Senior Cyber Security Engineer

Senior Cyber Security Engineer Contract period: 12.10.2026 - 12.01.2027 Location: Lysaker Main tasks: Review Microsoft Purview and DLP policies to assess whether data protection controls are adequately implemented to handle risks related to AI agents. Review Microsoft Sentinel and Defender XDR detections and alerting related to AI usage and data access. Review current logging and monitoring capability related to internal agent usage. Support AI developers with secure design patterns, guardrails, and security best practices. Assess and implement guardrails to prevent AI agents from performing unauthorised actions or accessing unauthorised data. Assess and improve the security posture of AI-related Azure services and infrastructure. Review AI agent permissions, identities, tool access, and work-flow security. Establish logging, monitoring, auditing, and alerting for AI agent activity where needed. Evaluate detection and response capabilities for AI-related threats and misuse. Report with overall evaluation, identified gaps and specific recommended actions. Review, testing and verification of established guardrails and detections mechanisms. Qualifications: Required: Azure security Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Microsoft 365 Copilot Copilot Studio Azure AI Foundry Cloud security and identity security Security monitoring and detection engineering Securing AI agents and agentic work-flows Preferred: Microsoft Sentinel Microsoft Defender XDR AI governance and AI security frameworks Infrastructure-as-Code security SSDLC and DevSecOps Threat modelling and adversarial testing of AI systems With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining and Manufacturing sectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.