Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

Genesis10 is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer for a 12-month contract position with a client located in the Milwaukee, WI area. This role is hybrid with 3 days a week onsite. Summary: Genesis10 is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Engineer to design, build, and operationalize enterprise-grade data protection capabilities anchored in Microsoft E5. This role will lead engineering efforts for Microsoft Purview (Information Protection, DLP, eDiscovery/Audit), Sensitivity Labels, and secure-by-default guardrails, integrating enforcement and telemetry across Zscaler, CrowdStrike, and Splunk. This position supports a high-impact initiative focused on Insider Risk detection and data protection for regulated data (PII/PHI), while accelerating Copilot and Microsoft E5 controls adoption across SaaS and AI workloads. Pay Rate: $50.00 - $58.00 per hour.

Responsibilities:

• Engineer secure-by-default E5 data protection
• Design and implement Microsoft Purview DLP policies across endpoints, Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams.
• Define and manage Sensitivity Label taxonomy with automated enforcement paths.
• Build policy-as-code CI/CD pipelines to version, test, and deploy DLP rules, label configurations, and governance artifacts across environments.
• Integrate Security Tooling (Zscaler, CrowdStrike, Splunk)
• Integrate Zscaler SSE inspection with Purview controls and route telemetry to Splunk for analytics and detections.
• Leverage CrowdStrike telemetry (Falcon/Shield) to correlate endpoint behavior with data movement signals for insider risk and exfiltration use cases.
• Develop Splunk dashboards, data models, and correlation searches aligned to data loss and anomalous access scenarios.
• Build Automation & Guardrails
• Develop automation using Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Graph API, and PowerShell to remediate mislabels, revoke risky shares, and notify data owners.
• Implement secure-by-default configuration baselines and drift detection for E5 security controls, including MCAS/Defender for Cloud Apps and Conditional Access.
• Operate and continuously improve own reliability for data protection pipelines, including SLIs/SLOs, runbooks, and incident response playbooks.
• Partner with Privacy and Compliance teams to ensure audit-ready controls for eDiscovery, Audit, and exception management.
• Continuously improve insider risk detection and response workflows.
• Collaborate Across Security & Platform Teams
• Work closely with IAM, Insider Risk, and Platform Security teams to align enforcement with business workflows and least-privilege access.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers and analysts supporting Microsoft E5 tools and controls.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of engineering experience in enterprise security or platform engineering.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft E5 security stack, including Purview.

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Minorities/Female/Disabled/Veteran