Hybrid Chicago: CrowdStrike & Endpoint Security Engineer II

TalentFish; Skokie (IL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

TalentFish is partnering with a healthcare organization to recruit a Cybersecurity Engineer II focused on CrowdStrike and endpoint security in a Hybrid – Chicagoland environment. This hands-on role requires ownership of security platforms in a large enterprise and cross-team collaboration across Security Operations, Infrastructure, Cloud, IAM, Networking, and applications.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of hands-on cybersecurity experience, CrowdStrike proficiency, and a strong background in

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on cybersecurity experience at Security Analyst or Security Engineer level.
• Strong hands-on CrowdStrike experience is required.
• Experience administering and supporting enterprise EDR/XDR or endpoint protection technologies.
• Security incident investigation and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with vulnerability management, threat detection, incident response, and security operations.
• Understanding of Windows, server, network, application, identity, and cloud security controls.
• Experience owning or administering enterprise security applications—not simply consuming alerts.
• Ability to independently troubleshoot complex technical security problems.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent combination of education, experience and relevant security certifications.
• Advanced cybersecurity certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, support, and optimize CrowdStrike and endpoint security technologies.
• Manage endpoint detection and response capabilities across a large enterprise.
• Troubleshoot security agents, policies, configurations, integrations, and platform issues.
• Investigate complex security events and participate in incident response.
• Identify threats, vulnerabilities, and opportunities to strengthen protection.
• Tune security controls to improve detection while reducing noise.
• Automate security operations and repeatable engineering processes.
• Support vulnerability identification and remediation.
• Design and implement security controls across endpoints, servers, cloud, and enterprise infra.
• Interact with Security Operations, Infrastructure, Cloud, IAM, Networking, and apps teams.
• Participate in security projects, upgrades, integrations, and continuous improvement.
• Support security standards and regulatory requirements including HIPAA and NIST.
• Participate in an on-call rotation.

Skills

CrowdStrike

EDR/XDR

Incident response

Vulnerability management

Threat detection

Security operations

Windows security

Server security

Network security

Cloud security

Security tools ownership

Communication skills

Documentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Advanced cybersecurity certification

Tools

CrowdStrike

Job description

TalentFish is partnering with a healthcare organization to recruit a Cybersecurity Engineer II focused on CrowdStrike and endpoint security in a Hybrid – Chicagoland environment. This hands-on role requires ownership of security platforms in a large enterprise and cross-team collaboration across Security Operations, Infrastructure, Cloud, IAM, Networking, and applications.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years of hands-on cybersecurity experience, CrowdStrike proficiency, and a strong background in