Senior Security Engineer: Microsoft Sentinel & XDR Expert

NCC Group; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Working

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Pension

Life Assurance

Share Save Scheme

Green Car Scheme

Cycle Scheme

Volunteering programs

Job summary

Fox-IT, part of NCC Group, is recruiting a Senior Security Engineer to design and deliver Microsoft Sentinel-based detection and response. You will drive SOAR automation, XDR deployment, and threat hunting while guiding clients on security strategy and governance.

You will work hands-on in a collaborative NCC Group environment, mentoring teammates and shaping security roadmaps for diverse clients across the Netherlands.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering Microsoft security solutions (Sentinel, Defender XDR).
• Ability to design, deploy and optimise Sentinel environments and related tooling.
• Experience with cost-aware Azure ingestion and data management.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and optimise Microsoft Sentinel environments with data connectors, analytics and costs.
• Develop and implement SOAR playbooks using Logic Apps and Power Automate.
• Deploy Defender XDR across endpoints, identity, email and cloud with MITRE ATT&CK alignment.
• Threat hunting and incident response using KQL and collaboration with SOC teams.
• Advise on Purview, Information Protection and DLP from design to rollout.
• Translate technical solutions into business value through roadmaps and reporting.
• Share knowledge, mentor colleagues, and contribute to reusable assets.
• Support pre-sales activities, including scoping and security strategy advice.

Skills

Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Defender XDR

SOAR (Logic Apps/Power Automate)

Purview/DLP

KQL

PowerShell

Git

Azure cost optimisation

Tools

Logic Apps

Power Automate

Git

Job description

Fox-IT, part of NCC Group, is recruiting a Senior Security Engineer to design and deliver Microsoft Sentinel-based detection and response. You will drive SOAR automation, XDR deployment, and threat hunting while guiding clients on security strategy and governance.

You will work hands-on in a collaborative NCC Group environment, mentoring teammates and shaping security roadmaps for diverse clients across the Netherlands.