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Original Job Post

Microsoft · 2 days ago

Senior Security Engineer

Redmond, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$112K/yr - $218K/yr

5+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Understand current security trends and vulnerabilities.

Participate in security design reviews and threat model reviews prior to the release of new products or features, communicating clearly the different security options and tradeoffs.

Deliver broadly available security trainings based on learnings from previous exercises or incidents.

Ramp up and understand new designs, systems, and technology as they are built.

Participate in comprehensive assessments of features and large-scale applications and environments.

Find vulnerabilities in various spaces such as web applications, native applications, database systems, authentication flows, distributed systems and designs, and protocols.

Participate in targeted campaigns against both pre-production and production environments.

Navigate through an ecosystem of multiple domains, technologies, protocols, and stakeholders.

Embody the company's culture and values.

Qualification

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Security vulnerabilitiesSoftware developmentLarge-scale computingModelingCyber securityAnomaly detectionMicrosoftMicrosoft cloud background checkProblem-solvingCommunicationNative applicationsWeb applicationsDistributed systemsDatabase systemsCloud servicesNetwork infrastructuresSecurity attacksProgramming languagesC/C++DotnetJavaScriptPythonSQLTroubleshootingDebuggingIntegrityIngenuityResults-orientationSelf-motivationResourcefulness

Required

5+ years experience in identifying security vulnerabilities, software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, and anomaly detection.

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check.

Preferred

6+ years experience in identifying security vulnerabilities, software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, and anomaly detection OR Master's Degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science or related field.

Candidate should posses integrity, ingenuity, results-orientation, self-motivation, and resourcefulness in a fast-paced competitive environment.

Ability to work collaboratively, solve problems with groups, find win/win solutions and celebrate successes.

Fundamental understanding of security knowledge around native applications, web applications, distributed and database systems.

Understanding of security issues for large scale cloud services and network infrastructures.

Possess a vast understanding of security vulnerabilities and attacks (Hardware, Firmware, Software, Network, and People), and the ability to understand new ones based on new technology being developed.

Proficiency in Programming languages (C/C++, dotnet, JavaScript, Python, SQL, others) with expertise in troubleshooting and debugging skills.

Benefits

Benefits and other compensation information can be found here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Company

Microsoft

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Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.

Founded in 1975

Redmond, Washington, USA

10,001+ employees

https://www.microsoft.com

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