Security Engineer: Defender XDR & Cloud Security

King & Spalding LLP; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness plan

401(k) plan

Paid Time Off

Job summary

King & Spalding LLP is seeking a Microsoft Security Engineer to administer and optimize Microsoft security platforms, including Defender XDR and Sentinel, across the firm’s environments in a fast-paced enterprise. You’ll design policies, manage identities, and support security operations to strengthen the organization’s security posture.

The role requires 3–5 years in information security and hands-on experience with Microsoft security tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in a related field.
• 3–5 years of information security, security engineering, security operations, cloud security, or related IT security role.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft security technologies such as Defender, Sentinel, Entra ID, Purview, Intune, 365 security, or Azure security services.

Responsibilities

• Administer and optimize Microsoft security platforms and Defender suite.
• Design and implement security policies, controls, and configurations.
• Manage identity and access controls, including conditional access.
• Support security operations across endpoints, email, cloud apps, and data protection.
• Develop detection logic, alerts, dashboards, and runbooks in Sentinel and Defender.
• Collaborate with threat response, detection engineering, infrastructure, endpoint, messaging, and compliance teams.
• Conduct security health checks, configuration reviews, and vulnerability remediation.
• Assist investigations involving phishing, malware, and account compromise.
• Stay current on Microsoft security capabilities and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in change management and incident response on-call rotations.

Skills

Defender

Sentinel

Entra ID

Purview

Intune

Azure security

Endpoint security

PowerShell

KQL

Logic Apps

Microsoft Graph

Conditional access

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Graph API

Logic Apps

Azure AD

Job description

King & Spalding LLP is seeking a Microsoft Security Engineer to administer and optimize Microsoft security platforms, including Defender XDR and Sentinel, across the firm’s environments in a fast-paced enterprise. You’ll design policies, manage identities, and support security operations to strengthen the organization’s security posture.

The role requires 3–5 years in information security and hands-on experience with Microsoft security tools.