Microsoft · 21 hours ago
Software Engineer II
United States
Full-time
Remote
Entry, Mid Level
$101K/yr - $199K/yr
2+ years expMicrosoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate and envision what can be. They are seeking a Software Engineer II to help drive security and compliance improvements across their Azure Databases Infrastructure Security Team, focusing on enhancing security outcomes through coding and architectural changes.
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Responsibilities
Software engineering for scale – The Azure Databases Infrastructure Security Team is an engineering team and will be building at-scale solutions for Azure Databases. Engineers need a deep understanding of the broader system to provide solutions that improve the security posture in a standardized way. This involves creating libraries for standardized security functions, proof-of-concept code, and foundational changes to enable the Azure Database platform to operate securely
Cross-organization collaboration – The Azure Databases Infrastructure Security Team is a partner team to other Microsoft/Azure security teams that are tasked with other aspects of security like compliance, network monitoring, SDL, and Azure’s own internal red-teams. Understanding what these teams are doing, the problems they face, and working on complementary efforts is key
Security Design and Architecture - The Azure Databases Infrastructure Security Team is a security team. It operates on the forefront of emerging threats which affect cloud services and infrastructure. This includes understanding the attack vectors, behaviors, and tools that are being used in the wild as well as the most modern defenses. Using this knowledge, we provide durable solutions which help all teams in Azure Databases to provide secure and trusted platforms
Embody our culture and values
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ 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. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: 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
Prior experience building services which run on Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Experience with containerization/microservice technologies (Service Fabric, Kubernetes)
Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and authentication/authorization protocols
Proficiency in scripting and analysis tools (e.g., Kusto, Splunk, Python, PowerShell)
Demonstrated site reliability engineering experience
Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment system paradigms
Previous experience in identity or security domain areas
Company
Microsoft
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