Client Platforms Security Engineer
Engineer, maintain and implement security controls for client platform infrastructure, virtual or physical, in a hybrid compute environment.
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- $150K–$200K per year
- Posted May 26, 2026
INDUSTRYSoftware & InternetCybersecurity
Responsibilities
- Maintain security tools and their associated configurations
- Manage and coordinate updates of tools when new versions are released
- Work with platform teams to deploy tools and changes as necessary after validating necessary performance and functionality requirements
- Identify solutions in the market and test them to see if they prove viable for our environment and use case
- Work with the platform teams to ensure the OS builds are as hardened to the extent they can be
- Identify and document ways to measure effectiveness of the client platform controls
- Assess risk in our client platform environment and provide mitigations for those risks
- Identify process improvements for automation of security hardening checks on client platforms
- Work with the operation teams internal and external to ensure identified risks are triaged, investigated, and remediated as necessary
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or relevant work experience required
- Experience in a Cybersecurity
Nice to have: Experience managing platforms like CrowdStrike, Sentinel One, or Carbon Black App Control, Experience working with Qualys and a general understanding of vulnerability management processes, Experience scripting with languages like Python, Powershell, and the Linux Shell
Skills
Scripting/Development experience in any high-level languageExperience maintaining client OS platforms (e.g Windows, Linux, MacOS) in a physical and virtual worldUnderstanding of network fundamentals and protocolsDeep technical understanding of client OS platforms (e.g Windows, Linux, MacOS). Mobile OS platforms a plusExperience with endpoint security suites and frameworks (e.g Anti-Virus, EDR/XDR, execution flow control, etc)Strong, demonstrable experience in Cybersecurity engineering, design, implementation and documentationExperience with leading SOAR and SIEM solutionsAnti-VirusEDR/XDRSOARSIEMCrowdStrikeSentinel OneCarbon Black App ControlQualys
Benefits
- group medical
- pharmacy
- dental and vision insurance
- 401k with discretionary employer match
- short and long-term disability
- life and AD&D insurance
- health savings accounts
- flexible spending accounts
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