Microsoft

Senior Service Engineer - Security Focused

Microsoft • $119K — $234K *
Redmond, WA 98052In-Person
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 3+ years in software/network/service/systems engineering or equivalent experience.
  • Experience in SOC, SecOps, or InfoSec environments.
  • Hands-on experience with network security and detection engineering.
  • Familiarity with enterprise network infrastructure across multi-vendor platforms.
  • Relevant industry certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, CISM, or CompTIA Security+.

Responsibilities

  • Engineer threat detection and response systems for Microsoft's network.
  • Define and enforce secure configuration standards and access controls.
  • Build and monitor telemetry in Kusto (Azure Data Explorer) for anomaly detection.
  • Lead triage and root-cause analysis during on-call incidents.
  • Support security audits and compliance, including penetration testing.
  • Collaborate and share best practices across teams.
  • Embody the company culture and values.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness plans.
  • Generous paid time off and holidays.
  • Retirement savings options with company matching.
  • Ongoing professional development opportunities.
Full Job Description
Overview

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. You will engineer the services that detect, contain, and respond to threats - secure configuration standards, network access controls, and control-plane protections, plus telemetry-driven detection built on vendor device CLI and large-scale data platforms such as Kusto (Azure Data Explorer). 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.

Responsibilities
  • You will independently engineer and operate threat detection and response for Microsoft's network - detection engineering, threat hunting, security orchestration and automated response, including enforcement and containment actions - to mitigate threats.
  • 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 take part in the on-call (DRI) rotation for major-impact incidents - leading triage, root-cause analysis, and enforcement actions - and coordinate multiple workstreams under pressure.
  • 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.
  • Embody our culture and values.


Qualifications

Requried/Minimum 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.

Other 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.

Preferred/Additional Qualifications:
  • 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).
  • Experience with vulnerability management and configuration/security compliance in large-scale cloud or hybrid environments (e.g., Azure), including SOX and audit-readiness practices.
  • Relevant industry certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, CISM, OSCP, CompTIA Security+, or SANS GCIA/GCIH.


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Service Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $160,200 - $261,000 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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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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