Security Engineer with Microsoft Sentinel

Washington, District Of Columbia

  Salesforce - Administrator

Contract

Our client, a global IT organization, are hiring Security Engineer with advanced Microsoft Sentinel experience to join their security team on a contract basis. The successful candidate will collaborate with teams across various digital and security operations to design, build, and test security use cases. Your work will directly contribute to mitigating critical risks and enhancing security controls, with a focus on our Microsoft Sentinel instance.

Responsibilities

  • As the Security Engineer, you will analyse requirements and align efforts with the organization’s broader strategic roadmap.

  • You will configure and develop the company’s Azure Subscription that hosts their Sentinel production instance.

  • Mature their monitoring, alerting, threat hunting, and reporting capabilities based on ingested data (with a focus on Azure/M365 logs).

  • Reduce risks and threats targeting our Azure/M365 environments.

  • Discover and address emerging threat vectors in Azure/M365 environments.

  • Provide guidance on best practices for Sentinel deployment and operational management in live environments.

  • Co–design, develop, deploy and review Sentinel analytics rules, workbooks, notebooks, and automation/integration playbooks.

  • Optimize Sentinel’s connected Log Analytics Workspace for health and cost efficiency.

Skillset

 
  • Proven experience with Microsoft Sentinel, Azure, and M365 environments.

  • Advanced knowledge in designing and deploying security use cases in a complex digital landscape.

  • Experience analysing data sources and events to build effective security controls.

  • Strong collaboration skills to work with cross–functional teams and security experts.

 

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