Cloud Security Engineer (DED)

Experis Manpower Group is seeking a highly skilled Cloud Security Engineer to join their team. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Azure, Microsoft Sentinel, and Defender for Cloud, with a proven track record of building data exfiltration detection capabilities and implementing robust security controls at an enterprise scale.

Key responsibilities

• Deploy Microsoft Defender for Cloud protections across multiple Azure tenants using Azure Policy and Policy-as-Code pipelines.
• Centralize logging in Microsoft Sentinel by connecting Azure, M365, and AWS environments.
• Develop and tune KQL-based exfiltration detections to identify unusual data volumes, rate changes, and abnormal access patterns.
• Detect exfiltration from Azure IaaS workloads by leveraging Defender for Servers, VNet/NSG flow logs, and firewall traffic analysis.
• Create comprehensive triage playbooks and runbooks to support the InfoSec and SOE teams.

Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in cloud security engineering, with at least 3 years focused on Azure environments.
• Advanced proficiency in building and testing custom Sentinel exfiltration detections using KQL.
• Proven experience deploying Microsoft Defender for Cloud plans at an enterprise scale across multiple tenants.
• Strong knowledge of Azure Policy, CI/CD pipelines, M365 audit logs, Entra ID, and Defender XDR.
• Ability to map exfiltration paths to security controls and document coverage gaps effectively.

What we offer

• Opportunity to work on complex, large-scale cloud security projects.
• Professional development through exposure to advanced threat hunting and detection engineering.
• Collaborative environment focused on incident remediation and security architecture.