Defender Sr Consultant

Alignity; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

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Job summary

Alignity is seeking a Defender Sr. Consultant to lead design, deployment and optimization of Microsoft Defender security stack (Endpoint, Servers, Cloud) integrated with Intune and M365.

You will own technical delivery, set standards, mentor junior consultants and act as a customer-facing SME. You will drive end-to-end architecture for Defender across devices, onboard on-prem and cloud servers, and lead incident response using Defender XDR, Sentinel, and Entra ID.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, IT or equivalent.
• SC-200/SC-300/ MS-102/ AZ-500/ SC-100/ MD-102 certifications are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end architecture, design and rollout of Defender for Endpoint across devices.
• Onboard and secure on-premises and cloud servers using Defender for Servers.
• Configure Defender for Cloud including secure score and compliance.
• Design and enforce Intune policies for endpoint security.
• Define device onboarding strategy via Intune, GP, ConfigMgr and scripts.
• Tune detection and prevention; ASR, AI, web content filtering, AIR.
• Perform advanced hunting using KQL and develop detection rules.
• Lead incident remediation in Defender XDR portal and guide L2/L3 teams.
• Integrate Defender with Sentinel, Entra ID, Defender for Office 365 and Defender for Identity.
• Run posture assessments and gap analysis; deliver remediation roadmaps.
• Prepare solution docs, HLD/LLD, runbooks, SOPs and handover docs.
• Mentor consultants and contribute to pre-sales estimations and proposals.

Skills

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

Microsoft Intune

KQL (Advanced Hunting)

EDR/XDR

Security Posture & CIS/NIST

Enterprise Deployments 5k+ endpoints

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Computer Science/IT

Tools

KQL

Job description

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Role: Defender Sr. Consultant
Location: HYDERABAD | BANGALORE | PUNE | CHENNAI | MUMBAI | GURUGOAN | KOLKOTTA
Experience:6+ Years
Employment Type: Contract to hire
Work Mode: Hybrid
Notice Period: 0-15 days (If you have negotiable notice period or buyout option, please apply)

Requirements

Role summary

The Defender Sr.Consultant leads the design, deployment and optimization of the MicrosoftDefender security stack (Endpoint, Servers, Cloud) integrated with Intune andM365. The role owns technical delivery, sets standards, mentors juniorconsultants and acts as the customer-facing subject matter expert.

Keyresponsibilities

• Lead end-to-end architecture, design androllout of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) across Windows, macOS,Linux, iOS and Android devices.
• Onboard and secure on-premises and cloudservers using Defender for Servers (Plan 1 and Plan 2), including AzureArc-enabled machines.
• Configure and manage Defender for Cloud(CSPM and CWPP), including secure score, regulatory compliance,recommendations and workload protection plans.
• Design and enforce Intune policies forendpoint security: antivirus, EDR, attack surface reduction (ASR) rules,firewall, device control, disk encryption and compliance.
• Define device onboarding strategy throughIntune, Group Policy, Configuration Manager, local scripts and securitysettings management.
• Tune detection and prevention: exclusions,ASR audit-to-block transitions, tamper protection, network protection, webcontent filtering and automated investigation and response (AIR).
• Perform advanced hunting using Kusto QueryLanguage (KQL); build custom detection rules and analytics.
• Lead investigation and remediation ofhigh-severity incidents in the Microsoft Defender XDR portal; guide L2 andL3 response teams.
• Integrate Defender with MicrosoftSentinel, Entra ID (Conditional Access), Defender for Office 365 andDefender for Identity for correlated XDR visibility.
• Run security posture assessments and gapanalysis; produce remediation roadmaps aligned to CIS, NIST and ZeroTrust.
• Prepare solution documents, HLD and LLD,runbooks, SOPs and handover documentation.
• Mentor and review the work of consultants;contribute to pre-sales solutioning, estimations and proposals whenrequired.
• Present status, risk and posture reportsto customer stakeholders and leadership.

Must-have skills

• Microsoft Intune (endpoint securitypolicies, compliance, app and device configuration)
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Microsoft Defender for Servers
• Strong KQL and advanced hunting skills
• Deep understanding of EDR, XDR, threat andvulnerability management (TVM)
• Hands-on experience with large-scale(5,000+ endpoint) enterprise deployments

Good-to-have skills

• Microsoft 365 security and compliance(Defender XDR, Purview, Entra ID)
• Microsoft Sentinel integration andautomation (Logic Apps)
• Defender for Identity and Defender forOffice 365
• PowerShell and Graph API automation
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, CISbenchmarks and Zero Trust

Qualifications andcertifications

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, ComputerScience, IT or equivalent.
• Preferred: SC-200 (Security OperationsAnalyst), SC-300, MS-102, AZ-500, SC-100 (Cybersecurity Architect),MD-102.

Soft skills

• Strong communication and stakeholdermanagement; ability to lead customer workshops.
• Analytical, ownership-driven problemsolving under pressure.
• Ability to guide and coach a team.

Benefits

• Visit us at http://alignity.io/careers
• Alignity Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/V/D.
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