Defender Cloud Engineer

Title:

IT Security Analyst

Location:

Maplewood, MN
Duration: 8+ Months contract

• Providing endpoint security solutions for workstation and server operating systems, including Windows and Linux environments
• Participating in the design, configuration, implementation, and continuous improvement of endpoint security solutions that meet business requirements and align with enterprise security standards
• Administering and supporting endpoint security technologies with a focus on Crowd Strike Falcon and Microsoft Defender, including policy implementation, agent health, platform adoption, and operational support
• Leading or supporting projects to improve security compliance, expand platform coverage, deploy new capabilities, lifecycle management, and remediate endpoint security issues
• Serving as a member of an L3 support team for deployed security solutions, including participation in a weekly on-call rotation
• Consulting with vendors and internal technology teams on emerging capabilities, existing platform optimization, and endpoint security roadmap initiatives
• Supporting endpoint and workload security capabilities across AWS and Azure cloud environments

• Bachelor’s degree or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution OR high school diploma/GED or higher AND minimum five (5) years of IT experience
• Three (3) years of experience supporting endpoint security solutions in a private, public, government, or military environment
• Experience supporting security technologies across Windows and Linux operating systems
• Experience with enterprise endpoint protection platforms such as Crowd Strike Falcon and/or Microsoft Defender
• Experience supporting security capabilities in AWS and/or Azure environments

• Five (5) years of endpoint security support in a private, public, government, or military environment
• Experience administering Crowd Strike Falcon capabilities including Prevent, Firewall Management, Identity Threat Protection, Shield, Privileged Access, Discover, Spotlight/Exposure Management, Cloud Security, and API integrations
• Experience with Microsoft Defender capabilities including endpoint protection, threat detection, and vulnerability management
• Experience in device provisioning processes, agent deployments, platform lifecycle management, and enterprise policy implementation