ALPHAEUS PTE. LTD. Hiring! Full Time IT SECURITY SPECIALIST – ENDPOINT PROTECTION in , Earn up to SGD 8,500 - Ricebowl

Job Summary

The IT Security Specialist is responsible for administering, monitoring and supporting enterprise endpoint-protection platforms across a large and complex IT environment.

The role focuses on endpoint agent health, malware-definition updates, security-policy implementation, incident troubleshooting and maintaining endpoint-security compliance. The successful candidate should have strong hands-on experience supporting enterprise endpoint-protection solutions in a controlled or security-sensitive environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and support enterprise endpoint-protection management servers and client agents.
• Monitor the security status, connectivity, definition updates and overall health of managed endpoints.
• Investigate and resolve endpoint-protection agent, policy, communication and update-related issues.
• Configure and maintain endpoint-security policies, exclusions, device controls and application controls.
• Monitor endpoints that are operating within restricted, segregated or controlled network environments.
• Ensure endpoint agents and security definitions remain current and compliant.
• Perform agent installation, upgrades, repair and reinstallation activities.
• Investigate malware alerts, suspicious endpoint activities and recurring security issues.
• Work with infrastructure, network, server and security teams to resolve complex incidents.
• Support vulnerability remediation and endpoint-security improvement initiatives.
• Maintain accurate incident, change and problem records in the service-management system.
• Prepare endpoint-compliance, agent-health and security-status reports.
• Support scheduled maintenance, product upgrades and security-platform migration activities.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures and troubleshooting guides.
• Coordinate with product vendors for technical escalations and issue resolution.
• Ensure all activities comply with organisational security, change-management and governance requirements.

Requirements

• Diploma or Degree in Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity or a related discipline.
• Minimum five years of relevant IT infrastructure or security experience, including at least three years of hands-on endpoint-security support.
• Strong experience administering an enterprise endpoint-protection platform such as Symantec Endpoint Protection, Trend Micro, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, McAfee or an equivalent solution.
• Experience supporting endpoint-security agents across a large enterprise environment.
• Good knowledge of Windows desktops, Windows Server and endpoint-agent troubleshooting.
• Working knowledge of Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP and enterprise networks.
• Understanding of malware protection, endpoint hardening, encryption, device control and security-policy management.
• Experience working with incident, problem and change-management processes.
• Ability to analyse logs, identify root causes and resolve complex technical issues.
• Good documentation, communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Able to work independently and coordinate effectively with infrastructure, security and vendor teams.
• Willing to support maintenance or security activities outside normal working hours when required.

Preferred Qualifications

• ITIL Foundation certification.
• Microsoft, Cisco or cybersecurity-related certifications.
• Experience with Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager or the Trend Micro security suite.
• Experience supporting security systems in a healthcare, government, regulated or restricted-network environment.
• Familiarity with endpoint encryption, vulnerability protection, mobile-device security or endpoint application control.