Microsoft · 17 hours ago
Security Operations Engineer II
Redmond,Washington,United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$101K/yr - $199K/yr
2+ years expMicrosoft is focused on its productivity cloud strategy and enabling secure remote work for its customers. The FastTrack Security and Privacy team is looking for a Security Operations Engineer to ensure security policy accuracy, design mitigation strategies, and collaborate with various teams to enhance security measures.
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Responsibilities
You will ensure accuracy and comprehensiveness in security policy, and design mitigation strategies for identified gaps. You’ll also collaborate with internal and external parties to ensure service level agreements are reached when addressing threats
You will design for the customer experience by sharing best practices, interacting directly with customers, and resolving issues. You’ll also recommend mitigation strategies based on identified security trends
Under guidance, you will analyze specific aspects of attempts to compromise systems security. You’ll also use monitoring techniques to identify intrustions
You will understand how weaponized code can be used and recommend potential detections and signatures for defense capabilities
Design evolving common infrastructure architecture for our organization
Support development teams with securing applications and services
You will stay relevant with emerging Azure features including risk and security principles
Partner with engineering, program management and operations personnel within the FastTrack organization implementing secure infrastructure improvements to processes and technologies
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. 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
5+ years of experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, and anomaly detection
Master's Degree or Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field
CISSP, CISA, CISM, SANS, GCIA, GCIH, OSCP, and/or Security+ certification
4+ years of experience in one or more; Azure infrastructure, 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
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