Senior SecOps Engineer - Microsoft Security
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UK | Predominantly Remote | Occasional presence in London
Permanent
We are partnering with a specialist Microsoft Security organisation looking to appoint two highly experienced Senior SecOps Engineers to its growing Microsoft Cyber Engineering team.
This is not a traditional SOC Analyst position.
We are looking for technically strong Microsoft Security Engineers with genuine hands-on experience designing, implementing, engineering and optimising Microsoft Sentinel and Defender solutions within enterprise customer environments.
The organisation works extensively across the Microsoft Security portfolio and is looking for individuals who can bring significant technical depth while remaining hands-on with complex customer environments.
The Role
Working alongside Security Engineers, SOC Analysts and wider delivery teams, you will take responsibility for the implementation, optimisation and ongoing improvement of Microsoft security solutions.
Responsibilities will include:
Design, implementation and support of Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender / Defender XDR
Engineering and optimisation of SIEM capabilities across enterprise environments
Developing and tuning KQL queries, analytics and detection rules
Designing and implementing SOC automation, playbooks and scripting
Improving security event detection and response capabilities
Conducting Microsoft tenant health checks, security audits and architecture reviews
Analysing cloud security risks and recommending appropriate security controls
Supporting complex incident triage and resolution
Designing and documenting security engineering standards and processes
Researching and implementing new Microsoft security capabilities
Producing high-quality technical and customer-facing documentation
Working directly xgikmsk with customers and technical stakeholders
Supporting and mentoring more junior members of the engineering team
Essential Experience
To be considered, you should have strong commercial experience across the following:
Microsoft Sentinel / Azure Sentinel
Microsoft Defender / Defender XDR
Strong KQL / Kusto Query Language capability
Security Engineering, SOC Engineering or Microsoft Security Consulting
SIEM engineering rather than solely alert monitoring or incident triage
Detection engineering and security monitoring optimisation
Automation, scripting, SOAR or Sentinel playbooks
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