Microsoft Security Automation & Incident Response Engineer - Contract Position

Magnet Forensics is seeking a highly skilled Microsoft Security Automation & Incident Response Engineer to accelerate the maturity and efficiency of our security operations program.

This resource will be responsible for optimizing and integrating Microsoft's security platform, reducing manual analyst workload, automating repetitive tasks, improving detection coverage, and enhancing incident response capabilities.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer with deep experience in Microsoft Sentinel, Defender XDR, automation, and modern security operations.

This is a 3-4 month contract role

• Analyze existing alert triage and incident response processes
• Identify operational bottlenecks and manual activities
• Implement improvements that reduce analyst effort and response times
• Improve overall SOC efficiency and effectiveness

• Tune Microsoft Sentinel analytics rules
• Reduce false positives and alert fatigue
• Create advanced correlation rules and hunting content
• Improve quality and fidelity of security detections

Design and implement automation for:

• Alert enrichment
• Incident routing
• Ticket creation
• Escalation workflows
• Investigation support
• Standard response actions