Security Automation & IR Engineer - Sentinel (Contract)

Magnet Forensics Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Magnet Forensics is seeking a highly skilled Microsoft Security Automation & Incident Response Engineer to accelerate the maturity of our security operations program. The engineer will optimize Microsoft Sentinel, Defender XDR, and related platforms, reducing manual workload and enhancing detection and response capabilities.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience with Microsoft Sentinel, Defender suites, automation, and modern security operations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Security Operations, Detection Engineering, or Incident Response.
• Strong Microsoft Sentinel experience.
• Strong Microsoft Defender suite experience.
• Advanced KQL skills and Logic Apps experience.
• SOAR automation and SIEM engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Security Operations Optimization: analyze alert triage and incident response to reduce bottlenecks and improve efficiency.
• Detection Engineering: tune analytics rules, reduce false positives, and create advanced detections.
• Security Automation: design automation for alert enrichment, routing, and incident workflows.
• Platform Integration: integrate Microsoft Sentinel, Defender XDR, and related Microsoft security stack with ITSM.
• Incident Response Support: improve playbooks, runbooks, and response automation.

Skills

Security Operations

Detection Engineering

Incident Response

Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Defender

KQL

Logic Apps

SOAR automation

SIEM engineering

Security operations workflow

Job description

Magnet Forensics is seeking a highly skilled Microsoft Security Automation & Incident Response Engineer to accelerate the maturity of our security operations program. The engineer will optimize Microsoft Sentinel, Defender XDR, and related platforms, reducing manual workload and enhancing detection and response capabilities.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience with Microsoft Sentinel, Defender suites, automation, and modern security operations.