Senior Security Engineer

Overview

The Cloud & AI organization at Microsoft accelerates the company’s mission to secure digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in diverse customer environments, while also protecting its own internal estate. Our culture fosters a growth mindset, inspiring excellence and encouraging teams to innovate daily, creating life-changing innovations globally.

Security is a top priority for customers facing digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and complex estates. Microsoft Security aims to make the world safer by empowering users and developers with end-to-end, simplified security solutions. This organization ensures Microsoft and the industry secure digital platforms, devices, and clouds. We cultivate an inclusive work environment aligned with Microsoft's values of respect, integrity, and accountability.

We are seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join our Azure Security Monitoring team. This team builds large-scale microservices that process terabytes of data daily to protect Microsoft Azure. In this role, you will design and build critical infrastructure focused on securing Azure compute resources, playing a pivotal role in shaping Microsoft's security future. If you are passionate about data, coding, and cybersecurity, and eager to leverage large data volumes for deep insights to combat cyber-attacks, we encourage you to apply.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-scale services forming the backbone of Security Monitoring.
• Execute security controls, defenses, and countermeasures to intercept and prevent internal or external attacks or attempts to infiltrate company systems.
• Research attempted or successful efforts to compromise systems security.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners within the Microsoft Security organization to design and build features that protect and secure Microsoft's first-party products and services.
• Work within a culture of continuous learning, adaptation, reflection, and growth.
• Mentor peers to ensure engineering best practices and maintain a high-quality code bar.
• Champion a 'can-do' attitude across the organization.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

A Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field AND 1+ year(s) of experience in the software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat modeling, cybersecurity, anomaly detection, Security Operations Center (SOC) detection, threat analytics, security incident and event management (SIEM), information technology (IT), or operations incident response; OR a Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field AND 2+ years of experience in the software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat modeling, cybersecurity, anomaly detection, Security Operations Center (SOC) detection, threat analytics, security incident and event management (SIEM), information technology (IT), or operations incident response; OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements

The ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements is necessary for this role. These include, but are not limited to, the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

A Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field AND 3+ years of experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat modeling, cybersecurity, or anomaly detection; OR a Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field AND 6+ years of experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat modeling, cybersecurity, or anomaly detection; OR a Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field AND 8+ years of experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat modeling, cybersecurity, or anomaly detection; OR equivalent experience. Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISA, CISM, SANS, OSCP, or Security+ are preferred. 5+ years of experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, anomaly detection, Security Operations Center (SOC) detection, threat analytics, security incident and event management (SIEM), and operations incident response OR a Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field. 3+ years of experience programming in C++/C# or Python or Scala or similar technologies.

Key skills/competency

• Cloud Security
• Microservices Architecture
• Large-scale Data Processing
• Threat Modeling
• Cybersecurity Defenses
• Anomaly Detection
• Security Operations Center (SOC)
• Incident Response
• C++/C#/Python/Scala
• Microsoft Azure