# CyberSecurity & Identity Protection Engineer (Tier 3)

**Company:** [BlackCloak](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/blackcloak)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Salary:** $110k – $130k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Crowdstrike Falcon, Sentinelone, Microsoft Defender For Endpoint, Carbon Black, Sophos Intercept X, Edr, Soar, Python, PowerShell, AI, Machine Learning, Windows, macOS, Linux, Iot
**Posted:** 2026-05-05

> Tier 3 engineer deploys/manages EDR tools, conducts incident response, vulnerability assessments, and identity protection for clients. Monitors threats, automates workflows with SOAR/Python, and handles fraud resolution. Requires 3+ years cybersecurity experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Deploy and configure Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) agents across client environments. Customize detection policies to minimize false positives.
- Analyze EDR telemetry to detect "living off the land" attacks and anomalies.
- Actively monitor client endpoints for malicious indicators, isolate compromised devices, and communicate incidents.
- Generate monthly executive summaries for clients detailing blocked attacks, health status, and ROI.
- Schedule and run vulnerability scans on client networks, execute penetration tests, review results, prioritize patches, and verify remediation.
- Monitor threats and vulnerabilities for Smart Home and IoT devices, assist in hardening home networks.
- Proactively monitor Dark Web and criminal forums for compromised credentials, leaked data, or domain spoofing.
- Manage credit monitoring platform, alert clients to identity alerts indicating fraud.
- Serve as case manager for identity theft incidents, handle end-to-end resolution.
- Assist in restoration of compromised accounts including synthetic identity fraud, medical identity theft, and tax refund fraud.
- Hunt for client PII on people-search sites and data brokers, manage opt-out process.
- Identify repetitive tasks and build **SOAR playbooks** or scripts (**Python**/**PowerShell**) to automate.
- Evaluate and implement **AI**-driven tools and **Machine Learning** features to enhance threat detection.
- Optimize API integrations between identity platforms, EDR, and ticketing systems.
- Conduct post-mortem reviews, update SOPs, codify IOCs.
- Develop custom scripts, tools, or methodologies for Incident Response.
- Develop reports of forensic findings and IR activities.
- Participate in on-call rotation, knowledge transfer, mentoring, R&D on cyber trends.
- Work with engineering, product, and sales teams.

## Requirements

- **3-5+ years** of experience in **Cybersecurity**, **Fraud Analysis**, or **Security Engineering**.
- **Penetration** and **vulnerability testing** experience.
- **Windows** and **macOS** forensic investigation and vulnerability management.
- Experience deploying, managing, and optimizing **EDR** tools (**CrowdStrike Falcon**, **SentinelOne**, **Microsoft Defender for Endpoint**, **Carbon Black**, **Sophos Intercept X**).
- Experience developing detection alerting using automation and **SOAR**.
- Technical knowledge of **Windows**, **macOS**, **iOS**, **Android**, **Linux**.
- Solid understanding of US Credit System (Bureaus, **FICO**, **FCRA**).
- Experience managing **identity monitoring** platforms.

## Nice-to-Haves

- College degree in IT/CS/CE or equivalent.
- Certifications: **CISSP**, **CCSP**, **CFCE**, **GIAC**, **OSCP**, **OSCE**, **Security+**, **CEH**, **CIPP**, **CIPA**.

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