Endpoint & System Security Specialist

Hired by Matrix, Inc.; Milwaukee (WI); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Matrix, Inc. in Wisconsin (Hybrid contract) seeks an experienced Endpoint & System Security Specialist to help protect our international energy and utilities infrastructure.

The role focuses on endpoint/server security, CrowdStrike EDR deployment, and migration planning across legacy and target environments. You will finalize inventories, test agents, validate golden images and MDM posture, and conduct penetration testing with remediation and verification.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with endpoint security, server security, or cybersecurity deployment.
• Knowledge of CrowdStrike EDR deployment and configuration.
• Experience with server inventory management, deployment planning, agent testing, and migration coordination.
• Knowledge of workstation golden image validation, MDM, and device posture compliance.
• Experience with penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, remediation, and verification testing.
• Familiarity with identity threat monitoring and security hardening.
• Strong coordination, analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Finalize server inventory and migration timelines, build the server deployment plan, coordinate pre-migration agent testing, and execute CrowdStrike EDR agent deployment across all legacy and target servers.
• Conduct security reviews of workstation golden images, validate security tools and core application inclusion, audit high-risk MDM users for enhanced monitoring, and verify end-to-end device posture compliance before migration.
• Scope and execute penetration testing on the Jump Domain infrastructure, deploy CrowdStrike Identity Threat Protection (ITP) for active identity threat monitoring and vulnerability scanning, remediate critical and non-critical findings, and perform verification rescans to ensure total risk closure.
• Validate that application security assessments are complete and endpoint/server protection is fully deployed prior to cutover.

Skills

Endpoint security

Server security

Cybersecurity deployment

EDR deployment

Migration coordination

Golden image validation

MDM

Penetration testing

Vulnerability scanning

Identity threat monitoring

Security hardening

Coordination

Tools

CrowdStrike

Job description

At-A-Glance
Join an international energy and utilities organization in a pivotal security role as an Endpoint & System Security Specialist.

Position Type

• Contract
• Hybrid

Required

• Experience with endpoint security, server security, or cybersecurity deployment activities.
• Knowledge of CrowdStrike Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) deployment and configuration.
• Experience with server inventory management, deployment planning, agent testing, and migration coordination.
• Knowledge of workstation golden image validation, Mobile Device Management (MDM), and device posture compliance.
• Experience with penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, security remediation, and verification testing.
• Familiarity with identity threat monitoring and security hardening.
• Strong coordination, analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
• 10 years of experience in related fields.

Preferences

• Experience supporting enterprise infrastructure migrations, security deployments, or IT integration projects.

Responsibilities

• Finalize server inventory and migration timelines, build the server deployment plan, coordinate pre-migration agent testing, and execute CrowdStrike EDR agent deployment across all legacy and target servers.
• Conduct security reviews of workstation golden images, validate security tools and core application inclusion, audit high-risk Mobile Device Management (MDM) users for enhanced monitoring, and verify end-to-end device posture compliance before migration.
• Scope and execute penetration testing on the Jump Domain infrastructure, deploy CrowdStrike Identity Threat Protection (ITP) for active identity threat monitoring and vulnerability scanning, remediate critical and non-critical findings, and perform verification rescans to ensure total risk closure.
• Validate that application security assessments are complete and endpoint/server protection is fully deployed prior to cutover.

If your background aligns with what we’re looking for, you may receive a call from Ava, our virtual recruiter, for a brief screening conversation. Ava will ask a few questions about your experience and interest in the opportunity.