Endpoint Security Engineer Senior

Virginia Jobs$84K — $168K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience required.
  • 5+ years of relevant professional experience in cybersecurity.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience with enterprise EDR tools like CrowdStrike or SentinelOne.
  • Strong understanding of endpoint attack techniques and incident response.
  • Excellent communication skills to convey complex security concepts simply.

Responsibilities

  • Administer and optimize endpoint detection and response technologies.
  • Engineer and tune security controls and policies.
  • Investigate endpoint security alerts and emerging threats.
  • Support security incident response and complex investigations.
  • Develop operational procedures, workflows, and security standards.
  • Partner with teams to implement secure endpoint configurations.
  • Evaluate and recommend enhancements for security technologies.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Paid time off and disability benefits.
  • Retirement savings options.
  • Support for certification and education.
  • Flexible spending accounts and health savings plans.
Full Job Description
As a Senior Endpoint Security Engineer, you will serve as a technical leader within the Cybersecurity & Risk team, helping build and mature endpoint security capabilities across the enterprise. This role is ideal for an experienced cybersecurity professional who enjoys solving complex challenges, implementing modern security technologies, influencing strategy, and developing scalable security practices that strengthen organizational resilience.

The Role

The Senior Endpoint Security Engineer combines endpoint security engineering, threat detection, operational security, and strategic program development. You will work closely with security, infrastructure, and engineering teams to improve visibility into threats, strengthen defensive capabilities, and advance the organization's overall cybersecurity maturity.

On a typical day, you may:

  • Administer, maintain , and optimize enterprise endpoint detection and response (EDR) technologies.


  • Engineer and tune endpoint security controls, policies, detections, and automation workflows.


  • Investigate endpoint security alerts, suspicious activity, and emerging threats.


  • Support security incident response and assist with complex investigations.


  • Develop operational procedures, playbooks, workflows, and security standards.


  • Partner with infrastructure and engineering teams to implement secure endpoint configurations.


  • Evaluate new security technologies and recommend improvements that enhance security posture.


  • Build dashboards, monitoring capabilities, security metrics, and automated response processes.


  • Serve as a trusted technical resource and escalation point for endpoint security initiatives.


  • Help establish and mature security processes, procedures, and operational best practices.


This role offers significant autonomy and visibility. The successful candidate will help define processes, influence operational strategy, and contribute directly to the growth of Security Operations at UVA Health. Candidates who thrive in ambiguity, enjoy building new capabilities, and take ownership of complex challenges will find substantial opportunities for impact and growth.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education: Bachelor's Degree in an appropriate specialty, or an equivalent combination of accreditation, education and experience required.

Experience: 5+ years relevant professional experience required.

Licensure: CISSP or HCISPP may be required as specified.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally require traveling some distance to attend meetings, and programs.

Required Qualifications

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
  • Education: Bachelor's Degree in an appropriate specialty, or an equivalent combination of accreditation, education and experience required.
  • 5+ years relevant professional experience required.
  • 3+ years of demonstrated experience administering EDR tools (e.g., MDE, CrowdStrike Falcon, SentinelOne, or VMware Carbon Black) in a large enterprise environment.
  • Strong understanding of endpoint attack techniques, malware analysis, lateral movement, persistence mechanisms, and endpoint incident response.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate security concepts for non-technical audiences.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Progressively responsible experience in cybersecurity operations or engineering within a regulated environment (Healthcare preferred)
  • Vendor-specific EDR certifications demonstrating competency in either administration or an investigative capacity
  • Industry cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP, GCIH, GCED, GCFA, CySA+, CEH, or Security+.


Working Conditions

  • Hybrid or on-site role within UVA Health facilities.
  • Requires regular collaboration with clinical, technical, and administrative stakeholders across the health system.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
  • This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally require traveling some distance to attend meetings, and programs.


The pay range for this role is $84,374.00 - $168,748.00 annually. Individual compensation will be determined by the selected candidate's qualifications, previous work experience, and/or education.

Benefits
  • Comprehensive Benefits Package: Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Paid Time Off, Long-term and Short-term Disability, Retirement Savings
  • Health Saving Plans, and Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Certification and education support
  • Generous Paid Time Off

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