Immediate Joiners Required-Cyber-Defense & Resilience-MS Defender+EDR+AZURE Sentinel-DM(6-8 yrs experience)-Gurgaon

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The team

Deloitte helps organizations prevent cyberattacks and protect valuable assets. We believe in being secure, vigilant, and resilientnot only by looking at how to prevent and respond to attacks, but at how to manage cyber risk in a way that allows you to unleash new opportunities. Embed cyber risk at the start of strategy development for more effective management of information and technology risks

Your work profile

As an Deputy Manager in our Cyber Team, you will build and nurture strong working relationships with internal teams and clients, with the objective of exceeding client expectations. You will play a key role in designing, implementing, and optimizing SIEM and SOAR capabilities using Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, enhancing threat detection, response, and automation maturity.

Key Responsibilities

SIEM (Microsoft Sentinel)

• Work closely with security teams to understand detection requirements and translate them into Microsoft Sentinel analytics rules and use cases
• Design, implement, and test Sentinel use cases to detect specific security threats and attack patterns
• Continuously optimize analytics rules to improve detection accuracy and reduce false positives
• Develop and maintain KQL (Kusto Query Language)based analytics, hunting queries, and workbooks
• Tune alerts to ensure they are actionable and aligned with SOC operational needs
• Configure data connectors to onboard logs from Microsoft and third-party sources
• Ensure data is normalized and enriched using ASIM (Advanced Security Information Model) and threat intelligence
• Set appropriate alert thresholds based on behavioral analysis and threat intelligence
• Maintain detailed documentation for Sentinel use cases, including design, implementation, and tuning procedures
• Generate reports and dashboards to measure the effectiveness and performance of Sentinel detections
• Collaborate with SOC analysts, incident responders, and IT teams to ensure use cases align with operational workflows
• Work with Microsoft and partner vendors to troubleshoot issues and leverage new Sentinel features
• Proactively research and implement innovative detection techniques using threat hunting and analytics

Endpoint Security (Microsoft Defender for Endpoint)

• Develop and tune detection use cases leveraging Defender for Endpoint advanced hunting
• Correlate endpoint telemetry with Sentinel analytics for improved incident visibility
• Translate MITRE ATT&CK TTPs into endpoint-focused detection and response use cases
• Optimize Defender alerts and policies to minimize noise while maintaining strong security coverage

SOAR & Automation (Microsoft Sentinel Automation)

• Design and develop Sentinel automation rules and Logic Appbased playbooks to respond to common security incidents
• Create automated workflows for alert enrichment, containment, and remediation actions
• Integrate Sentinel with Microsoft Defender, Entra ID, ServiceNow, firewalls, and threat intelligence platforms
• Automate enrichment of alerts with contextual data to improve analyst decision-making
• Develop automation use cases based on recurring incident scenarios and threat patterns
• Continuously tune automation workflows to improve efficiency and reduce response times
• Monitor the health and performance of automation workflows and playbooks
• Establish feedback loops with SOC teams to refine automation effectiveness
• Maintain detailed documentation for automation workflows, playbooks, and scripts

Scripting & Integration

• Write and maintain scripts (e.g., PowerShell, Python) to support security automation and integrations
• Utilize RESTful APIs to enable communication between Sentinel, Defender, and third-party security tools

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Sentinel (SIEM & SOAR)
• Strong expertise in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Experience configuring, managing, and optimizing Sentinel analytics rules, workbooks, and automation
• Proficiency in KQL (Kusto Query Language) for detections, hunting, and investigations
• Experience developing and managing Logic Appsbased playbooks
• Strong scripting skills in PowerShell and/or Python for automation and integration
• Experience working with REST APIs and JSON
• Solid understanding of MITRE ATT&CK and converting TTPs into detection and response use cases
• Experience integrating Sentinel with Microsoft security tools and third-party platforms
• SOC Operations experience with a focus on SIEM use case development and SOAR automation
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills

Desired qualifications

• Education B.E / B.Tech (Tier 1/2) in Computer Science, Information Technology or related fields
• Experience Required - 4 to 6 years
• Shall have 4-6 Years of experience and proposed OEM certifications

Location and way of working

Base location: Gurgaon DLF (Mandatory client deputation)

Professional is required to work from office

Your role as Deputy Manager

We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society.

In addition to living our purpose, Senior Executive across our organization must strive to be:

• Inspiring - Leading with integrity to build inclusion and motivation
• Committed to creating purpose - Creating a sense of vision and purpose
• Agile - Achieving high-quality results through collaboration and Team unity
• Skilled at building diverse capability - Developing diverse capabilities for the future
• Persuasive / Influencing - Persuading and influencing stakeholders
• Collaborating - Partnering to build new solutions
• Delivering value - Showing commercial acumen
• Committed to expanding business - Leveraging new business opportunities
• Analytical Acumen - Leveraging data to recommend impactful approach and solutions through the power of analysis and visualization
• Effective communication Must be well abled to have well-structured and well-articulated conversations to achieve win-win possibilities
• Engagement Management / Delivery Excellence - Effectively managing engagement(s) to ensure timely and proactive execution as well as course correction for the success of engagement(s)
• Managing change - Responding to changing environment with resilience
• Managing Quality & Risk - Delivering high quality results and mitigating risks with utmost integrity and precision
• Strategic Thinking & Problem Solving - Applying strategic mindset to solve business issues and complex problems
• Tech Savvy - Leveraging ethical technology practices to deliver high impact for clients and for Deloitte
• Empathetic leadership and inclusivity - creating a safe and thriving environment where everyone's valued for who they are, use empathy to understand others to adapt our behaviors and attitudes to become more inclusive.

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