NCC Group

Global cyber security and resilience provider

Senior Security Engineer

Security Engineering & ArchitectureUpdated on Nov 13

Full-timeRijswijk, NetherlandsNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

Strong experience delivering Microsoft security solutions, including Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender XDR, SOAR using Logic Apps or Power Automate, and Purview or data loss prevention.
Solid skills in Kusto Query Language, PowerShell scripting, and Git version control.
Experience optimising Azure costs through ingestion, retention, and table selection.
Experience with client workshops, architecture design, stakeholder management, and structured reporting.
Understanding of ISO 27001, NIST, and GDPR security standards and frameworks in a cloud context.
Professional fluency in Dutch and English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and optimise Microsoft Sentinel environments, including data connectors, normalisation, analytics rules, user and entity behaviour analytics, watchlists, workbooks, and cost-conscious ingestion strategies.
Develop and implement SOAR playbooks using Logic Apps and Power Automate to reduce manual effort and improve response times.
Deploy and optimise Microsoft Defender XDR across endpoints, identity, email, and cloud, aligning detections with MITRE ATT&CK and relevant threat scenarios.
Use Kusto Query Language for proactive threat hunting, support incident triage, and improve detection use cases in collaboration with SOC teams.
Advise clients on Microsoft Purview, Information Protection, and data loss prevention from design through implementation and rollout.
Translate technical solutions into business value through roadmaps, reporting, and stakeholder communication.
Support and mentor colleagues, contribute reusable assets, and share best practices within Fox-IT.
Support pre-sales activities, including scoping, proposals, and advising clients on security strategy.

Desired Qualifications

Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as ARM, Bicep, or Terraform.
Experience with Entra ID and Conditional Access.
Experience with Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Intune.
Experience mapping detections to MITRE ATT&CK.
Incident response experience.
Certifications such as SC-200, SC-100, CISSP, CISM, or ISO 27001.

Do you enjoy turning complex security data into intelligent, automated defence? At Fox-IT (part of NCC Group), you’ll help leading organisations across the Netherlands strengthen their security posture using Microsoft’s security ecosystem.

You’ll design and deliver Sentinel-led detection and response, build smart SOAR automation, and shape XDR strategies that drive real impact. This is hands-on consultancy work in a collaborative environment that values innovation, knowledge sharing, and high-quality delivery.

Microsoft Sentinel engineering:
Design, deploy and optimise Sentinel environments, including data connectors, normalisation, analytics rules, UEBA, watchlists, workbooks, and cost-conscious ingestion strategies

Automation & SOAR:
Develop and implement pragmatic SOAR playbooks using Logic Apps and Power Automate to reduce manual effort and improve response times

XDR implementation:
Deploy and optimise Microsoft Defender XDR across endpoints, identity, email, and cloud. Align detections with MITRE ATT&CK and relevant threat scenarios

Threat hunting & response:
Use KQL for proactive threat hunting, support incident triage, and continuously improve detection use cases in collaboration with SOC teams

Data protection & compliance:
Advise on Microsoft Purview, Information Protection, and DLP, supporting clients from design through to implementation and rollout

Client delivery:
Translate technical solutions into business value through roadmaps, reporting, and stakeholder communication

Knowledge sharing:
Support and mentor colleagues, contribute to reusable assets, and share best practices within Fox-IT

Business development:
Support pre-sales activities, including scoping, proposals, and advising clients on security strategy

Strong experience delivering Microsoft Security solutions, including:

Microsoft Sentinel (essential)
Microsoft Defender XDR
SOAR (Logic Apps / Power Automate)
Purview / DLP
Solid skills in KQL, scripting (PowerShell), and version control (Git)
Experience with cost optimisation in Azure (ingestion, retention, table selection)

Proven Consulting Capability:

Client workshops
Architecture design
Stakeholder management
Clear and structured reporting
Understanding of security standards and frameworks (ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR) within a cloud context

Language requirement: Professional fluency in Dutch and English (written and spoken)

Nice-to-have Skills:

Infrastructure as Code (ARM, Bicep, Terraform)
Entra ID and Conditional Access
Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Intune
MITRE ATT&CK mapping
Incident response experience
Certifications such as SC-200, SC-100, CISSP, CISM, ISO 27001

Ways of Working:

Focusing on Clients and Customers.
Working as One NCC.
Always Learning.
Being Inclusive and Respectful.
Delivering Brilliantly.

About the Company

NCC Group

Global cyber security and resilience provider

NCC Group provides cyber security and resilience services to organizations and governments around the world. It helps protect digital systems by offering a range of capabilities such as security testing, risk assessment, and resilience planning, backed by a global team of experts and supported by technology-enabled tools. The company’s approach combines human expertise with technical solutions to identify vulnerabilities, assess risk, and implement concrete steps to improve security and continuity. What sets NCC Group apart is its large, worldwide team and its emphasis on practical, end-to-end cyber resilience—working with clients from assessment through to implementation and ongoing assurance. The goal is to create a more secure digital future by helping customers manage cyber risk, reduce threats, and maintain business continuity at scale.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Manchester, United Kingdom
Founded: 1999

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