Cybersecurity Engineer - Microsoft Defender suite, Purview, Sentinel, and Azure native security Administrator

Job Title: Security Engineer – Microsoft 365 & Azure Administrator

Location: Hyderabad, India

Reports To: Director of Cybersecurity, Qnity Electronics Segment

Position Summa

ryWe are seeking a skilled and motivated Security Engineer with deep expertise in Microsoft 365 and Azure security technologies to join our cybersecurity engineering team. This role will focus on the implementation, configuration, and continuous improvement of Microsoft Purview, Defender (365, for Cloud, and Cloud Apps), and Sentinel to safeguard our enterprise collaboration and cloud environment

s.As part of the Qnity Electronics business unit, you will ensure that security controls applied across the Microsoft cloud estate are technically sound, operationally efficient, and compliant with regulatory and industry standards applicable to a public manufacturing company serving the electronics end marke

t.Key Responsibiliti

• esEngineer, configure, and manage Microsoft Purview Information Protection and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) controls for structured and unstructured data across M365 workload
• s.Deploy and optimize Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Office 365, Identity, Cloud Apps, and Cloud to ensure threat protection coverage across users, devices, SaaS, and cloud workload
• s.Design, implement, and maintain Microsoft Sentinel analytics, incident correlation, and response automation for proactive threat detection and respons
• e.Apply security controls in accordance with internal policy and external standards (e.g., SOX, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001), ensuring traceability and evidence for audit readines
• s.Collaborate with infrastructure, compliance, and IT operations teams to enforce secure baselines for Microsoft 365, Azure subscriptions, and hybrid identities (Entra ID
• ).Conduct control gap assessments, assist with remediation efforts, and manage engineering backlog in support of security governance and compliance effort
• s.Contribute to incident investigations and root cause analysis involving cloud-based services, maintaining logs and telemetry in line with forensic and audit requirement
• s.Support continuous hardening of collaboration tools such as Teams, SharePoint Online, and Exchange Online while enabling business productivit

y.
Required Qualificati

• ons6+ years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, with specific focus on Microsoft technologi
• es.Strong proficiency with Microsoft Defender suite, Purview, Sentinel, and Azure native security Administrat
• or.Demonstrated ability to apply enterprise security controls to cloud platforms with compliance mapping to NIST, SOX, or similar framewor
• ks.Familiarity with Entra ID (Azure AD), Conditional Access, RBAC, and Zero Trust architectur
• es.Experience in a public company or regulated manufacturing environment is strongly preferr
• ed.Scripting or automation skills (PowerShell, KQL, ARM/Bicep, or Terraform a plu
• s).Excellent documentation practices and ability to maintain technical records for audit traceabili

ty.
Preferred Qualificat

• ionsMicrosoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert or Security Operations Analyst Assoc
• iateExperience in securing collaboration and manufacturing IT environments with mixed IT/OT bounda
• riesPrior experience supporting security engineering within a divested or restructuring business unit is a