Microsoft

Sr. Security Delivery Expert

Microsoft • $119K — $234K *
Palo Alto, CA 94303In-Person
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in Security Operations, Threat Intelligence, Cyber Incident Response, or Penetration Testing roles.
  • 4+ years managing people or service delivery with a focus on customer interaction.
  • Experience leading a security function such as SOC manager or Security engineer.
  • Expertise in operating systems and attack techniques across multiple platforms.
  • Experience with data analysis, cyber threat investigations, and tools like Sentinel.
  • Knowledge of the kill-chain model and modern penetration testing techniques.
  • Strong storytelling ability using data, with background in digital forensics or machine learning.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with senior customer security leaders on cloud detection and response innovations.
  • Partner with Microsoft Threat Experts for in-depth analysis of threats to customers.
  • Engage cross-functionally to innovate and enhance global security offerings.
  • Investigate incidents and develop robust detection strategies for customer tools.
  • Forge and improve partnerships to enhance Defender Experts service offerings.
  • Provide technical leadership and influence organizational direction.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage and wellness programs.
  • Retirement savings plans with company matching.
  • Paid time off and holiday leave.
  • Professional development opportunities.
  • Employee discounts and perks.
Full Job Description
Overview

Microsoft Defender Experts Team is looking for an experienced professional to join our detection and response team. No matter how sophisticated attacker behaviors become, Microsoft 365 Defender will help enterprises detect, investigate, and respond to advanced attacks and data breaches on their networks. Our team uses deep knowledge of the attacker landscape and rich telemetry from our sensors to perform root-cause analysis and generate custom alerts, ensuring that Microsoft 365 Defender customers are well equipped to quickly respond to human adversaries identified in their unique environments.

Ensuring that no human adversary can operate silently begins with experts harnessing the powerful optics provided by Microsoft 365 Defender, across the attacker kill-chain, coupled with world-class detections. We are looking for someone who is passionate about this work to help us harness the power of Microsoft's trillions of security signals to quickly identify and report the latest human adversary behaviors, drive critical context-rich alerts, build new tools and automations in support of hunting objectives, and drive innovations for detecting advanced attacker tradecraft.

Responsibilities

  • Work directly with senior leaders of our customers' security organizations as design partners on new cloud detection and response innovations, as well as to ensure excellent customer satisfaction with our products and services.


  • Partner with your team of Microsoft Threat Experts providing deep research and analysis of threats impacting our customers.


  • Work cross-functionally with engineering, marketing, and business leaders to innovate and deliver new security service offerings at a global scale.


  • Investigate, analyze, and learn from security researchers, attackers, and real incidents to develop durable detection solutions/strategies across customer tools.


  • Work with other internal and external teams to forge new and improve existing partnerships that help mature the products that support Defender Experts service offerings.


  • Provide technical leadership in a challenging and rewarding environment and influence the organization.


Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in a technical role in the areas of Security Operations, Threat Intelligence, Cyber Incident Response, or Penetration Testing/Red Team.


  • 4+ years of people/service delivery management experience, or relevant experience demonstrating customer interaction/support delivery.


Other Requirements / Preferred Experience

  • Experience leading a security function for a customer, such as SOC manager, solution lead, or Security engineer.


  • Knowledge of operating system internals and attack techniques in Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, and iOS platforms.


  • Experience with data analysis and cyber threat investigations in Sentinel.


  • Knowledge of kill-chain model, ATT&CK framework, and modern penetration testing techniques.


  • Knowledge of major cloud and productivity platforms as well as identity systems and related security concerns.


  • Experience with curation of Threat Intelligence and delivering customer briefings.


  • Strong ability to use data to tell a story.


  • Experience with reverse engineering, digital forensics (DFIR), incident response, or machine learning models.


  • Experience with system administration in a large enterprise environment including Windows and Linux servers and workstations, network administration, and cloud administration.


  • Experience with offensive security including tools such as Metasploit, exploit development, OSINT, and designing ways to breach enterprise networks.


  • Additional advanced technical degrees or cyber security certifications such as CISSP, OSCP, CEH, or GIAC certifications.


Security Research 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.

About Microsoft

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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