Job Overview
• Title: End-Point Security Architect
• Location: USA – Remote
• Work Mode: Remote
• Employment Type: Contract
• Experience Required: 8+ years
• Domain Preference: Highly regulated / critical infrastructure environments
• Key Skills: Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, EDR/XDR, Zero Trust
Role Summary
The role focuses on enterprise endpoint security architecture, modernization, endpoint protection, Zero Trust, endpoint management, security standards, and compliance. The architect will work across Cybersecurity, IAM, Infrastructure, Network Security, Cloud Engineering, and Operations teams to define secure endpoint architectures and technical standards.
Core Skills Required
• Microsoft Intune
• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• EDR/XDR
• Zero Trust
• Endpoint Hardening
• Device Compliance
• NIST 800-207 / NIST 800-53
• CIS Controls
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- 8+ years relevant endpoint/security architecture experience.
- Enterprise-scale endpoint environment experience.
- Direct Microsoft Intune experience.
- Direct Microsoft Defender for Endpoint experience.
- EDR/XDR knowledge.
- Endpoint hardening and device compliance.
- Zero Trust implementation experience.
- Windows endpoint security architecture.
- Security standards and technical documentation.
- NIST 800-207 / NIST 800-53 / CIS Controls knowledge.
- Architecture ownership rather than purely operational endpoint support.
- Experience with endpoint management/deployment platforms.
Secondary / Nice-to-Have Skills
- CrowdStrike Falcon
- Tanium
- SentinelOne
- Jamf
- Workspace ONE
- ServiceNow
- Microsoft Autopilot
- MECM/SCCM
- MDM/UEM
- Conditional Access
- Device Trust
- MFA
- Least Privilege
- PAM
- Microsoft 365
- Azure
- AWS
- NERC-CIP
- NIST Cybersecurity Framework
- Threat modeling
- CISSP
- Microsoft Endpoint Administrator Associate
- Azure Security Engineer Associate
- Security Operations Analyst Associate
- GIAC certifications