Principal Cybersecurity Engineer

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Skills you'll use

What you'll do

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, related field, or a minimum of 8 years of experience in cybersecurity.
• Technical expertise in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (MDO), including policy design, anti-phishing strategy, threat investigation and tuning at enterprise scale.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE), including EDR operations, Advanced Hunting (KQL), Attack Surface Reduction and detection engineering.
• Experience with Microsoft Purview, including Information Protection, Sensitivity Label architecture, DLP strategy, eDiscovery and data lifecycle governance.
• Ability to define and drive enterprise security strategies without direct managerial authority, influencing outcomes through technical credibility and thought leadership.
• Demonstrated success operationalizing security controls, embedding protection into real-world business workflows while minimizing friction and enabling productivity.
• Experience leading complex investigations, high-severity incident response, and root-cause analysis related to email, endpoint and data compromise.
• Proven ability to author technical standards, playbooks and design guidance that set direction for engineering teams and operational partners.

Who can apply

• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical risk, trade-offs, and recommendations to security leadership, IT stakeholders and business partners.
• Must be willing to work weekends/off-shift hours, as needed during cybersecurity incidents.
• Hands-on experience with enterprise security tools such as SIEM, SOAR, threat intelligence platforms and cloud security controls.
• Ability to work independently with strong time management skills, consistently driving value and delivering results without direct supervision.
• Commitment to continuous learning in an evolving cybersecurity landscape.
• Accountability for technical authority over Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, and Microsoft Purview, with enterprise-wide architecture, design and control decisions established and maintained.
• Continuous analysis of threat trends, security telemetry, and control performance to ensure ongoing design, tuning and improvement of email, endpoint and data protection strategies.
• Participation in and leadership of complex investigations and high-severity incidents, with advanced hunting, deep technical analysis and root-cause identification.

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