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Senior Software Engineer - Security Risk and Data

Multiple Locations, United States (On-site)

Senior Software Engineer - Security Risk and Data

24 Minutes ago • 4 Years + • Cyber Security • $117,200 PA - $250,200 PA

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Job Description

The Senior Software Engineer - Security Risk and Data will work within Microsoft's Security Risk Engineering team. Responsibilities include identifying and understanding threats to online services, analyzing security data to identify actionable insights, creating data products to mitigate risks, collaborating with engineering teams, defining security risk and remediation guidance, and ensuring world-class security across Microsoft's online services. This role requires close collaboration with internal research teams and a data-driven approach to problem-solving. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software engineering and security, with experience in data analysis and threat landscape understanding.

Must have:

4+ years experience in software engineering (C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python)
4+ years experience defining and using data for business objectives
Experience with security concepts and securing online services
Ability to meet Microsoft security screening requirements

Good to have:

Experience with Azure services (compute, storage, DBs, cache, networking)
Experience in team planning, estimation, prioritization, and mentoring

Perks:

Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Networking opportunities

Overview

Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity.

Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end-to-end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate.

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Security Risk and Data for our Security Risk Engineering team. Our goal is to understand the threats we face from emergent attacks and help them mitigate against real world adversary tactics, tools, and procedures utilizing a data driven approach. As part of the Microsoft Security organization, you will have a direct impact in contributing to 'Security above all else' as part of the Microsoft Secure Future Initiative (SFI), driven by our mission to protect customer data and privacy in the world's largest productivity suite. You'll work directly on advanced technologies, protecting our M365 services with cutting-edge security solutions including access control, secrets management, data analysis, DevOps, and engineering processes.

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.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
4+ years of experience defining data and utilizing it to achieve business objectives.

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:

Experience with foundational Azure services (compute, storage, document DBs, cache, networking).
Experience contributing to team planning, estimation, and prioritization. Experience mentoring developers.
Experience in securing online services and general security concepts.

Software 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 30, 2025.

Responsibilities

Work closely with internal research teams to identify and understand discrete threats to online services.
Work with our data platform to collect and analyze security data to identify actionable insights.
Create data products to identify, prioritize, and drive action across the company to mitigate key security risks.
Helping drive teams to deliver competitive online services with world class security across all organizations.
Deliver impact while fostering inclusive collaboration with engineering teams and partner teams across Microsoft.
Understand the threat landscape and define security risk and remediation guidance.
Embody our and

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Industry leading healthcare

Educational resources

Discounts on products and services

Savings and investments

Maternity and paternity leave

Generous time away

Giving programs

Opportunities to network and connect

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$117.2K - $250.2K/yr (Outscal est.)

$183.7K/yr avg.