Riyadh Onsite | IT Security Engineer – Microsoft 365 Security

Overview

Employment Type - One-Year Contract (Extendable)

Microsoft 365 Security Engineer

Microsoft 365 Security Implementation & Management

• Configure, manage, and optimize

Microsoft Defender Xdr

• , including: Defender for Endpoint
• Defender for Office 365
• Defender for Identity
• Defender for Cloud Apps
• Implement and maintain

Microsoft Purview Compliance Solutions

• Insider Risk Management

• Information Protection
• eDiscovery
• Secure
• Microsoft 365 services
• such as Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, and Microsoft Teams through security policies and best practices.

Identity & Access Management (Iam)

• Deploy and manage

Microsoft Entra Id (Azure Ad)

• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

• Implement and operate: Passwordless authentication

• Single Sign-On (SSO)

• Just-in-Time (JIT) access controls
• Monitor and mitigate identity-based security threats.

Threat Detection & Incident Response

• Monitor, investigate, and respond to security alerts using: Microsoft Sentinel (SIEM)
• Defender XDR

• Microsoft Security Centre

• Perform security incident analysis, containment, remediation, and root cause analysis.
• Develop and improve incident response playbooks and procedures.

Compliance & Risk Management

• Conduct regular security assessments, audits, and risk evaluations.
• Identify vulnerabilities and implement corrective security controls.
• Ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory security standards.
• Design and enforce
• DLP policies
• to protect sensitive data across Microsoft 365 workloads.

Endpoint & Cloud Security

• Deploy and manage

Microsoft Intune (Endpoint Manager)

• for: Device compliance
• Endpoint security
• Application and policy management
• Enforce: Windows Defender security baselines
• BitLocker encryption
• Microsoft Edge security configurations
• Harden Azure cloud workloads and ensure alignment with
• Azure Security Center / Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• best practices.

Required Skills & Experience

• **5+ years**
• of experience in
• Microsoft 365 Security, Azure Security, or Cloud Security Engineering
• .
• Strong hands-on expertise with: Microsoft Defender XDR
• Defender for Endpoint
• Defender for Office 365
• In-depth experience with

Azure Ad And Microsoft Entra Id

• , including Conditional Access, MFA, PIM, and RBAC.
• Solid knowledge of

Microsoft Intune (Endpoint Manager)

• and Windows security configurations.
• Experience with

Data Loss Prevention (Dlp)

• , Information Protection, and compliance controls.
• Proficiency in
• PowerShell scripting
• for automation and security configurations.
• Familiarity with

Microsoft Graph Api

• and security integrations.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.

• Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert

• Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate (SC-200)
• Microsoft Certified: Information Protection Administrator Associate (SC-400)
• Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300)

Education

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in

Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Security

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