SOC Security Architect - Azure, Sentinel, Defender

We have an urgent contract requirement for a Security cleared SOC Architect with strong MS Azure, Sentinel and Defender skills. You must be able to start a new engagement within the next two weeks.

Responsibilities:

• Lead design and deployment of Microsoft Defender and Sentinel across Azure estate - defining architecture, data connectors, analytic rules, and incident pipelines. (SCTY, SCAD, SINT)
• Configure and automate Azure resources (eg, VMs, Notebooks) from approved company images using IaC practices.
• Integrate Sentinel notebooks into security workflows, and deploy analytics pipelines for threat detection.
• Govern deployment process, execute change controls, coordinate with SOC operations and Cloud Ops.
• Document deployment architecture.
• Deploy additional SOC tooling and capabilities into Azure under direction of SOC management.

Skills required:

• Essential: Microsoft Defender suite, Microsoft Sentinel, Log Analytics Workspaces.
• Desirable: Azure ML Workspaces, Microsoft Fabric, Azure AI Foundry, Splunk
• Essential SFIA Skills at Level?5: SCAD, ITOP, SINT
• Essential SFIA Skills at Level?4: RELM, CHMG, SCTY, CFMG
• Desirable: USUP, RLMT, SYSP, DENG for comprehensive coverage.

This role will require all candidates to hold an Active UK Security Clearance (SC or above) and to be sole UK Nationals. The role will fall Inside IR35 and will be primarily remote with some UK travel required to client sites (occasional, not regular).