivirus, attack surface reduction, tamper protection, and vulnerability management.
• Implement CIS-aligned baselines through endpoint management platforms with evaluation, remediation, and evidence.
• Engineer application and device control policies from audit to enforcement across endpoint populations.
• Detect and remediate configuration drift by verifying sensor status, policy assignment, and baseline compliance.
• Manage endpoint security exceptions with justification, ownership, expiry dates, and review cadence.
• Lead sensor/platform lifecycle management, including rollout planning, production deployment, and rollback readiness.
• Collaborate with security operations, infrastructure, and desktop teams to tune detections and meet sprint commitments.

Conoscenze

PowerShell

Python

Bash

Windows

macOS

Linux

KQL

Intune

Jamf

Group Policy

Security engineering

Strumenti

CrowdStrike Falcon

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

CrowdStrike API

Intune

Jamf

Group Policy

Descrizione del lavoro

As Point72 reimagines the future of investing, our Technology team is constantly evolving our firm’s IT infrastructure and engineering capabilities, positioning us at the forefront of a rapidly evolving technology landscape. We’re a team of experts who experiment and work to discover new ways to harness open-source solutions, modern cloud architectures, and sophisticated Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions, while embracing enterprise agile methodologies. Our commitment to building and innovating in the AI space provides the framework intended to drive smarter decision making and enhance how we build and operate our platforms and applications.

As a member of Point72’s Technology team, we encourage and support your professional development from day one—helping you advance your technical skills, contribute innovative ideas, and satisfy your own intellectual curiosity—all while delivering real business impact for our multi-billion-dollar global business.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Administer endpoint detection and response platforms across the endpoint estate, including sensor deployment, prevention policies, host grouping, exclusions, custom indicators of attack, and response actions
• Maintain sensor coverage across Windows, macOS, Linux, and virtual desktop environments by reconciling telemetry against asset inventory and closing coverage gaps
• Manage endpoint protection and Windows security controls, including antivirus policy, attack surface reduction, tamper protection, vulnerability management, and coexistence settings
• Implement hardening baselines aligned to CIS Benchmarks through endpoint management platforms, with control‑level evaluation, remediation, and compliance evidence
• Engineer application control, device control, and host firewall policies from audit mode through measured enforcement across diverse endpoint populations
• Detect and remediate configuration drift by verifying sensor status, policy assignment, baseline compliance, and other control‑state telemetry
• Manage endpoint security exceptions with documented justification, accountable ownership, expiry dates, and ongoing review to minimize persistent risk
• Lead sensor and platform lifecycle management, including release evaluation, staged rollout planning, production deployment, and rollback readiness
• Partner with security operations, infrastructure, and desktop engineering teams to tune detections, improve response actions, and deliver sprint commitments through verified control state

WHAT'S REQUIRED

• 5+ years of hands‑on experience in endpoint security engineering within a production enterprise environment
• Deep experience administering endpoint detection and response platforms, such as CrowdStrike Falcon, including sensor deployment across Windows, macOS, and Linux, prevention policy design, host groups, exclusions, response actions, and workflow automation
• Experience using security platform APIs, such as the CrowdStrike API, for endpoint security automation, reporting, and control‑state validation
• Experience administering endpoint protection platforms, such as Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, through endpoint management security baselines and policies, including antivirus, attack surface reduction, tamper protection, and vulnerability management
• Experience operating a native endpoint protection platform alongside a third‑party endpoint detection and response platform, including coexistence and passive mode configuration
• Working knowledge of endpoint security portals, such as Microsoft Defender, including advanced hunting with KQL for investigation, validation, and reporting
• Experience with endpoint management tools, such as Microsoft Intune, Jamf, and Group Policy, as well as CIS Benchmarks, application control, device control, and audit‑to‑enforcement rollout of endpoint policies
• Experience supporting virtual desktop or thin client environments, scripting in PowerShell, Python, or Bash, and delivering sprint backlog items through verified completion
• Commitment to the highest ethical standards

WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE

We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well‑being. When you work here, we provide:

• Fully-paid health care benefits
• Generous parental and family leave policies
• Volunteer opportunities
• Support for employee‑led affinity groups representing women, people of color and the LGBT+ community
• Mental and physical wellness programs
• Tuition assistance
• A 401(k) savings program with an employer match and more

ABOUT POINT72

Point72 is a leading global alternative investment firm led by Steven A. Cohen. Building on more than 30 years of investing experience, Point72 seeks to deliver superior returns for its investors through fundamental and systematic investing strategies across asset classes and geographies. We aim to attract and retain the industry's brightest talent by cultivating an investor‑led culture and committing to our people's long‑term growth. For more information, visit https://point72.com/ .

The annual base salary range for this role is $170,000-$250,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.

Diversity

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