Microsoft · 3 days ago
Principal Software Engineer - Systems Architect
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $275K/yr
6+ years expMicrosoft is a leading enterprise service company seeking a Principal Software Engineer – Systems Architect to join their CISO Security Engineering team. This role involves defining tools and infrastructure to enhance security across Microsoft’s products, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and leading architectural discussions.
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Responsibilities
Leads Security Design and Architecture: Analyze and understand challenges in security business domain. . Develop and build durable solutions.. Own the technical approach to create and improve architecture. Deeply understand evolving security risk, security research, and security tradeoffs associated with engineering patterns and approaches
Guide cross-functional teams through architectural discussions and decision-making for solution components, including design, compliance and cost considerations
Develop and present architecture and design proposals: lead the testing and validation of hypotheses and proposed solutions
Author Well-Designed, Scalable, Reliable Code: Author thoughtful, well-designed secure code, including libraries for essential security functions, proof-of-concept code, and bugs or foundational changes. Effectively share findings from technical investigations
Collaborate with Partner Teams: Collaborate with the broader security engineering team and product teams to understand product and platform architecture and develop thoughtful security improvements
Lead the creation of design documentation and user stories: determine appropriate technologies and their interactions. Facilitate and contribute to design discussions, ensuring alignment across teams and incorporating learnings from prior work
Nurture Talent: Mentor other engineers throughout the design and testing process
Embody our culture and values
Qualification
Required
Bachelor'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 equivalent experience
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
Preferred
Master'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 Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
4+ experience operating and influencing teams in a complex, matrixed organization
Experience bringing clarity to ambiguity by defining success metrics, aligning stakeholders, and authoring strategic direction documents that drive cross-functional execution
Company
Microsoft
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10001+ employees
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Funding
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Leadership Team
Satya Nadella
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