
Senior Cyber Engineer, Security Endpoint
Shield AI
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $110,000 - $168,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Own the deployment, configuration, and lifecycle management of endpoint security tooling (EDR/ETR/EPP, host-based controls, hardening frameworks).
- Design and enforce security configuration baselines across Windows, macOS, and Linux systems.
- Build and manage configuration enforcement mechanisms (Ansible-based or similar) to detect and remediate drift on endpoints, particularly Linux systems.
- Develop automation to deploy endpoint agents and security tooling, apply role/group/system-type specific configurations, continuously re-apply or enforce desired-state configurations.
- Partner on RBAC design and implementation for endpoint and server access.
- Collaborate with IT, Infrastructure, and Security teams to integrate endpoint security with identity and access controls, server and workstation provisioning pipelines, incident response and detection workflows.
- Write and maintain code and infrastructure that supports endpoint security enforcement (Python, Bash, PowerShell, Ansible; Terraform as applicable).
- Help define and document endpoint security standards, runbooks, and operational playbooks.
- Serve as a technical voice for endpoint security decisions, tradeoffs, and future roadmap planning.
Requirements
- Experience in security engineering, endpoint security, systems administration, or systems security.
- Hands-on experience deploying and managing enterprise endpoint security tools.
- Strong understanding of Windows, macOS, and Linux internals, hardening techniques, and security controls.
- Significant experience with configuration management and enforcement, especially: Ansible or similar, Desired-state or drift-remediation models
- Strong scripting and automation skills in Python and Bash (PowerShell experience is a plus).
- Experience designing or supporting RBAC models for endpoint or server access.
- Ability to work independently, take ownership of complex systems, and drive improvements end-to-end.
Benefits
- Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
- Temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
endpoint securityEDRETREPPAnsiblePythonBashPowerShellTerraformconfiguration management
Soft Skills
independenceownershipcollaborationcommunicationtechnical decision-making