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Microsoft · 21 hours ago

Senior Security Engineer

Microsoft is a leading technology company focused on empowering every person and organization on the planet. As a Senior Security Engineer, you will drive secure development practices and build scalable solutions to ensure security is integrated into every application and infrastructure component.

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Responsibilities

Champion Secure Development: Drive secure coding practices and design reviews across Marketing services, infrastructure, and data. Partner with Service Owners and CISO teams to embed security into every stage of the development lifecycle
Consult and Solution: Act as a trusted consultant, helping teams architect security capabilities and build for scale. Develop reusable patterns and centralized solutions that simplify compliance and unlock agility across diverse Marketing applications
Incident Response: Own the response to identified vulnerabilities, security incidents, risks, and escalations. Drive remediation, root cause analysis, and long-term strategies to prevent recurrence, ensuring Marketing’s data and services remain resilient
Advance Data Protection: Collaborate with data engineering, product, and Marketing service owners to implement organization-wide tooling and policy frameworks that protect sensitive data. Lead the deployment of data protection solutions that safeguard customer, employee, and business information
Build Security Automation: Develop automation, tooling, and solutions that enable secure by design and secure by default at scale. Empower Marketing teams to move quickly and confidently, knowing that security is seamlessly integrated into every workflow
Foster Engineering Excellence: Coding standards, and robust code management for security solutions. Collaborate across engineering, product, and business teams to deliver end-to-end secure platform capabilities

Qualification

Cloud platformsData protection frameworksIncident responseSecure coding practicesProgramming languagesSecurity automationTechnical program managementThreat modelingRoot cause analysisCISSP certificationCSSLP certificationCollaboration skillsProblem-solving skills

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python + OR equivalent experience
4+ years of experience in software engineering, cybersecurity, or technical program management
4+ years of experience proven experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and modern data architectures, alongside expertise in incident response, remediation, and root cause analysis
4+ years of experience demonstrated expertise in implementing data protection frameworks and privacy regulations, building scalable security automation solutions, and collaborating effectively across engineering, product, and business teams
4+ years of demonstrated expertise conducting threat modeling and design reviews, implementing data protection frameworks, building scalable security automation solutions, and collaborating effectively across engineering, product, and business teams

Preferred

Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. + OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. + OR equivalent experience
6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C#, Java, Python, or JavaScript
Industry certifications such as CISSP, CSSLP, or similar (preferred)
Experience in marketing, data engineering, or related domains

Company

Microsoft

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H1B Sponsorship

Microsoft has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1M
Key Investors
Technology Venture Investors
2022-12-09Post Ipo Equity
1986-03-13IPO
1981-09-01Series Unknown· $1M

Leadership Team

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Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
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Vukani Mngxati
Chief Executive Officer - Microsft South Africa
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