MXDR Consultant

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Build & tune Microsoft Sentinel: data connectors, normalisation, analytics rules, UEBA, watchlists, workbooks and cost-savvy ingestion strategies.
• Orchestrate & automate: create pragmatic SOAR playbooks (Logic Apps/Power Automate) that slash MTTR and remove toil.
• XDR in the real world: deploy and optimise Microsoft Defender XDR across endpoints, identity, email and cloud; align detections to MITRE ATT&CK and real threats.
• Hunt & respond: KQL-led threat hunting, incident triage guidance, detection content packs, purple-team style improvements.
• Secure the data: advise on Purview information protection & DLP, from policy design to pilot and rollout.
• Make it land: roadmaps, runbooks, and regular stakeholder updates — translating deep technical detail into business-ready outcomes.
• Coach & mentor: guide junior consultants; share patterns, reusable content and lessons le...