Senior Security Engineer

At Morgan & Morgan the work we do matters. For millions of Americans were their last line of defense against insurance companies large corporations or defective goods. From attorneys in all 50 states to client support staff creative marketing to operations teams every member of our firm has a key role to play in the winning fight for consumer rights. Our over 6000 employees are all united by one mission: For the People.

Senior Security Engineer

Location: Orlando FL or Tampa FL (Onsite Full-Time)

Work Arrangement: This is an in-office position open to local candidates only.

About the Role

Our firm is a large multi-state law practice with a sophisticated technology environment and a deep responsibility to protect highly sensitive client and matter data. We are seeking a Senior Security Engineer to strengthen and mature our Microsoft-centered security program. This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who thrives on threat detection tenant hardening identity modernization and security automationand who can clearly communicate risk and remediation to both technical teams and firm leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Detection and Response

• Engineer tune and operate detections and response workflows across Microsoft Defender XDR and Microsoft Sentinel including authoring and optimizing KQL queries analytics rules workbooks and hunting content.

Tenant and Endpoint Hardening

• Lead and execute M365 tenant hardening initiatives across the E5 stack establishing and maintaining secure baselines and configuration standards.
• Administer and harden endpoint security through Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Intune including device compliance configuration profiles and attack surface reduction.

Security Automation and Vulnerability Management

• Build and maintain security automation (e.g. Logic Apps automation rules/playbooks PowerShell Azure Functions) to reduce manual effort and accelerate response.
• Own vulnerability assessment and remediation tracking partnering with IT and infrastructure teams to close gaps.

Cloud Identity and Data Governance

• Secure and govern Azure infrastructure applying cloud security best practices across resources and workloads.
• Configure and manage Microsoft Purview for data governance information protection data loss prevention insider risk and compliance.
• Strengthen identity and access management (IAM) practices firm-wide including least-privilege enforcement and access reviews.

AI Security and Documentation

• Secure and govern AI and AI agents across the firm addressing data exposure identity and access for agents acceptable-use controls and the confidentiality and privilege concerns unique to a legal environment.
• Document standards procedures and runbooks; communicate security posture incidents and recommendations clearly to technical staff and firm leadership.
• Manage application security assessments and lifecycle oversight to retire applications that are inactive or pose security risks.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on expertise across: Defender XDR enterprise defense suite and Microsoft Sentinel with proficient KQL; M365 tenant hardening (Entra ID Exchange Teams SharePoint); Azure infrastructure security; security automation (SOAR); Entra ID and Conditional Access; vulnerability assessment; Defender for Endpoint Intune Application Control; and Microsoft Purview (DSPM IP DLP IRM DLM AI).
• Strong technical organizational time-management and communication skills.
• Participate in scheduled after-hours changes as needed.

Education and Experience

• Experience at a law firm or in a similarly regulated confidentiality-driven environment.
• Demonstrated experience securing AWS and/or GCP environments in enterprise settings.
• Experience designing and implementing security controls for AI and agent-based workloads.
• 47 years of experience as a Security Engineer at a large multi-state organization.

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Benefits

Morgan & Morgan is a leading personal injury law firm dedicated to protecting the people not the powerful. This success starts with our staff. For full-time employees we offer an excellent benefits package including medical and dental insurance 401(k) plan paid time off and paid holidays.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Morgan & Morgan provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

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