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Microsoft

Builds workplace software, PCs and cloud services

Security Consultant Secops

Security Operations & Incident ResponseConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of experience in cybersecurity consulting, security operations, SOC engineering, incident response, SIEM/SOAR, or related security delivery roles.
  • Hands-on experience with Microsoft Sentinel and at least two Defender workloads, such as Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Identity, Defender for Cloud, Defender for Cloud Apps, or Defender for Office 365.
  • Strong understanding of detection engineering, incident triage, threat hunting, the investigation lifecycle, containment and remediation options, and SOC governance.
  • Ability to produce customer-facing deliverables, including architecture documents, discovery outputs, deployment plans, design decisions, risk registers, and operational runbooks.
  • Working knowledge of KQL, Microsoft security logs, identity and endpoint signals, cloud security telemetry, and common attack techniques.
  • Experience communicating complex security concepts to technical teams, program stakeholders, and executive audiences.
  • A degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Security, Cybersecurity, or a related discipline.
  • Technical depth in SecOps delivery, including Microsoft Sentinel, SIEM/SOAR modernization, Defender XDR, Microsoft Entra security, threat hunting, incident response, SOC operating models, playbooks, dashboards, and reporting.
  • Knowledge of automation and AI tools and concepts, including Security Copilot, Azure AI Foundry, Logic Apps, Azure Functions, PowerShell, KQL, APIs, managed identities, OAuth/OBO, and automation safety controls.
  • Consulting and delivery capabilities including executive communication, discovery facilitation, architecture documentation, risk-based prioritization, stakeholder management, quality delivery, and reusable IP contribution.

Responsibilities

  • Lead SecOps discovery workshops, capture current-state SOC maturity, map detection, response, escalation, and operational gaps, and translate findings into modernization roadmaps.
  • Design and implement Microsoft Sentinel architectures, including data onboarding, analytics rules, automation playbooks, workbooks, incident enrichment, and operational reporting.
  • Operationalize Microsoft Defender XDR workloads across endpoint, identity, cloud, email, and SaaS signals to improve alert fidelity, investigation depth, and response consistency.
  • Develop KQL hunting logic, incident triage workflows, response playbooks, and reusable delivery assets to reduce manual effort and improve analyst productivity.
  • Apply agentic SOC patterns using SOCBot or Autonomous SOC concepts, with human-in-the-loop approval, read/write separation, auditability, and safe automation guardrails.
  • Partner with security architects, customer SOC leaders, product groups, and engineering teams to resolve delivery risks, validate design choices, and drive customer outcomes.
  • Support pre-sales and solution shaping through effort estimation, technical assumptions, discovery questions, solution narratives, and customer-facing demonstrations.

Desired Qualifications

  • Ability to identify repeatable delivery IP opportunities and convert project learnings into reusable accelerators, templates, workshops, and enablement materials.
  • Comfort working across multi-cloud and hybrid customer environments, including ITSM, CMDB, ticketing, threat intelligence, and vulnerability management integrations.
  • Growth mindset to continuously learn EAG Security agent portfolio capabilities and position them in customer conversations and delivery engagements.

About the Company

Microsoft

Builds workplace software, PCs and cloud services

Microsoft builds workplace software, operating systems and cloud infrastructure for consumers, businesses and government agencies, from small organizations to global enterprises. Microsoft 365 combines Word and Excel with Teams communication and Copilot AI features, while Windows runs PCs and Surface supplies the company's own computers. Azure rents computing capacity, storage and databases to build and run web applications. Microsoft also sells Xbox consoles and games, collecting revenue through software licenses, subscriptions, usage charges and product sales. Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Redmond, WA
Founded
1975

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