Microsoft Defender Security Engineer

Join us as a Microsoft Defender Security Engineer. Take on a new challenge and use your specialist knowledge to support the wider organisation in building and operating secure services that protect both colleagues and customers. You'll act as a subject matter expert in a security related field, making sure that the security implications of the backlog are understood in the right way, building security early into design.

You'll be joining an exciting and fast-paced area of the bank, where you can expect great exposure both for you and your work. You'll work from home some of the time, but you'll also spend a minimum of 1 day per week working from Edinburgh.

What you'll do

• Work at a domain level to understand and ensure robust security is continuously considered and incorporated at every stage, programme increment and feature team delivery throughout the development lifecycle and through to support.
• Collaborate with feature teams and participate in story refinement, sprint planning and retrospective sessions, establishing a culture of innovation and strategic thinking.
• Support the design, deployment, and transition to BAU of Microsoft security solutions, particularly Microsoft Defender and Sentinel.
• Proactively work with the vendor on the development and testing of new features and capabilities.
• Support digital and security colleagues with Microsoft security solutions knowledge during incidents.
• Proactively research how other organisations are adopting and exploiting the capabilities of Microsoft security solutions to address security challenges and improve the effectiveness of security teams.
• Support the ongoing backlog development and maintenance.
• Actively contribute to your centre of excellence (CoE) specialism by cross sharing learnings and best practice with CoE and community of practice colleagues.

The skills you'll need

• Knowledge of one or more security subject areas and experience of setting risk appetites.
• Experience implementing or supporting, in an engineering capacity, two or more Microsoft Security products from the following list: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Microsoft Sentinel.
• Experience working with Microsoft Azure is highly desirable, particularly Azure Logic Apps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• A proactive learner who is curious, adaptable, and constantly seeks opportunities to enhance performance and effectiveness.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical challenges.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical colleagues.
• Microsoft security certifications, such as SC-200 and SC-900, are desirable.

Hours: 35

Job Posting Closing Date: 06/08/2026

Ways of Working: Remote First