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Microsoft · 2 weeks ago

Senior Security Engineer - Security Incident Response - CTJ - Secret

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$120K/yr - $235K/yr

5+ years exp

Microsoft is one of the largest enterprise service companies in the world, focusing on securing digital technology platforms. The Senior Security Engineer role is integral to delivering world-class security operations, coordinating with investigators to mitigate threats and ensuring the security of Microsoft's products and services.

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

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Coordinates with investigators to prioritize investigation objectives, understands attack paths, and systematically executes mitigation and protection actions to evict threat actors for any security incident impacting any of Microsoft’s products or services

Conducts hands-on mitigation where possible; engages service owners when there is a risk of a production outage

Maintains hands-on knowledge of mitigation and protection steps for various asset types (e.g. M365, Azure, AI) and publishes self-service guidance for impacted engineering teams

Briefs executive stakeholders on eviction plans and associated status

Maintains and evolves an inventory of threat actor Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) and the corresponding eviction capabilities

Define and prioritize requirements and use cases for Microsoft’s threat actor eviction platform; operationalize as they are delivered

Drives strategic change to accelerate eviction scenarios (e.g. lean business cases to garner support for broader Microsoft product initiatives or features)

Participates in an on-call rotation

Qualification

CybersecurityIncident ResponseThreat ModelingSecurity Operations Center (SOC)Security IncidentEvent Management (SIEM)Anomaly DetectionKusto Data Query LanguageLarge-scale ComputingProblem StructuringAutonomyInfluencing Others

Required

Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, anomaly detection, Security Operations Center (SOC) detection, threat analytics, security incident and event management (SIEM), information technology (IT), or operations incident response

OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, 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

Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role

The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Secret Security Clearance

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

Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination

This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements

You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment

This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter

Preferred

5+ years of experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, anomaly detection, Security Operations Center (SOC) detection, threat analytics, security incident and event management (SIEM), information technology (IT), and operations incident response

OR a Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field

3+ years of hands-on experience working in cyber security incident response

7+ years of hands-on experience working in cybersecurity incident response

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field

Hands-on experience with incident response in Azure or Microsoft 365

Proficient with Kusto data query languages

Ability to work under pressure, structure unstructured problems and provide clarity where ambiguity exists

Ability to operate with autonomy, influence others, and a bias for action