Overview
We are looking for a qualified Microsoft Sentinel Subject Matter Expert (SME) to engage in a 6-month contract remotely, working closely with a key customer. The contractor will focus on designing and implementing advanced security solutions using Microsoft Sentinel, ensuring effective security monitoring and incident response, while also providing expert guidance tailored to the customer's needs.
Responsibilities
- Design, configure, and optimize Microsoft Sentinel environments for effective security monitoring.
- Develop and maintain custom analytics rules, workbooks, and playbooks.
- Implement automation and orchestration of incident response using Sentinel and related tools.
- Act as the primary subject matter expert (SME) on Microsoft Sentinel for the customer.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to tailor Sentinel use cases to the customer's security requirements.
- Provide ongoing support, tuning, and troubleshooting of Sentinel implementations.
- Ensure best practices for threat detection, incident response, and monitoring are applied.
Requirements
- Deep, hands-on experience with Microsoft Sentinel and Azure security services.
- Strong understanding of SIEM concepts, log ingestion, and security operations workflows.
- Proven ability to design and deliver scalable and resilient security monitoring solutions.
- Experience acting as a trusted advisor/SME for security operations and SIEM tools.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to work closely with customers remotely.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, and threat-hunting abilities.