Security Engineer - Microsoft 365 & Azure

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Position Summary

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Security Engineer with deep expertise in Microsoft 365 and Azure security technologies to join our cybersecurity engineering team. This role will focus on the implementation, configuration, and continuous improvement of Microsoft Purview, Defender (365, for Cloud, and Cloud Apps), and Sentinel to safeguard our enterprise collaboration and cloud environments.

As part of the Qnity Electronics business unit, you will ensure that security controls applied across the Microsoft cloud estate are technically sound, operationally efficient, and compliant with regulatory and industry standards applicable to a public manufacturing company serving the electronics end market.

Key Responsibilities

• Engineer, configure, and manage Microsoft Purview Information Protection and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) controls for structured and unstructured data across M365 workloads.
• Deploy and optimize Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Office 365, Identity, Cloud Apps, and Cloud to ensure threat protection coverage across users, devices, SaaS, and cloud workloads.
• Design, implement, and maintain Microsoft Sentinel analytics, incident correlation, and response automation for proactive threat detection and response.
• Apply security controls in accordance with internal policy and external standards (e.g., SOX, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001), ensuring traceability and evidence for audit readiness.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, compliance, and IT operations teams to enforce secure baselines for Microsoft 365, Azure subscriptions, and hybrid identities (Entra ID).
• Conduct control gap assessments, assist with remediation efforts, and manage engineering backlog in support of security governance and compliance efforts.
• Contribute to incident investigations and root cause analysis involving cloud-based services, maintaining logs and telemetry in line with forensic and audit requirements.
• Support continuous hardening of collaboration tools such as Teams, SharePoint Online, and Exchange Online while enabling business productivity.

Required Qualifications

• 3-7 years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, with specific focus on Microsoft technologies.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Defender suite, Purview, Sentinel, and Azure native security tooling.
• Demonstrated ability to apply enterprise security controls to cloud platforms with compliance mapping to NIST, SOX, or similar frameworks.
• Familiarity with Entra ID (Azure AD), Conditional Access, RBAC, and Zero Trust architectures.
• Experience in a public company or regulated manufacturing environment is strongly preferred.
• Scripting or automation skills (PowerShell, KQL, ARM/Bicep, or Terraform a plus).
• Excellent documentation practices and ability to maintain technical records for audit traceability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert or Security Operations Analyst Associate
• Experience in securing collaboration and manufacturing IT environments with mixed IT/OT boundaries
• Prior experience supporting security engineering within a divested or restructuring business unit is a plus