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Senior Endpoint Security Analyst
Location: Minnesota (Hybrid – 2 days onsite)
Employment Type: Contract-to-Hire
Duration: 12 Months
Position Overview
We are seeking an experienced Endpoint Security Analyst to support and enhance enterprise endpoint security capabilities across a large-scale environment. This role will focus on endpoint protection, threat prevention, security compliance, platform administration, and operational support across Windows, Linux, and cloud environments.
The ideal candidate will have strong experience with endpoint security technologies, security operations, and enterprise security best practices while working closely with infrastructure, cloud, and security teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, administer, and continuously improve endpoint security solutions for Windows and Linux environments.
- Support enterprise endpoint protection platforms, including policy management, platform health, deployment, and operational support.
- Lead and participate in initiatives to improve security compliance, expand platform adoption, and remediate security vulnerabilities.
- Provide advanced troubleshooting and L3 support for security technologies, including participation in an on-call rotation.
- Collaborate with internal technology teams and external vendors to evaluate new capabilities and optimize existing security platforms.
- Support endpoint and workload security initiatives across cloud environments.
- Assist with security architecture, operational processes, and lifecycle management activities.
- Monitor and improve endpoint security posture through proactive analysis and continuous improvement efforts.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related field; equivalent professional experience may be considered.
- 3 years of experience supporting enterprise endpoint security solutions.
- Experience securing both Windows and Linux operating systems.
- Experience administering enterprise endpoint protection and threat detection platforms.
- Experience supporting security controls and workloads within public cloud environments.
- Strong understanding of endpoint security concepts, vulnerability management, threat detection, and incident response processes.
Preferred Qualifications
- 5 years of experience in endpoint security, cybersecurity operations, or related disciplines.
- Advanced experience administering enterprise endpoint protection platforms, endpoint detection and response (EDR), vulnerability management, and threat prevention technologies.
- Experience with device provisioning, software deployment, policy management, and platform lifecycle management.
- Experience with cloud security controls in AWS and/or Azure environments.
- Familiarity with API integrations, automation, and security orchestration initiatives.
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with technical and business stakeholders.