Argus Media
Security Operations Engineer
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Security Operations Engineer
Security Operations Engineer
Argus is expanding its Security Operations capability to detect, investigate, and respond to threats across its global technology estate. The Security Operations Engineer will be a hands-on team member, working across Cloud, Endpoint and Email Security stacks to improve detection coverage, response capability, and operational resilience.
What Will You Be Doing?
- Monitor, triage, investigate, and respond to security alerts and incidents in Microsoft Sentinel and Defender XDR, including containment, recovery, escalation, and post-incident review.
- Develop, maintain, and tune detection analytics, automation playbooks, and alerting to reduce false positives, improve coverage, and shorten response times.
- Conduct proactive threat hunting using KQL across Microsoft Sentinel and Defender XDR data, mapping suspicious activity to MITRE ATT&CK where appropriate.
- Administer and maintain endpoint, identity, and email security controls across Microsoft Defender, Azure AD / Entra ID, and email security platforms, including anti-phishing, DMARC, DKIM, and SPF.
- Support vulnerability management by tracking, prioritising, and verifying remediation of identified weaknesses.
- Collaborate with infrastructure and development teams to embed security into systems, services, and deployments.
- Support compliance and audit activity by maintaining investigation notes, incident records, and evidence of security controls.
- Deliver security projects and initiatives aligned with the organisation’s security objectives.
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Skills and Experience
Essential
- At least 3 years’ experience in a security operations, SOC, or infrastructure role with security responsibilities.
- Strong operational knowledge of:
- Microsoft Sentinel
- Defender XDR
- Defender for Endpoint
- Defender for Office 365
- Defender for Identity
- Defender for Cloud Apps
- Entra ID (previously Azure AD)
- Ability to write and interpret KQL for investigation, detection engineering, and threat hunting.
- Experience with:
- Security controls
- Threat remediation
- Root cause analysis
- Reporting & continuous improvement
- Working knowledge of:
- Network security
- Cloud security
- Vulnerability management
- Incident response
- Digital forensics
- Threat intelligence or common attack techniques
Desirable
- Experience building security automation with Microsoft Sentinel playbooks, Logic Apps, or Power Automate.
- Hands-on experience with:
- Entra ID Conditional Access
- Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
- Identity protection
- AWS security experience, such as:
- GuardDuty
- Security Hub
- IAM
- Exposure to Microsoft Purview, including:
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
- Sensitivity labels
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What’s in It for You?
Our rapidly growing, award-winning business offers a dynamic environment for talented professionals to achieve results and grow their careers. Argus recognises and rewards successful performance and, as an Investor in People, we promote professional development and retain a high-performing team committed to building our success.
- Competitive salary and company bonus scheme
- Group pension scheme
- Group healthcare and life assurance scheme
- Hybrid working environment (currently one day in office)
- 25 days annual holiday (with incremental increase up to 30 days)
- Subsidised gym membership
- Season ticket travel loan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexible benefits platform (ability to buy:
- Additional medical cover
- Life assurance
- Dental cover
- Critical illness insurance
- Additional holiday days
- Travel insurance & health screening)
- Extensive internal and external training opportunities
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