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Senior Security Engineer (Defender)

Role overview

Summary

This role focuses on operating endpoint security tooling based on Microsoft Defender. You will manage endpoint security configurations and report on security posture, contributing to the overall security strategy.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years in security engineering with hands-on EDR experience.
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: onboarding, policy management, ASR rules, automated investigation and response
  • Microsoft Defender or Tenable Vulnerability Management or equivalent vulnerability tooling
  • Fluency in English (both written and spoken) at a minimum B2 level
  • Preferred: Experience with CyberArk EPM

Responsibilities

  • Administer Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: device onboarding, sensor health, exclusions, and policy configuration
  • Configure and tune endpoint protection policies: antivirus, attack surface reduction (ASR), EDR in block mode, and device control
  • Manage security configuration baselines and endpoint hardening across server and client endpoints
  • Report endpoint security posture and coverage by priority and deadline

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Communication
  • Teamwork
  • Problem Solving

About the company

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EPAM Systems

  • IT Services & Consulting
  • XLarge
  • 10,001+
Since 1993, EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) has used its software engineering expertise to become a leading global provider of digital engineering, cloud and AI-enabled transformation services, and a leading business and experience consulting partner for global enterprises and ambitious startups. We address our clients’ transformation challenges by fusing EPAM Continuum’s integrated strategy, experience and technology consulting with our 30+ years of engineering execution to speed our clients’ time to market and drive greater value from their innovations and digital investments. We make GenAI real with our AI LLM orchestration, testing and engineering solutions, EPAM DIAL, EPAM EliteA™ and EPAM AI/RUN™, respectively. We deliver globally, but engage locally with our expert teams of consultants, architects, designers and engineers, making the future real for our clients, our partners and our people around the world. We believe the right solutions are the ones that improve people’s lives and fuel competitive advantage for our clients across diverse industries. Our thinking comes to life in the experiences, products and platforms we design and bring to market. Added to the S&P 500 and the Forbes Global 2000 in 2021 and recognized by Glassdoor and Newsweek as a Top 100 Best Workplace, our multidisciplinary teams serve customers across six continents. We are proud to be among the top 15 companies in Information Technology Services in the Fortune 1000 and to be recognized as a leader in the IDC MarketScapes for Worldwide Experience Build Services, Worldwide Experience Design Services and Worldwide Software Engineering Services. Learn more at www.epam.com.

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Job description

We are looking for a Security Engineer to operate endpoint security tooling based on Microsoft Defender. In this role, you will onboard and maintain endpoints in Defender, tune policies, and report on endpoint security posture. You will escalate to the Security Lead as required. Responsibilities Administer Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: device onboarding, sensor health, exclusions, and policy configuration Configure and tune endpoint protection policies: antivirus, attack surface reduction (ASR), EDR in block mode, and device control Manage security configuration baselines and endpoint hardening across server and client endpoints Report endpoint security posture and coverage (onboarding rate, exposure score, policy compliance) by priority and deadline Maintain endpoint security runbooks, procedures, and incident records in the ITSM platform Participate in security change reviews as part of the change advisory process Requirements 3+ years in security engineering with hands-on EDR experience Microsoft Defender for Endpoint: onboarding, policy management, ASR rules, automated investigation and response Microsoft Defender or Tenable Vulnerability Management or equivalent vulnerability tooling Microsoft Intune / Entra ID: security policy deployment and conditional access (endpoint compliance) Experience with CyberArk EPM Windows and Linux endpoint security (server and client) SIEM familiarity: Cortex Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, or equivalent Scripting: PowerShell and/or Python for automation ITIL foundations: incident and change management Fluency in English (both written and spoken) at a minimum B2 level

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