Security Operation Engineer
Microsoft
USD 139,900-274,800 / year
Posted on May 23, 2025
Security Operation Engineer
Multiple Locations, United States
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Date posted
May 22, 2025
Job number
1825437
Work site
Up to 100% work from home
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
Individual Contributor
Profession
Security Engineering
Discipline
Security Operations Engineering
Employment type
Full-Time
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.
We are looking for a Principal Security Operations Engineer to join the CISO Operation organization to secure Azure and on Prem infrastructure. A typical person in this role executes security controls, defenses, and countermeasures to intercept and prevent internal or external attacks or attempts to infiltrate company email, data, e-commerce, and web-based systems. The person would also be responsible to research attempted or successful efforts to compromise systems security and determines next steps, including potential escalations. The person would be responsible for developing and implementing automation of security process and procedure where possible and translating security policy into effective controls.
The person would actively respond to security incidents, conduct threat intelligence and analysis, and uses data analytics to drive security decisions. The person in this role would also conduct and support red/purple team operations or improve security posture. He would also be responsible to maintain hardware, software, and network firewalls and encryption protocols. The person would occasionally administer security policies to control access to systems.
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/Minimum Qualifications:
- 7+ years of experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, anomaly detection, Security Operations Center (SOC) detection, threat analytics, security incident and event management (SIEM), information technology (IT), and operations incident response
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
- 5+ years of cloud infrastructure and security operations including experience with configuration and security tooling and operations at scale
- 4+ years of large network / security architecture ownership at a large service provider or cloud provider.
- 4+ years of customer facing experience supporting complex infrastructure products or solutions.
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.
Additional or Preferred Qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, and anomaly detection
- OR Master's Degree or Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
- CISSP, CISA, CISM, SANS, GCIA, GCIH, OSCP, and/or Security+ certification.
- 3+ years of experience with Microsoft security products and solutions
- Prior experience with deploying, testing, and troubleshooting Microsoft security products and solutions for the cloud
- Experience with hands on cloud infrastructure development and operations
- Leadership skills, including the ability to influence without authority and collaborate effectively across multiple business groups with clear intent.
Security Operations Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 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
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until May 31, 2025.
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Responsibilities
- Provide technical expertise and be a key contributor for developing and implementing a comprehensive roadmap for augmenting the security of the Microsoft Azure Cloud and on prem infrastructure and platforms, tools, and processes.
- Define and lead cross-organizational alignment of technical standards, processes, and technologies for increasing the security of Microsoft Azure Cloud infrastructure and hardware and software platforms and tools in support of the cloud infrastructure.
- Identify, define, and drive implementation of security controls and associated remediation steps.
- Research, improve, design, optimize and drive implementation of built-in enforcement capabilities, thereby automating Security Development Operations and related automation tooling and processes.
- Identify and support driving closure of critical security gaps on our infrastructure both in the cloud and on-prem including platforms, tools, and processes.
- Serve as cloud security and security operations Subject Matter Expert within Microsoft organizations.
- Participate in detailed design, code reviews, bug/issue triage with engineering teams, and support well informed security decisions in harmony with business and engineering goals
- In a globally shared responsibility against emerging threats, contribute to renowned forums, Microsoft’s customers, internal product development, and existing product enhancements.
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
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.