Application Allowlisting Security Engineer

This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/13853193 Job Description: Application Allowlisting Engineer Locations: Charlotte NC, Denver CO, Chicago IL, Washington DC Apex does not support C2C hiring. - Support the design, implementation, and ongoing management of application allowlisting/application control capabilities across enterprise endpoints and servers. - Develop, review, test, and maintain application control policies and rules for applications, executables, scripts, libraries, and other components. - Evaluate application requests and determine appropriate allowlisting approaches based on factors such as publisher/signing information, file hashes, application identity, and approved execution paths. - Partner with application owners and security teams to validate business use cases and understand application dependencies prior to onboarding. - Review security, compliance, data-handling, and operational requirements associated with new applications and integrations. - Support application onboarding through development, testing, production-readiness, and implementation activities. - Troubleshoot blocked applications, scripts, or processes and identify appropriate policy or configuration changes. - Partner with Product Owners and Endpoint Control Owners to document requirements, approvals, exceptions, and technical decisions. - Support PowerShell and other scripting-based applications or automation within application-control policies. - Coordinate with Operations and engineering teams when application-control changes require deployment or configuration changes. - Work with application owners, vendors, and support teams to resolve compatibility, onboarding, and production issues. - Monitor application-control health and support policy enhancements, maintenance, exception management, and issue remediation after implementation. - Document technical requirements, configurations, processes, and operational procedures. - Support change-management processes associated with production security-control changes. Required Qualifications - Experience with application allowlisting, application control, endpoint security, or endpoint protection technologies. - Strong experience supporting Windows environments and understanding Windows applications, services, executables, and processes. - Experience developing, implementing, or troubleshooting security policies and controls. - Working knowledge of PowerShell and script execution within Windows environments. - Experience troubleshooting application compatibility, policy enforcement, or security-control issues. - Experience working within enterprise change-management and production implementation processes. - Ability to work across Security, Infrastructure, Operations, Product, and application-development teams. - Strong documentation, troubleshooting, and technical problem-solving skills. Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here{target="_blank" re ="noopener"} for more details. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Everforth Apex and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at https://www.apexsystems.com/privacy-policy{target="_blank" rel="noopener"} Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand trai