Microsoft · 11 hours ago
Senior Security Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $235K/yr
5+ years expMicrosoft is one of the largest enterprise service companies in the world, and they are seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join their Azure Security Monitoring team. In this role, you will design and build critical infrastructure to protect and secure compute resources in Azure, while also leveraging large volumes of data to enhance cybersecurity efforts.
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Responsibilities
Design, develop and maintain high scale services that form the backbone of Security Monitoring
Execute security controls, defenses, and countermeasures to intercept and prevent internal or external attacks or attempts to infiltrate company email, data, e-commerce, and web-based systems
Research attempted or successful efforts to compromise systems security
Collaborate with partners, internal and external to Microsoft Security organization, to design and build features that enable in protecting and securing Microsoft 1P products and services
Work in a culture of continuous learning, adaptation, reflection, and growth
Mentoring peers to ensure engineering best practices and code is held at a high-quality bar
Championing a ‘can do’ attitude across the org
Qualification
Required
Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) 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 2+ 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
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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Preferred
Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection
Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection
Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection
CISSP CISA CISM SANS OSCP Security+
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), and operations incident response OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field
3+ years of experience programming in C++/C# or Python or Scala or similar technologies
Company
Microsoft
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