Job Description :
Endpoint Security Engineer
Austin, TX
6 Months
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Description
Job Description
The Endpoint Security Engineer will support and maintain clients endpoints and security infrastructure globally. In this role, the candidate will primarily be responsible for Vulnerability Management and 3rd Party Patching.
Duties:
- Investigate or triage threats or vulnerabilities from various sources such as NVD, CVEs or 3rd party vendors such as Microsoft
- Analyze and scan network / system for security vulnerabilities, configuration issues, including impact assessment, and relevant industry standards (e.g. CVE, CVSS, SCAP)
- Identify/implement solution to remediate vulnerabilities and security risks
- Responsible for patching software and hardware assets
o Microsoft
o 3rd party software
o Firmware patching
- Maintain a high patch compliance level
Required Skills:
- Expert knowledge of security issues around threats landscape, vulnerabilities, CVSS scoring system, NIST and CERT processes around alerting, security techniques and best practices
- Strong understanding and experience in IT Security
- Excellent time management skills
- Strong written and verbal communications
- Windows server and desktop engineering/administration, Active Directory administration, SCCM
- Patch Management, Vulnerability Management
- Network troubleshooting
- Malware incident response
o Antivirus
o Endpoint Detection and Response
Education/Certifications Desired:
- Bachelors in Computer Science or related field
- CEH, CIH, Security+, CISSP etc.