The Engineering Senior Specialist position at Merck involves designing, engineering, and operating enterprise-scale XDR and SIEM platforms, particularly within Microsoft and Google security ecosystems. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in security engineering, particularly with Microsoft Sentinel and Google Chronicle SIEM, and must be able to collaborate effectively across different teams to ensure operational resilience and threat detection quality
Job Summary
The role focuses on designing and operating enterprise-scale XDR and SIEM platforms within Microsoft and Google security ecosystems.
Candidates must possess deep hands-on engineering expertise to optimize platform reliability, data fidelity, and threat detection quality.
The position requires strong collaboration with SOC, cloud, identity, and infrastructure teams to ensure operational stability and compliance.
Matching Summary
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The Engineering Senior Specialist position at Merck involves designing, engineering, and operating enterprise-scale XDR and SIEM platforms, particularly within Microsoft and Google security ecosystems. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in security engineering, particularly with Microsoft Sentinel and Google Chronicle SIEM, and must be able to collaborate effectively across different teams to ensure operational resilience and threat detection quality.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Microsoft Sentinel engineering
Microsoft Defender XDR operations
Google Security Operations Chronicle
KQL proficiency for detection logic
Cloud security in Azure and GCP
Enterprise telemetry ingestion architecture
Nice-to-have
Operations-first mindset
Collaboration with SOC teams
Threat hunting expertise
SOAR automation implementation
MITRE ATT&CK alignment
Key Requirements
5+ years experience in security or detection engineering
Hands-on experience with Microsoft Sentinel and Defender XDR
Experience with Google Security Operations (Chronicle) or equivalent
Proficiency in KQL and structured detection logic authoring
Solid understanding of Azure and/or GCP cloud security