20 days ago
Base Salary
$143k - $304k/yr
Responsibilities
- Perform security reviews and deep dives of cloud-hosted service ecosystems in Microsoft Azure.
- Develop security guidance, reference architectures, and practical remediation strategies for systemic security challenges and architectural anti-patterns.
- Innovate approaches to security at cloud scale and use AI and automation to expand security assessment and risk-identification coverage.
- Lead stakeholder discussions and build long-term partnerships across Azure organizations.
- Influence security outcomes by working with engineers, architects, and product leaders to prioritize risks and accelerate improvements.
- Mentor engineering teams, enable self-service security capabilities, and promote secure development practices.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or a related field plus 4+ years of experience, or bachelor's degree in one of those fields plus 6+ years of experience, or equivalent experience.
- Security expertise in at least one core area such as virtualization, C/C++ memory safety, networking protocols, cloud security, or kernel security.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
- Preferred: hands-on experience identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities across Azure, AWS, GCP, Entra ID, Active Directory, Windows, Linux, and networks.
- Preferred: customer-facing or consulting experience delivering security outcomes to executive audiences.
- Preferred: 5+ years of security assessments and penetration testing, 5+ years securing cloud environments, and 5+ years coding or scripting for security tooling.
- Preferred programming experience with Python, C#, C++, Go, PowerShell, .NET, Rust, or comparable languages.
Benefits
- The role requires passing Microsoft and Microsoft Cloud background checks upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
- The position is open for a minimum of five days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled.
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About Microsoft
Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.