About this role
Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Security Engineer, Cyber Security Engineer, or Security Operations Engineer
- Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Sentinel (SIEM/SOAR), Microsoft Entra ID (Azure Active Directory), IAM, and Microsoft 365 E5 Security
- Experience with security monitoring and detection engineering, incident response, and threat investigation
- Experience with Dynamics 365 security administration and monitoring
- Experience designing and implementing enterprise security monitoring and threat detection solutions
- Strong understanding of Microsoft cloud security architecture and best practices
- Experience working in Azure-based environments
- Ability to work independently and deliver security outcomes in a fast-paced environment
- Desirable: Microsoft certifications such as SC-200, SC-300, AZ-500, or SC-100
- Desirable: PowerShell scripting and automation experience
- Desirable: Experience in regulated or enterprise-scale environments
Responsibilities
- Support and enhance our Microsoft security capabilities across infrastructure, cloud, identity, and business applications
- Strengthen security operations and improve threat detection and monitoring capabilities
- Secure critical business platforms
Technologies
- Active Directory
- Azure
- Cloud
- IAM
- Support
- Microsoft 365
- PowerShell
- Security
- Office 365
- Architect
More
We are seeking a hands-on contract Security Engineer to work across our Microsoft security stack, including Defender XDR, Microsoft Sentinel, Entra ID, and Dynamics 365. The role is based in Milton Keynes, with two days onsite per week. This is an Outside IR35 contract, initially for six months with potential extension, paying up to £700 per day.
last updated 46 week of 2026