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The M365 Security team focuses on access control and protection solutions for Microsoft cloud infrastructure. We are seeking Software Engineer IIs for our team. In this role, you will be responsible for building and maintaining services responsible for access control for Microsoft's cloud infrastructure. We own the solutions that manage secure and compliant access to the cloud infrastructure for service deployment, troubleshooting and analysis. We contribute directly to Microsoft runs on trust mission protecting customer data and privacy. We build and leverage advanced technologies in access control, authentication, authorization and secret management space.

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.

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.

Responsibilities

• Improve application security maturity at scale by designing, implementing, and building security solutions.

• Partner with product managers and security leaders to ensure security maturity work is being prioritized and addressed across Microsoft 365 services.

• Building prototypes and proof-of-concept code, working alongside the engineering teams to provide advice on secure design and implementation.

• Providing design guidance and security reviews to engineering teams and improve security maturity.

• Security Management: Responsible for leading the development of host-based agents and cloud-based services aimed at automatically enforcing security policy and configuration of both Azure-based PaaS and SaaS services, as well as IaaS based services on Windows and Linux. We place particular focus on helping teams mitigate against practical, real world attacks based on an understanding of adversary techniques, tools, and procedures.

• Security Assessment team: Responsible for designing, building, and maintaining a data platform at cloud-scale aimed at providing information needed to enforce security policy and improve the security posture of Microsoft’s services. We place focus on helping teams identify issues and mitigate practical, real-world attacks based on an understanding of adversary techniques, tools, and procedures.

• Access Control and Protection: Responsible for designing, building and maintaing technical stack for authentication, secret management, just-in-time elevation and just-enough access control, protecting engineering systems and infracture. We enforce security policy through engineering solutions and provide vital signals throughout services for data privacy, audit and compliance requirements.

Other

• Embody our Culture (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values) and Values (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/culture)

Qualifications

Required Qualifications :

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

• OR equivalent experience.

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:

• 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 Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

• OR equivalent experience.

• Experience working in cybersecurity areas

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $94,300 - $182,600 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 $120,900 - $198,600 per year.

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 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 $145,800 - $238,600 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 and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.

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