An exciting opportunity has arisen at an award-winning Microsoft Partner for a SOC Deployment Specialist. The organisation is a fast-growing Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) delivering Microsoft-native SOC services to public sector, government, and enterprise customers.

This role is well suited to a security professional with a strong SOC background who specialises in deploying and onboarding Microsoft Sentinel and integrating the Microsoft security stack into operational SOC environments. The business places a strong emphasis on training and certification, offering the opportunity to work with cutting-edge Microsoft security technologies in a customer-facing delivery role.

This is a predominantly remote position; however, candidates must be UK-based. Due to the nature of supported customers, eligibility for SC and NPPV3 security clearance is required.

• Lead the deployment of Microsoft Sentinel for new customers, ensuring SOC readiness from day one.
• Integrate Microsoft Defender technologies (Defender XDR, Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Cloud, Defender for Identity) with Sentinel to deliver unified threat visibility.
• Work closely with SOC analysts to ensure detections are relevant, actionable, and aligned to SOC operating procedures.
• Engage directly with customer stakeholders to gather requirements, explain SOC capabilities, and support successful service onboarding.
• Validate data sources, detection coverage, and alert quality to ensure deployments meet operational and SLA requirements.
• Support transition of deployed environments into business-as-usual SOC operations, providing documentation and technical handover.
• Assist with tuning, optimisation, and ongoing improvement of customer SOC environments post-deployment.

• Hands-on experience deploying Microsoft Sentinel within a SOC or MSSP environment.
• Strong operational knowledge of the Microsoft security stack, including: Microsoft Defender XDR, Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Cloud, Entra ID (Azure Active Directory) and Microsoft 365 security tooling.
• Solid understanding of SOC operations, alert triage, and incident response workflows.
• Proven experience working in customer-facing roles, with the ability to communicate clearly with both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of cloud, identity, and endpoint security in Microsoft Azure environments.