Senior Security Engineer

About this role

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Position Location

Remote Type

Remote

Office Location (if not fully remote):

n/a

Job Description

## Senior Security Engineer

In this role, you will oversee the architecture and optimization of Microsoft Sentinel, Defender for Endpoint, and Identity Governance controls. You will bridge the gap between high-level security strategy and hands-on execution—leading detection engineering efforts, mentoring team members, and ensuring our cloud and hybrid environments meet rigorous defensive standards through proactive threat hunting and architectural reviews.

What you will do:

• Collaborate with the security team on detection engineering efforts within the SIEM platform, including use case development, correlation rule tuning, and alert optimization.
• Support the management and optimization of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, including policy architecture, strategy, and advanced investigation capabilities.
• Collaborate with the team to coordinate the technical response to significant security incidents, including root-cause analysis and control improvements.
• Conduct proactive threat hunting across endpoints, identity systems, and cloud environments.
• Define and maintain secure configuration standards for Azure, Microsoft 365, and hybrid environments. Lead the design and optimization of identity security controls (conditional access, privileged access management, and access governance).
• Define logging standards and improve telemetry coverage across infrastructure, cloud, and identity systems. Participate in architecture reviews to identify security risks early and recommend practical mitigation strategies.
• Guide vulnerability management strategy and remediation prioritization. Support regulatory examinations and cybersecurity audits with technical validation of control effectiveness.

Required Experience & Qualifications:

• 7+ ye...