Senior Security Service Engineer

Does pioneering new and innovative ways to reimagine and transform end-user productivity across the breadth and depth of Microsoft’s global workforce sound exciting to you?  Are you passionate about the future of work, driving innovation and showcasing an employee experience blueprint that inspires customers and partners to navigate their digital transformation?  If so, Microsoft Digital (MSD) team is an excellent place for you to grow your career.  

Microsoft Digital (MSD)’s mission is to power, protect, and transform the employee experience at Microsoft around the world.  Come build community, explore your passions, do your best work and be a part of the team within Microsoft Digital (MSD), is the team that innovates, creates, and delivers the vision for Microsoft’s employee experience, human resources, corporate and legal affairs, global real estate products, and runs Microsoft’s internal network and infrastructure, plus builds campus modernization and hybrid solutions. You will leverage the latest technologies and focus on empowering Microsoft employees with the tools and services that define both the physical and digital future of work.  

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, and we’re dedicated to this mission across every aspect of our company. is centered on embracing a growth mindset and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Join us and help shape the future of the world.   

As a Senior Security Service Engineer in the Network Defense Engineering team, you will empower network engineering and software development teams to achieve their security, reliability, and availability goals. You will lead the creation and maintenance of security standards and policies, conduct deep dive analyses in vulnerability management, and ensure compliance of network infrastructure. Additionally, you will define standards, manage access, identify and address security gaps, leverage data skills for analysis and driving solutions management, and publish self-service guidance and services. This role offers the opportunity to enhance your security skills and demonstrate your ability to envision and execute end-to-end solutions. You will drive impact across a geographically dispersed team within an inclusive global infrastructure management organization.  

This position is part of a hybrid workplace and flexible work arrangements are available. The general working schedule will require alignment to a Redmond, WA business day. 

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. 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.

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, or systems engineering
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years technical experience working with large-scale cloud or distributed systems.
• Experience managing, designing, or supporting network infrastructure (cloud and/or on premise). 
• Experience in InfoSec, SecOps, SOC, CSOC, CDOC or similar.

Other Requirements:
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 Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 8+ years technical experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, or systems engineering
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Management Information Systems (MIS), or other industry or product specific Engineering Certifications.

Service Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $153,600 - $250,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until January 28, 2025

#MSD #MSDJOBS #EEJOBS 

• Work closely with other cloud and physical network infrastructure security experts across Microsoft to investigate threats, coordinate response and remediation, partner with engineering teams on secure network design and policy, improve and automate processes, and contribute your experience and expertise to enhance the security of our hybrid network environment. 
• Independently implement high-performance solutions across teams while maintaining a quality checklist. You’ll also create and monitor telemetry data and influence analytics to better identify patterns that reveal errors and unexpected problems. 
• Respond to incidents and complex issues by identifying and troubleshooting the issue, deploying the appropriate fixes, and implementing automations to prevent recurring issues. You’ll also follow prescriptive guidance for security, privacy, and compliance standards. 
• Collaborate within and across teams by proactively and systematically sharing information. You’ll also resolve conflicts across teams and engage with partners to meet mutual objectives. 
• Improve the development and operations of related sets of systems, platforms, or products by sharing insights and best practices. You’ll do this by continually developing your understanding of insights and best practices, and by mentoring other engineers. 
• Participate in on-call rotations to resolve live site incidents, minimize customer impact, and document solutions and insights that inform ongoing improvements to infrastructure, code, tools, and/or processes that prevent the recurrence of similar issues. 

• Embody our and