Microsoft Sentinel Engineer: Onboarding & XDR Specialist

Integrity360; Cape Town; Presencial; ZAR 600 000 - 900 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Training & certification opportunities

Occasional travel

Resumo da oferta

Integrity360 seeks a Microsoft Security Engineer to onboarding clients to our MSSP service with Microsoft Sentinel at the core. You will configure workspaces, connectors, data flows and validation to ensure secure, monitorable deployments handed over to SOC.

You will also onboard Defender XDR workloads and produce design and runbook documentation, collaborating with clients and SOC teams to ensure quality and compliance. Occasional travel may be required.

Qualificações

• Hands-on experience deploying, configuring or supporting Microsoft Sentinel in production or customer environments.
• Practical knowledge of Sentinel data connectors, Log Analytics workspaces, Azure Monitor Agent, Data Collection Rules, syslog and CEF collection patterns.
• Strong Kusto Query Language skills for data validation, troubleshooting, investigation and detection tuning.
• Experience onboarding and troubleshooting log sources across Microsoft 365, Azure, endpoints, identity, network, security and third‑party platforms.

Responsabilidades

• Deliver end‑to‑end onboarding of client Microsoft Sentinel environments into the MSSP service.
• Configure Sentinel workspaces, content solutions, data connectors, analytics rules, automation rules, watchlists, workbooks and related components in accordance with approved designs and service standards.
• Run technical discovery sessions to identify log sources, connectivity requirements, data volumes, retention needs, dependencies and onboarding priorities.
• Onboard Microsoft, third‑party, cloud, network, identity and application log sources using supported collection methods, including Azure Monitor Agent, Data Collection Rules, APIs, syslog, CEF and custom connectors where appropriate.
• Design and implement data filtering and transformation to improve signal quality, control ingestion costs and ensure the service receives the telemetry required for monitoring and detection.
• Validate data ingestion, parsing, field mapping, timestamps, health and coverage, and troubleshoot issues across source systems, collectors, networks and Azure services.
• Tune analytics rules, alert logic and incident generation in collaboration with SOC and detection engineering teams to reduce unnecessary noise while maintaining appropriate coverage.
• Onboard and integrate Microsoft Defender XDR workloads, including Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Identity, Defender for Office 365 and Defender for Cloud Apps.
• Produce accurate high‑level designs, implementation plans, configuration records, test evidence, operational runbooks and handover documentation.
• Coordinate with clients, project managers, architects, SOC analysts and service teams to manage dependencies, risks, actions and readiness for service transition.
• Apply repeatable engineering standards, peer review and change control, and contribute improvements to onboarding templates, technical patterns and internal procedures.
• Support troubleshooting and remediation during onboarding and early‑life support, escalating product or service dependencies where required.
• Undertake occasional travel where required to support client delivery.

Conhecimentos

Microsoft Sentinel

Kusto Query Language

Azure Monitor

Data Collection Rules

Defender XDR

Log Analytics

SIEM

Onboarding

Azure

apis

Ferramentas

PowerShell

Azure CLI

REST APIs

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Integrity360 seeks a Microsoft Security Engineer to onboarding clients to our MSSP service with Microsoft Sentinel at the core. You will configure workspaces, connectors, data flows and validation to ensure secure, monitorable deployments handed over to SOC.

You will also onboard Defender XDR workloads and produce design and runbook documentation, collaborating with clients and SOC teams to ensure quality and compliance. Occasional travel may be required.