Microsoft

Network Security Service Engineer

Microsoft • $102K — $202K *
Redmond, WA 98052In-Person
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field with 1+ years of relevant experience, or Bachelor's Degree with 2+ years.
  • Experience in key areas such as software development lifecycle, threat modeling, and cyber security.
  • Preferred qualifications include a Doctorate or Master's with additional experience in threat detection or anomaly detection.
  • Certifications such as CISSP, CISA, CISM, SANS OSCP, or Security+ are advantageous.
  • Capacity to meet Microsoft and governmental security screening requirements.

Responsibilities

  • Proactively identify and mitigate potential security issues and improve network efficiency through automation.
  • Install and maintain security hardware and software systems.
  • Assess security policies and recommend improvements in collaboration with partner teams.
  • Enhance customer experience by analyzing data to address emerging issues and gaps.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation to support security operations.
  • Analyze security breaches and develop response strategies with partner teams.
  • Create detections based on monitoring data to identify intrusions or compromises.

Benefits

  • Microsoft provides opportunities for continuous learning and development.
  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs for employees.
  • Flexible work arrangements that promote a healthy work-life balance.
  • Access to employee resource groups that foster diversity and inclusion.
  • Retirement plan options including company-matching contributions.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

Responsibilities:
  • Proactively identify and investigate potential issues and patterns in security controls and drive mitigation strategies, while also implementing automation to improve efficiency and effectiveness across the network.
  • Install, upgrade, and maintain security hardware, operating system and software.
  • Identify gaps in security policy and administration, recommend solutions, and implement new and revised security standards, while working with partner teams to drive consistency and awareness.
  • Maintain standards and drive improvements for our customer and partner experience, responding appropriately to emerging issues and advocating for our customer experience through development and analyzation of key metrics, performance indicators, and other data sources (e.g. bugs, unhealthy data pipeline). Respond to escalations and recommend improvements as appropriate to address gaps.
  • Participate in on-call rotation to support security services.
  • With minimal guidance, analyze attempted or successful efforts to compromise systems security and, alongside partner teams, create recommendations to limit exposure, implement response plans, and take action.
  • Analyze potential or actual intrusions identified from monitoring activities and create detections based on available data (e.g., Indicators of Compromise [IOC] and Tools Tactics Procedures [TTP]).

Other
  • Embody our culture and values.


Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications:
  • 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.

Background Check 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.

Additional or preferred qualifications
  • Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND
  • 3+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field
  • AND 5+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection OR equivalent experience.
  • Build, tune, and maintain detections in Azure Sentinel (and partner XDR signals) using a detection-as-code workflow; map coverage to the MITRE ATT&CK framework across network, cloud, and identity stacks; partner with detection engineering to reduce false-positive rate and improve fidelity of high-confidence alerts.
  • Author and maintain TSGs and response runbooks for owned detections; partner with the SOC during P0/P1 cybersecurity incidents, contribute to blameless postmortems within SLA, and drive action items to closure - including SOAR / automation playbooks that reduce analyst toil and mean-time-to-triage.
  • CISSP CISA CISM SANS OSCP Security+


Security Operations Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102,100 - $202,200 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 $133,800 - $219,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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Size
181,000 employees
Market Cap
$1,762.4 billion
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$51.3 billion
Founded
1975
5 Year Trend
+15.5%
Revenue
$153.2 billion
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