AstraZeneca
Healthcare
SeniorEngineer-Tooling(Sentinel)
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“Senior Engineer - Tooling(Sentinel) at AstraZeneca. Skills: Security tooling, Microsoft Sentinel, Cyber security. Coordinate security tooling operations. Support enterprise security tools”
What You'll Achieve.
Raise signal quality; Speed investigations; Reduce operational noise; Improve resilience; Improve compliance readiness; Meet service expectations; Ensure timely signals; Ensure relevant signals; Ensure actionable signals; Protect business operations; Reduce toil
Industry & Context.
Troubleshooting; Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years information security, Hands-on security tooling experience, Experience operating security platforms, Experience with platform configuration, Experience with scripting automation, Experience with security risk identification, Experience supporting regulated environments, Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Nice to Have
Experience supporting SIEM migrations, Experience supporting EDR transformations, Experience supporting NAS Protect enhancements, Experience supporting telemetry modernization, Experience supporting large-scale integrations, Experience in global regulated organization, Experience supporting vendor-managed tooling, Experience with license usage awareness, Experience with support overhead awareness, Experience with operational efficiency awareness, Experience with service value awareness, Familiarity with AI concepts
What You'll Do.
Coordinate security tooling operations
Support enterprise security tools
Maintain security tools
Perform platform administration
Monitor platform health
Support connectors and agents
Perform operational maintenance
Operate incident processes
Improve problem processes
Manage change processes
Handle release processes
Improve observation capabilities
Refine data ingestion
Refine data normalization
Refine alerting logic
Refine detection content
Strengthen endpoint protection
Strengthen storage protection
Handle EDR agent health
Handle NAS Protect agent health
Manage platform coverage
Ensure policy effectiveness
Integrate security services
Ensure tooling compliance
Manage access control
Manage data retention
Manage security data handling
Identify operational risks
Identify control gaps
Identify integration weaknesses
Identify telemetry issues
Contribute to risk assessment
Develop remediation plans
Address critical issues
Lead service quality improvements
Contribute to operating procedures
Contribute to automation improvements
Contribute to standards development
Contribute to support model development
Deliver tooling initiatives
Perform tool upgrades
Execute tool migrations
Work with technical units
Work with business colleagues
Work with external suppliers
Build practical solutions
Provide technical guidance
Mentor less experienced colleagues
Apply AI methodologies
Support AI methodologies
Apply machine learning
Support machine learning
Support investigations
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cybersecurity Engineering; SOC Operations; Incident Response; Partner technology teams; Diverse technical units; Business colleagues; External suppliers
Full Job Description
# Job Title: Senior Engineer - Tooling (Sentinel) ## GCL: D2 ## Introduction to role: Are you ready to own and improve our system for leading security events and related information? It is powered by Microsoft Sentinel and related security tools. This system protects the science that delivers life-changing medicines. In this senior engineering role, you will be the hands-on driver behind reliable, scalable, and well-governed security platforms that safeguard our hybrid and cloud-native environments. You will collaborate across Cybersecurity Engineering, SOC Operations, Incident Response, and partner technology teams to turn telemetry into credible threat identification and remediation outcomes. Will you use automation and an AI-first approach to raise signal quality, speed investigations, and reduce operational noise? Your decisions will directly improve resilience, compliance readiness, and the confidence our scientists and colleagues have in the technology they use every day. ## Accountabilities: * Security Tooling Operations: Coordinate and support enterprise security tools independently. This includes Microsoft Sentinel for security information and event management, endpoint threat detection and mitigation systems, NAS Protect, and other related platforms. Maintain these tools to ensure they remain reliable, protected, and efficient for wide-ranging detection and response. * Platform Administration and Support: Perform platform administration, health monitoring, fix, integrating telemetry, connector and agent support, policy tuning, upgrade coordination, performance optimization, and operational maintenance across supported tools to improve reliability and coverage. * Service Management: Operate and improve incident, problem, change, and release processes for security tooling, meeting agreed service expectations while driving predictable, auditable operations. * Monitoring and Data Insight Enablement: Assist in improving observation and analytical capabilities b
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