Security Specialist
Syntax
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Košice • Slovakia
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About the role
- Deliver Microsoft-funded security workshops (Defender, Sentinel, Purview) including assessments, posture reviews, capability demonstrations, and architectural recommendations.
- Lead customer conversations as a trusted advisor, clearly articulating Microsoft security capabilities, roadmap recommendations, and industry-aligned best practices.
- Engage in pre-sales activities, working with Sales, Solution Architects, and the broader Security Organisation to scope, position, and present Microsoft Security offerings.
- Conduct security environment assessments, including identity posture, endpoint protection maturity, SIEM architecture, information protection requirements, and data governance controls.
- Produce high-quality customer-facing deliverables including findings reports, architecture diagrams, remediation plans, and modernization recommendations.
- Support technical design and deployment activities for Defender, Sentinel, and Purview solutions as part of customer onboarding to Syntax Managed Security Services.
- Assist in implementing security configurations, integrations, and detection content aligned to Microsoft best practices and customer environments.
- Contribute to use case development, analytic rule creation, and integration setup for Microsoft Sentinel.
- Support hands-on Defender for Endpoint and related Defender platform components as part of onboarding to MDR services.
- Collaborate with Security Operations and Security Engineering teams to ensure a cohesive Microsoft Security delivery experience.
- Contribute to the development of internal Microsoft-aligned content, methodologies, and templates used across workshops, pre-sales, and managed services.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience working with Microsoft Security technologies across Defender, Sentinel, or Purview
- Demonstrable experience in delivering customer-facing workshops, assessments, or pre-sales engagements
- Strong understanding of cloud security principles, Zero Trust, and Microsoft security architecture patterns
- Hands-on experience with at least one of the following: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint / XDR, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Purview Information Protection, DLP, or Compliance
- Ability to communicate clearly and confidently to both technical and leadership-level stakeholders
- Fluency in speaking, presenting and writing in English.
- Additional ability to speak, present and write in German is beneficial.
Benefits
- Flexible working time models, home office
- Attractive benefits, e.g. company pension scheme or various health offers
- A modern environment in which the 'you' is part of it
- Open feedback culture, flat hierarchies and a motivated team
- Individual career planning with continuous training and coaching on the job
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Microsoft DefenderMicrosoft SentinelMicrosoft Purviewcloud securityZero Trustsecurity assessmentsendpoint protectionSIEM architecturedata governanceDLP
Soft Skills
communicationcustomer engagementtrusted advisorarticulationcollaborationpresentationwritingleadershiptechnical communicationstakeholder management