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Senior Cloud Engineer
Protera
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Key highlights
- Fully remote role based in India with rotational shift timing
- 10+ years of professional experience is a required qualification
- Role has no responsibilities related to SOC operations, threat detection, or incident response
- Must have hands-on experience with multiple EDR, DLP, NDR, and FIM platforms, plus PowerShell scripting proficiency
- Benefits include work from home set-up, comprehensive medical coverage, and multiple allowances (shift, on-call, health/wellness, learning & development)
- Employer offers a no-question-asked certification policy and Certification Bounty Bonus
Role overview
This is a remote, India-based Cyber Security Engineer role with rotational shift timing, for a candidate with 10+ years of experience and strong expertise in endpoint security architecture, EDR, NDR, DLP, File Integrity Monitoring (FIM), and enterprise endpoint security controls. The role focuses exclusively on the design, deployment, configuration, tuning, and long-term maintenance of security platforms, with no responsibilities related to SOC operations, threat detection, or incident response.
Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, configure, and maintain enterprise endpoint security platforms, including EDR/EPP solutions (Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Trellix/McAfee, Symantec) and endpoint security controls (AV, host firewall, device control, disk encryption, vulnerability agents)
- Develop endpoint security configuration baselines and ensure consistent policy enforcement across Windows, macOS, and Linux devices
- Manage agent deployment, health monitoring, policy tuning, updates, and lifecycle maintenance for endpoint security tools using Intune, SCCM, GPO, or automation scripts
- Integrate endpoint telemetry with other security platforms to enable visibility
- Design, deploy, and maintain enterprise-wide DLP solutions including Microsoft Purview DLP (endpoint, cloud, email), Forcepoint DLP, Proofpoint Information & Email Protection, and Zscaler/Cisco Umbrella DLP
- Configure DLP policies, detection classifiers, endpoint rules, cloud controls, and data-handling workflows
- Manage DLP agents, infrastructure components, tuning, upgrades, and operational alignment with compliance and regulatory requirements
- Architect, deploy, configure, and maintain NDR solutions including Corelight, Darktrace, and ExtraHop Reveal
- Configure SPAN/TAP feeds, cloud sensors, routing integrations, and traffic ingestion pipelines for NDR tools
- Maintain NDR sensor coverage, policy configurations, version upgrades, and performance optimization
- Implement and manage FIM platforms including Tripwire, Qualys FIM, Wazuh, Defender, and CrowdStrike
- Configure monitored directories, change detection rules, baselines, and exclusions for FIM tools
- Oversee FIM agent deployment, architecture, health, and maintenance across server and endpoint fleets
- Automate deployment, configuration updates, and system health checks for security platforms using PowerShell, Python, Bash, and API/Graph API
- Perform ongoing platform operations including patching, upgrading, tuning, and configuration auditing for maintained security tools
- Maintain complete and up-to-date documentation for security platforms including architecture diagrams, deployment methodology, standard operating procedures, version control, and lifecycle plans
Requirements
- 10+ years of professional experience as a Cyber Security Engineer or in a relevant cybersecurity role
- Strong expertise in endpoint security architecture, EDR, NDR, DLP, File Integrity Monitoring (FIM), and enterprise endpoint security controls
- Hands-on experience with multiple EDR platforms (including Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Trellix/McAfee, Symantec)
- Strong understanding of enterprise DLP platforms (including Microsoft Purview, Forcepoint, Symantec, Trellix, Netskope)
- Knowledge of NDR tools (including Corelight, Vectra, ExtraHop, Darktrace)
- Experience with FIM solutions (including Tripwire, Qualys, OSSEC/Wazuh, EDR-based FIM)
- Strong knowledge of endpoint internals for Windows, macOS, and Linux, including registry, services, event logs, and system processes
- Experience with large-scale agent deployment and endpoint configuration management
- Solid understanding of network fundamentals including SPAN/TAP, packet metadata, and routing visibility
- Proficiency in PowerShell scripting for automation tasks
Nice to have
- Experience integrating endpoint, DLP, or NDR telemetry with SIEM tools
- Fundamental knowledge of cloud security across Azure, AWS, and GCP
- Experience with Python and/or Bash scripting for automation
- Hold relevant cybersecurity certifications including Security+, CySA+, GCED, SC-200, SC-300, SC-400, MS-500, or CISSP
Benefits
- Work from Home set-up
- Comprehensive medical benefits
- Gratuity, PF, EPS and Bonus, NPS
- Shift Allowances
- On-call Allowance
- Health and wellness Allowances
- Learning and Development Allowances
- No question asked certification policy
- Certification Bounty Bonus
Additional details
- Shift Timing: Rotational
- Work mode: Remote, India
- Why Join Protera highlights: Work with global enterprise clients; Learn fast with mentorship, certifications, and career growth; Make a real impact in a company where ideas are welcome; Flexible work setup (remote/hybrid); People-first culture with a global mindset
- Company overview: Protera Technologies is an SAP Certified, Global Total IT Outsourcing Provider for SAP-centric organizations founded in the mid-1990s. It was the pioneer of SAP-on-cloud, running the world’s first SAP production instance on a public cloud. The company manages thousands of SAP and related IT workloads on Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Amazon Web Services (AWS), is headquartered in Chicago, IL with offices in Athens, Greece and Mumbai, India, and delivers cloud hosting, application management, and professional services focused on total customer satisfaction.
- Equal opportunity employer statement: Protera is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, celebrates diversity, and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
- Application instruction: Click “Apply Now” to submit an application, or connect with the team on LinkedIn for more information.
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