Security Operations Engineer

Security Operations Engineer | Microsoft Security Technologies | Contract Outside IR35 * Hybrid: 3-day onsite (Bank Station) OR Liverpool office * Rate: £350-£400/day (Outside IR35) * Contract Duration: Initial 6 months with a potential extension * Industry: Highly Regulated Environment Job Summary: Seeking for a Security Operations Engineer to join one of our highly regulated client on a contract basis. You'll be responsible for monitoring, detecting, investigating, and responding to security threats across Microsoft and hybrid environments. You'll play a key role in safeguarding critical business systems through proactive threat hunting, incident response, detection engineering, and operational support of core security programmes. Key responsibilities: * Investigate and respond to escalated security incidents and events * Perform event-based and policy-based threat hunting activities * Develop and maintain threat detections within Microsoft Defender XDR * Support network security monitoring and detection capabilities using Zscaler * Analyse security alerts, identify risks, and coordinate remediation activities * Provide technical and operational support for Identity & Access Management (IAM) initiatives * Support Data Loss Prevention (DLP) programmes and associated controls * Collaborate with Infrastructure, Security and Technology teams to strengthen overall security posture * Contribute to continuous improvement of security monitoring, detection and response capabilities * Assist with security investigations, reporting and operational security processes Qualifications and Requirements: * Strong experience within a Security Operations (SOC) environment * Hands-on experience investigating and responding to security incidents * Experience with Microsoft Defender XDR and security monitoring platforms * Knowledge of threat hunting methodologies and detection engineering * Experience working with network security technologies, ideally Zscaler * Understanding of Identity & Access Management (IAM) principles and technologies * Experience supporting or administering Data Loss Prevention (DLP) controls * Familiarity with Microsoft security technologies and cloud environments Services offered by Computappoint Limited are those of an Employment Business and/or Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Computappoint do not use AI to filter or assess candidates; we use experienced and dedicated recruiters who want to match the best people to roles