Sr. Cyber Security Engineer - Perm
Atlantic Partners
- Chicago, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Managing the Microsoft Defender XDR platform deployed at the Firm including Sentinel, Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Cloud Applications, Defender for Office and Defender for Cloud
- Performing incident response on security events
- Performing threat hunting activities and creating new detections and protections based on the results of those hunts
- Designing, developing and implementing improvements to our security detection and protection capabilities
- Security projects include: (1) developing roadmaps, requirements and architectures for project, (2) collaborating and supporting other Technology Solutions teams on the security components of cross team projects and (3) ensuring a smooth transition from initial solution through architecture, implementation and steady state operations
- Engaging with vendors on support issues and performing regular product and business reviews
- Providing Level 3 problem management and troubleshooting
- Providing documentation on security processes and best practices for the Service Desk team
- Meeting deadlines and collaborating with internal and external Technology Solutions Teams
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 10+ years of experience supporting information security, incident response, executing security-related projects and applying security best practices in a medium-to-large sized organization
- 3+ years of experience implementing or managing the Microsoft Defender security suite
- Demonstrated prior experience planning and executing the security components of a Microsoft-centric technology organization
- Experience writing Kusto Query Language (KQL) queries in Sentinel and Defender Advanced Hunting
- Active Directory and Azure Active Directory / Entra ID security
- Microsoft Azure cloud security and administration
- PowerShell scripting experience
- Business acumen to understand the impact IT security and technology has on business outcomes