Job Title: SOC Engineer
Experience Required: 4 - 6 Years
Employment Type: Full time, Permanent
Department: Engineering - Software & QA / IT Security

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced and technically sound SOC Engineer with 4 to 6 years of experience to join our Cybersecurity Operations team. The ideal candidate will serve as a subject matter expert for our SIEM environment, with robust hands-on experience in Microsoft Sentinel and KQL. You will be responsible for creating and maintaining security runbooks, managing alerts, and fine-tuning threat detection rules to maximize operational efficiency and drastically minimize false positives.

Key Responsibilities
SIEM Management & Optimization: Administer, manage, and continuously optimize the enterprise Microsoft Sentinel environment.
Detection Engineering: Design, write, and implement complex queries using Kusto Query Language (KQL) to establish solid behavioral baselines and threat hunting rules.
Runbook & Playbook Automation: Create, test,



and update technical security runbooks alongside automated workflows (Logic Apps/Playbooks) to ensure prompt and unified incident responses.
Alert Tuning & False Positive Reduction: Analyze alert trends and systematically fine-tune detection rules to minimize false positives, elevate alert fidelity, and enhance overall SOC productivity.

Required Candidate Profile
Experience: Minimum 4 to 6 years of solid experience working within an enterprise Security Operations Center (SOC) or Threat Detection team.
Education: B.E. / B.Tech / BCA / B.Sc in Computer Science, Information Technology.
Core Skills: Deep, demonstrable expertise with Microsoft Sentinel and advanced query authoring via KQL.
Process Skills: Proven experience creating and structuring operational security runbooks and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
Technical Knowledge: Thorough domain knowledge of the Microsoft technology stack, cloud infrastructure security, network protocols, and attack frameworks.

📌 Soc Engineer Microsoft Sentinel & Kql Hyderabad
🏢 Softify Technologies
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