Cyber Security Engineer

Summary: The Cyber Security Engineer role at HCL involves working in a hybrid capacity from Coventry, focusing on the design and implementation of security measures, including endpoint security and security agent migration. The position requires extensive experience in cyber security, particularly in configuring security logs and deploying EDR solutions. The role also includes collaboration with SOC consultants and documentation of processes. This is a 6-month contract with potential extensions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Configure & ensure availability of required logs into Sentinel (such as EDR, Qualys, Firewalls etc)
• EDR Deployment Planning: Assess the lab infrastructure and endpoints to determine deployment scope and strategy
• Plan for agent installation, network requirements, and compatibility with existing systems
• Deploy Falcon agents on chosen relevant endpoints
• Tune settings to minimize false positives while maintaining strong security posture
• Work with SOC consultant to configure alert rules and incident response workflows in Sentinel based on CrowdStrike telemetry
• Simulate endpoint threats to validate EDR detection and SIEM alerting
• Test Crowd strikes performance against the OT security visibility and threat protection use cases
• Set up data connectors between CrowdStrike and Sentinel using APIs or native integrations
• Document deployment steps, configurations and integration details

Key Skills:

• 10+ years of experience in Cyber Security
• Experience in designing & implementing Security Agents
• Knowledge of Security agent migration
• Expertise in Physical Security exploitation and design flaw addressment
• Proficiency in Endpoint Security
• Experience with EDR and SIEM tools, particularly Sentinel and CrowdStrike
• Strong documentation and reporting skills

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Coventry

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT