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Microsoft · 2 days ago

Data Engineer 2

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$101K/yr - $199K/yr

3+ years exp

Microsoft is a leading enterprise service company focused on securing digital technology platforms and devices. The Data Engineer will drive the centralization of access and curation of critical security data while ensuring its real-time availability and accuracy, contributing to the Cyber Defense Operations team.

Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Data-Driven Analysis - Analyzes key metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) and other data sources (e.g., bugs, unhealthy data pipeline) and identifies trends in security issues and escalates appropriately. Recommends improvements and/or metrics to address gaps in measurement

Leverages multiple sources of data in conducting and interpreting analysis. Evaluates data sets for anomalies and other patterns

Technical Insight: Provides technical insight on incident analysis and management, threat mitigation and an ability to translate into platform requirements, partnering closely with software development teams

Operational Rigor: Demonstrates exceptional operational rigor with real-world experience in cyber security operations, threat mitigation and incident response

Stakeholder Management: Manages critical stakeholder calls and meetings (including non-business hours) while addressing critical security incidents

Security Knowledge: Possesses extensive hands-on knowledge of security concepts including cyber-attacks, techniques, threat vectors, risk management, and incident management

Data Engineering & Management: Understand and administer data source access, availability, while proactively defining controls & policies to improve access and availability

Participate in oncall rotations/duties

Qualification

Data EngineeringCloud-based big data processingMicrosoft Kusto (KQL)Azure Cosmos DBData modelingData pipeline optimizationSecurity operationsStakeholder ManagementOperational RigorTechnical InsightSecurity Knowledge

Required

Master's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 1+ year(s) experience in business analytics, data science, software development, data modeling, or data engineering OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 2+ years experience in business analytics, data science, software development, data modeling, or data engineering OR equivalent experience

1+ years of experience in a Data Engineer or Software Engineer role with a focus on cloud-based big data processing

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role

Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter

Citizenship verification due to citizenship-based legal restrictions