MS Defender Security Consultant at Careerwise, East Midlands, £500 per day

Role: MS Defender Security Consultant

Our client, a leading MSSP, is seeking an experienced MS Defender Security Consultant to play a key role in reducing alert backlogs and enhancing overall detection capability across their security operations.

Role Details:

• Rate: Up to £500/day (Outside IR35)
• Location: Occasional travel to East Midlands

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop high-fidelity threat detection use cases
• Review and refine existing incidents, including effective whitelisting to reduce false positives
• Tune and optimise detection rules across Defender and Sentinel
• Provide advanced analytical support within SOC environments

Required Expertise:

• Strong, hands-on experience with Microsoft Defender
• Advanced Microsoft Sentinel skills, including KQL (SOC Level 3 capability)
• Demonstrated experience in threat detection engineering
• Solid understanding of modern attack techniques and methodologies
• Ability to adapt and optimise rules between Sentinel and Defender