Security Operations Engineer

Security Operations Engineer | Microsoft Security Technologies | Contract Outside IR35

Hybrid: 3-day onsite (Bank Station) OR Liverpool office
Rate: £350-£400/day (Outside IR35)
Contract Duration: Initial 6 months with a potential extension
Industry: Highly Regulated Environment Job Summary: Seeking for a Security Operations Engineer to join one of our highly regulated client on a contract basis. You'll be responsible for monitoring, detecting, investigating, and responding to security threats across Microsoft and hybrid environments. You'll play a key role in safeguarding critical business systems through proactive threat hunting, incident response, detection engineering, and operational support of core security programmes.

Key responsibilities:

Investigate and respond to escalated security incidents and events
Perform event-based and policy-based threat hunting activities
Develop and maintain threat detections within Microsoft Defender XDR
Support network security monitoring and detection capabilities using Zscaler
Analyse security alerts, identify risks, and coordinate remediation activities
Provide technical and operational support for Identity & Access Management (IAM) initiatives
Support Data Loss Prevention (DLP) programmes and associated controls
Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security and Technology teams to strengthen overall security posture
Contribute to continuous improvement of security monitoring, detection and response capabilities
Assist with security investigations, reporting and operational security processes Qualifications and Requirements:

Strong experience within a Security Operations (SOC) environment
Hands-on experience investigating and responding to security incidents
Experience with Microsoft Defender XDR and security monitoring platforms
Knowledge of threat hunting methodologies and detection engineering
Experience working with network security technologies, ideally Zscaler
Understanding of Identity & Access Management (IAM) principles and technologies
Experience supporting or administering Data Loss Prevention (DLP) controls
Familiarity with Microsoft security technologies and cloud environments Services offered by Computappoint Limited are those of an Employment Business and/or Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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