Product Engineer- Endpoint Security

Allstate • McCullom Lake, IL

3d • $90,700 - $153,925

About The Position

Allstate is seeking an Endpoint Security Engineer to help secure and manage enterprise endpoint protection technologies across a global environment. The role is a key technical resource for administering and enhancing platforms including CrowdStrike Falcon, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, and BeyondTrust Privileged Access Management (PAM).

The engineer designs, administers, optimizes, and supports enterprise endpoint security platforms. The role partners with Cyber Operations, Infrastructure, Desktop Engineering, and Identity teams to protect endpoints, improve detection capabilities, automate security processes, and strengthen the organization’s security posture. The ideal candidate brings operational security experience and engineering and automation skills, including experience with EDR, firewall management, device control, API management, and endpoint security operations, plus an understanding of incident response and threat detection. The role uses scripting, API integrations, GitHub-based workflows, and emerging AI-driven security technologies to automate processes and improve security outcomes.

The internal job title is Security Engineer Senior Consultant II. This position has no supervisory duties.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of professional experience in cybersecurity, endpoint security, or security engineering.
• At least 1 year of professional experience administering antivirus or endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions.
• Experience investigating security events and supporting incident response activities.
• At least 1 year of professional experience with PowerShell, Python, or similar scripting languages, or equivalent experience.
• Experience working with APIs and automation workflows.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with privileged access management platforms.
• Familiarity with GitHub and version control best practices.
• Experience with Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) platforms.
• Experience with Microsoft Sentinel or other SIEM platforms.
• Experience implementing AI-assisted security operations or security copilots.
• Three or more years of experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize endpoint security controls.
• Evaluate new endpoint security technologies.
• Develop security baselines and endpoint hardening standards.
• Provide technical guidance for endpoint-related security projects.
• Understand system security vulnerabilities and associated threats, and assess overall system security risks.
• Assist engineers in implementing new security tools for DevOps/SecOps processes while ensuring the solvency of computing resources.
• Participate in Design & Build IT projects, guiding configurations and services toward industry-leading security practices within the area of expertise.
• Work alongside Senior Security Engineers and Architects and assist with proofs of concept and security solution implementation.
• Assist with security and compliance projects involving cloud, operating systems, applications, databases, and security issues and requirements.
• Understand DevOps ideologies and drive and communicate changes that support DevOps/SecOps methodology.
• Understand software installations, systems monitoring and troubleshooting, account management, and efforts to minimize system risks.

Benefits

• Employees eligible to work from home receive a monthly connectivity reimbursement to help offset internet costs.
• Allstate provides a technology setup including a laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed