Senior SOC Analyst with Microsoft Security Stack, Cyber Defense Platform

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Project overview

This project focuses on building and enhancing a mature cyber defense capability that combines advanced incident response with security engineering and automation. The goal is to improve detection accuracy, accelerate response times, and strengthen protection across cloud and on premise systems.

Position overview

This role serves as the final escalation point for Incident Management and Incident Response within the SOC team. You will be engaged when L2 analysts encounter technically complex incidents, including malware analysis, digital forensics, high impact events, and cases with significant business or client exposure. In addition to L3 analytical responsibilities, you will contribute to engineering activities such as SIEM tuning, SOAR automation, data source onboarding, and maintaining the quality of incident tickets. You will also mentor junior analysts and support knowledge sharing across the team.

We are looking for a Senior SOC Security Engineer with strong expertise in Microsoft security technologies and automation. You will play a key role in advancing SOC capabilities by designing automated workflows, improving detection coverage, and optimizing incident response processes using modern cloud and AI driven tools.

Responsibilities

Manage incident detection, investigation, and response across the SOC environment
Act as an escalation point for complex security incidents and lead end to end investigations
Design and implement automated SOC workflows using Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure Logic Apps, and Microsoft Sentinel
Develop AI driven agents and SOAR playbooks to support alert triage, enrichment, and response orchestration
Build and maintain data pipelines by onboarding, filtering, normalizing, and optimizing data within Microsoft Sentinel and Data Lake
Create and enhance detection rules, threat hunting scenarios, and analytical models using onboarded data
Integrate custom data sources by developing connectors and parsers to expand visibility across non standard systems
Collaborate with teams to improve monitoring coverage and operational efficiency
Evaluate and test new security tools and automation capabilities to continuously enhance the SOC technology stack
Mentor team members and contribute to knowledge sharing and capability development

Requirements

3 to 5 years of experience in a SOC environment at L2 or Security Engineer level
Experience acting as an escalation point for incident response and managing complex investigations end to end
Hands on experience with malware analysis including identification of indicators of compromise and behavior analysis
Experience with digital forensics fundamentals including evidence handling and timeline reconstruction
Practical experience with Microsoft Sentinel including rule creation, tuning, and data onboarding
Strong KQL skills with the ability to build and optimize analytical queries
Experience with Microsoft Defender XDR products and advanced hunting capabilities
Familiarity with Microsoft Azure security services including Entra ID and monitoring tools
Experience working with AWS security services such as CloudTrail, GuardDuty, and Security Hub
Experience with Fortinet FortiAnalyzer for log management and correlation
Understanding of networking, operating systems, and enterprise security principles
Experience with SOAR platforms and automation of incident response workflows
Hands on experience with Microsoft Copilot Studio for building AI driven SOC workflows and autonomous agents
Practical experience with Azure Logic Apps and Microsoft Sentinel playbooks for automating incident response including trigger based workflows, API integrations, and orchestration across security tools and external systems
Experience designing and integrating Adaptive Cards within Microsoft Sentinel and Logic Apps
Experience mentoring team members and supporting knowledge development

Nice to have

Experience working with Microsoft Sentinel Notebooks using a Jupyter based environment for advanced investigation and data analysis
Experience using KQL and Python to build custom analytical workflows, enrichment scenarios, and threat hunting models