MES Group Hiring! Full Time Consultant in - Ricebowl

1. Overview

MES Group invites consultants from Microsoft partners to provide a certified consultant to deploy and harden Microsoft Defender XDR across our Microsoft 365 environment. The work supports our Group cybersecurity plan and preparation for CSA Cyber Trust certification. Our Users are in Singapore, Malaysia, Maldives etc.

2. Scope of work

1. Assessment: review current Microsoft 365 security, Secure Score and gaps; agree a deployment plan.

2. Defender deployment: configure Defender for Endpoint, Office 365, Identity and Cloud Apps for all users and devices [approx. number of users / devices].

3. Hardening: attack surface reduction rules, EDR policies, Safe Links and Safe Attachments, anti-phishing.

4. Identity and devices: Entra ID Conditional Access, MFA and PIM; Intune compliance policies linked to Defender device risk.

5. Detection and response: alert tuning, incident response playbooks and Sentinel integration where in use.

6. Handover: as-built documentation, runbooks and knowledge transfer to the internal IT team.

3. Vendor and consultant requirements

Requirement

Mandatory / preferred

Evidence to submit

Microsoft Solutions Partner for Security

Mandatory

Microsoft partner profile link

Consultant holds SC-200 (Security Operations Analyst)

Mandatory

Certificate

Consultant holds SC-900 Security, Compliance & Identity Fundamentals

Mandatory

Certificate

SC-300 (Identity & Access) or MD-102 (Endpoint Administrator)

Preferred

Certificate

SC-100 (Cybersecurity Architect) or AZ-500 for the lead

Preferred

Certificate

3+ years deploying Defender XDR in production Microsoft 365

Mandatory

CV of named consultant(s)

At least 2 completed Defender deployments of similar size

Mandatory

Project references with client contact

Experience with Singapore PDPA and CSA Cyber Trust controls

Preferred