Microsoft Defender Specialist - Active TS/SCI with CI Poly

ENS Solutions, LLC

Washington (Washington County)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 140,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Free Platinum Medical/Dental/Vision

401k from day 1

PTO + 11 Holidays

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Tuition & Certification Support

Relocation Assistance

Job summary

ENS Solutions, LLC is seeking a skilled IT security professional to implement the Microsoft Defender suite (MDE, MDO, MDCA, MTD) and support transitions to emerging Microsoft technologies. You will help deploy architectures around Intune, Endpoint Manager, and 365 Defender center while developing SOPs and maintaining agent handlers.

Responsibilities include deploying complex architectures, verifying solutions for future use, and ensuring end-user deployments align with DoD requirements and

Qualifications

Experience with Microsoft Intune and Windows Defender ATP.
Experience with Server management including Virtualization.
Experience with PowerShell or similar scripting language.
Experience with Azure, Active Directory, and Group Policy.
Strong Excel skills to support reporting and data analysis duties.
Experience supporting Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Endpoint Manager Admin Center, MTD, MDO, Microsoft 365 Defender and related tools.

Responsibilities

Implementing the Microsoft Defender solution and supporting transitions to new Microsoft technologies.
Develop SOPs/TTPS for maintaining agent handlers, repositories and Defender components.
Deploy complex architectures based on Intune and 365 Defender center and verify solutions for future use.

Skills

MDE experience

MDO experience

MDCA experience

MTD experience

Intune/Endpoint Manager

PowerShell scripting

Azure/AD/GP

Excel reporting

Windows Defender ATP

End-user deployment

Education

HS diploma or GED

7+ years IT experience

Associate’s degree + 7+ years IT

Bachelor’s degree + 5+ years IT

Master degree + 3+ years IT

Tools

Microsoft Intune

Endpoint Manager Admin Center

365 Defender Center

Server virtualization

Security+ / CCNA-Security / GSEC

Job description

Implementing the Microsoft Defender solution and supporting the transition to emerging Microsoft technologies. Experience with the Microsoft Defender Suite including Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE), Microsoft Defender for Office (MDO), Defender Cloud Apps (MDCA), and Mobile Threat Defender (MTD) is needed, and to assist with deployment of complex architectures based on Microsoft Intune, Endpoint manager, and 365 Defender center.

In addition to implementing the Microsoft Defender solution including MDE, MDO, MDCA, and MTD, this position will be responsible for developing SOPs/TTPS for maintaining agent handlers, repositories, Microsoft Intune, Microsoft 365 Defender, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps and support the transition from DoD Enterprise Capabilities to emerging Microsoft technologies.

This position will deploy complex architectures based on Microsoft Intune, Endpoint manager, and 365 Defender center, coordinating efforts to test and verify solutions for future implementation.

Requirements

Experience with Microsoft Intune and Windows Defender ATP.
Experience with Server management including Virtualization.
Experience with PowerShell or similar scripting language.
Experience with Azure, Active Directory, and Group Policy.
Strong Excel skills to support reporting and data analysis duties.
Experience with end user technology deployments and upgrades.
Experience supporting: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE), Microsoft Endpoint Manager Admin Center, Microsoft Mobile Threat Defender (MTD), Microsoft Defender for Office (MDO), Microsoft Security Administration, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Sentinel, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Configuration management (service center), Windows Server Admin
TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain a counter-intelligence polygraph.
HS diploma or GED and 10+ years IT experience, Associate’s degree and 7+ years IT experience, Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of IT experience or Master degree and 3+ years IT experience.
Active DoD 8570.01-M Information Assurance Technician (IAT) Level II Certification, including Security+ CE, CCNA-Security, GSEC, SSCP, CySA+, GICSP, or CND.
Ability to obtain a DoD 8570.01-M Cybersecurity Service Provider (CSSP) - Infrastructure Support (IS) certification, including CEH, CySA+, GICSP, SSCP, CHFI, CFR, Cloud+, or CND prior to start date.

Optional Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology
Experience managing and administrating systems associated with software deployments, patches, and scripts to a large enterprise environment.
Experience collaborating with peers and managers to identify, manage, and generate appropriate reporting and metrics standards based on deployments and management needs.
The ability to be an active member and detailed oriented to solve problems by recommending outside-the-box, cost effective solutions.
Experience managing complex IT projects involving multiple teams or organizations.
Experience tracking and resolving incidents via ticket queue.
Experience providing hands on PC and mobile support to end users.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal skills.

Benefits

Essential Network Security (ENS) Solutions, LLC is a service-disabled veteran owned, highly regarded IT consulting and management firm. ENS consults for the Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) providing innovative solutions in the core competency area of Identity, Credential and Access Management (ICAM), Software Development, Cyber and Network Security, System Engineering, Program/Project Management, IT support, Solutions, and Services that yield enduring results. Our strong technical and management experts have been able to maintain a standard of excellence in their relationships while delivering innovative, scalable and collaborative infrastructure to our clients.

Why ENS?