Security Engineering Lead

Microsoft Security Engineer Lead

Location: Fort Worth, TX (Hybrid)

Duration: 6-Month Contract-to-Hire

Position Overview

We are seeking a hands-on Microsoft Security Engineer Lead to join our cybersecurity team in Fort Worth, TX. This role will provide technical leadership for a team of two security engineers while remaining actively involved in the design, implementation, administration, and optimization of Microsoft security technologies.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise with Microsoft Defender, Microsoft 365 Security, Entra ID (Azure AD), Conditional Access, and incident response. This individual will serve as the technical lead for security operations, threat detection, security hardening initiatives, and ongoing improvements across the Microsoft security ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of two Security Engineers, providing technical guidance and operational oversight.
• Investigate, triage, and respond to security incidents, alerts, and suspicious activity across enterprise environments.
• Develop and implement security controls, detection rules, and response procedures to improve threat visibility and reduce organizational risk.
• Design and manage Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) security configurations, Conditional Access policies, MFA enforcement, and identity protection controls.
• Conduct proactive threat hunting and security monitoring activities using Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel.
• Lead endpoint security initiatives, including device compliance, vulnerability management, attack surface reduction, and endpoint hardening.
• Partner with infrastructure, cloud, and application teams to ensure security best practices are incorporated into enterprise solutions.
• Develop and maintain security documentation, standards, procedures, and incident response playbooks.
• Perform security assessments, risk reviews, and remediation planning activities.
• Utilize PowerShell automation to streamline security administration, reporting, and operational tasks.
• Support regulatory, compliance, and audit initiatives as required.

Required Qualifications

• 5 years of cybersecurity or security engineering experience.
• 3 years of hands-on Microsoft Security experience.
• Strong experience administering Microsoft Defender XDR.
• Experience with:
• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Defender for Office 365
• Defender for Identity
• Defender for Cloud Apps
• Microsoft Sentinel
• Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)
• Conditional Access
• Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
• Experience leading or mentoring security engineers or security operations teams.
• Strong incident response, threat detection, and security investigation experience.
• Experience developing PowerShell automation scripts.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.