Senior SOC Engineer – Contract

Project overview

Key Responsibilities

Competencies

• 6-month rolling contract
• Hybrid 2-3 days
• Dublin City Centre
• Lead the engineering, integration, operation and ongoing enhancement of cyber defence platforms, including Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender/XDR, ServiceNow security integrations and related Azure services.
• Design, develop and maintain secure DevOps and CI/CD capabilities, covering Azure DevOps pipelines, infrastructure as code, Terraform, source control, automated testing, deployment governance, security scanning, approval gates, release management and secure software development lifecycle practices.
• Develop and maintain Microsoft Sentinel content and services, including telemetry onboarding, detection engineering, automation, reporting, retention management and platform monitoring.
• Automate operational workflows, approval processes, compliance evidence gathering and reporting, ensuring all platform changes comply with security policies, governance standards, testing requirements and audit controls.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an emphasis on quality, resilience and accuracy.
• Ability to design and implement secure, repeatable and maintainable automation solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Self-driven, with the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Strong sense of ownership, with a commitment to security, governance and effective service delivery.

Project details

• Start: ASAP
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Dublin, Ireland, IE