Senior Endpoint Security Engineer - EDR/XDR for Hybrid Cloud

PlanIT Group; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

PlanIT Group, LLC is seeking an experienced Endpoint Security Engineer to design, deploy, and operationalize policy-driven EDR/XDR defenses across a massive enterprise footprint in North America.

You will partner with end-users and application owners to tune protections, while providing tier-3/4 escalation support to SOC and IT teams during active investigations, and scaling security across multi-cloud workloads.

Qualifications

• Experience engineering enterprise-scale EDR/XDR across Windows, macOS, Linux.
• Strong understanding of behavioral analytics and IOC/IOA concepts.
• Experience with cross-functional collaboration to minimize disruption.

Responsibilities

• Engineer, deploy, and maintain NGAV and EDR/XDR agents across endpoints.
• Lead SOC/IT investigations and provide escalation support.
• Develop and tune behavioral baselines to reduce false positives.

Skills

EDR/XDR

Threat Hunting

Windows

Linux

Scripting

Cloud Security

Forensics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Cybersecurity

Tools

CrowdStrike Falcon

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

SentinelOne

Job description

PlanIT Group, LLC is seeking an experienced Endpoint Security Engineer to design, deploy, and operationalize policy-driven EDR/XDR defenses across a massive enterprise footprint in North America.

You will partner with end-users and application owners to tune protections, while providing tier-3/4 escalation support to SOC and IT teams during active investigations, and scaling security across multi-cloud workloads.