Microsoft Security Engineer – Ownership & Growth

Found Talent; Ringway; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Found Talent is partnering with a technology organisation to recruit a hands-on Cyber Security Engineer with strong Microsoft security expertise. You will own security engineering initiatives and drive improvements across Defender, Sentinel, Entra, Purview and Azure in a fast-moving environment.

The role focuses on growing security monitoring, automation and incident response, while integrating security controls into delivery processes and expanding AI security capabilities.

Qualifications

• Hands-on cyber security engineering experience in a modern tech environment.
• Strong track record with Microsoft security technologies (Defender, Sentinel, Entra, Purview).
• Experience developing detection capabilities and improving security tooling.

Responsibilities

• Engineer, configure and maintain security controls across Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Entra, Purview and Azure.
• Develop and improve security monitoring, telemetry, detection rules and alerting.
• Build security automation, integrations and response workflows.
• Review existing tooling, identify gaps and drive continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with tech teams to embed security into delivery processes.
• Contribute to AI security capabilities, including controls and monitoring for AI agents.

Skills

Cyber Security Engineering

Microsoft Security

Security Automation

Cloud Security

Ownership & Initiative

Tools

Microsoft Defender

Azure Defender

Azure Sentinel

Microsoft Entra

Microsoft Purview

Security Copilot

Job description

Found Talent is partnering with a technology organisation to recruit a hands-on Cyber Security Engineer with strong Microsoft security expertise. You will own security engineering initiatives and drive improvements across Defender, Sentinel, Entra, Purview and Azure in a fast-moving environment.

The role focuses on growing security monitoring, automation and incident response, while integrating security controls into delivery processes and expanding AI security capabilities.