Microsoft

Microsoft

Senior Service Engineer - Security Focused

United States, Washington, Redmond · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$120k-$235kDetected 1 day ago
AzureCybersecurityPenetration TestingNetwork SecurityDetection EngineeringComplianceSystems EngineeringTCP/IPDNSFirewallCiscoBGP/OSPFNetwork EngineeringMentoringSarbanes-OxleyCompTIA

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Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
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Entry-level history0
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Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70

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About the role

  • Help defend the network Microsoft runs on. Microsoft Digital's Network Defense Engineering (NDE) team in Redmond, Washington is hiring a Senior Security Engineer to help secure Microsoft's global network infrastructure.
  • Microsoft Digital (MSD) builds and runs the products and services Microsoft depends on. We pursue big ideas that drive transformational advances for Microsoft and its customers, and our engineers bring deep technical expertise and large-scale, first-hand experience to every problem we solve.

Responsibilities

  • You will define and enforce secure configuration standards, access controls, and credential management; drive vulnerability management, configuration compliance, proactive security reviews, and threat modeling to reduce the attack surface across the device lifecycle.
  • You will improve the development and operations of related systems and platforms - building and monitoring telemetry and analytics in Kusto (Azure Data Explorer) to surface patterns, detect anomalies, and strengthen AI-assisted detection, and delivering high-quality automation that reduces manual toil.
  • You will follow prescriptive security, privacy, and compliance standards, and periodically support penetration testing, SOX compliance, and security audits.
  • You will collaborate within and across teams - sharing insights and best practices, resolving cross-team conflicts, influencing security policy, and mentoring other engineers.
  • You will strengthen security orchestration and automated response, join the on-call rotation to drive incidents to resolution, and reduce manual toil through automation.
  • You will also support vulnerability management, configuration compliance, security reviews, and threat modeling, applying systems-level judgment to harden infrastructure and shrink the attack surface across networking and security teams.
  • As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals.

Requirements

  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
  • Requried/Minimum Qualifications:
  • This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice to have

  • Help defend the network Microsoft runs on.
  • Microsoft Digital's Network Defense Engineering (NDE) team in Redmond, Washington is hiring a Senior Security Engineer to help secure Microsoft's global network infrastructure.
  • As a Senior Service Engineer - Security Focused on NDE, your focus is detection and response engineering for Microsoft's network.
  • Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.
  • Experience in SOC, SecOps, or InfoSec environments, including threat detection and response, threat suppression, and incident response.
  • Hands-on experience with network security and detection engineering
  • ACLs, control-plane protections, AAA, segmentation, and telemetry-driven detection using large-scale data platforms such as Kusto (Azure Data Explorer).
  • Experience administering or securing enterprise network infrastructure across multi-vendor routing, switching, and firewall platforms, and familiarity with network protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, BGP, OSPF).

Compensation

  • $120k-$235k

Company info

  • Embody our culture and values.
  • We pursue big ideas that drive transformational advances for Microsoft and its customers, and our engineers bring deep technical expertise and large-scale, first-hand experience to every problem we solve.
  • Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Equal opportunity

  • equal opportunity employer.
  • If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the

Visa & Work Authorization

  • All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status
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