Microsoft

Principal Security Engineer

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21 hours ago
Santa Clara, CA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$143k - $304k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement cryptographically secure flows for boot, certification, attestation, and manufacturing.
  • Drive the design and architecture of the DPU Secure Enclave for boot and runtime services.
  • Develop software that securely boots and attests the DPU and provides high-performance runtime services.
  • Participate in transitioning from classical cryptography to post-quantum cryptography algorithms.
  • Collaborate with hardware engineers, firmware engineers, system architects, and Microsoft teams to integrate the DPU into Azure cloud scenarios.
  • Identify and promote design improvements that enhance technical efficiency and productivity.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
  • Preferred: 4+ years of embedded software development and system design experience.
  • Preferred: 3+ years developing symmetric, asymmetric, hashing, and public-key cryptography libraries.
  • Preferred: 4+ years working with cryptographic tools such as OpenSSL, Mbed TLS, or SymCrypt.
  • Preferred: recent knowledge of post-quantum cryptography techniques.
  • Preferred: experience developing Boot ROM code.
  • Preferred: 3+ years developing Secure Enclave software.
  • Preferred: 3+ years of experience with software/hardware interfaces, simulations, and systems bring-up.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.

Benefits

  • The typical U.S. base pay range is $142,800-$274,800 per year; a separate range applies in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area.
  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
  • The position will remain open for at least five days and accept applications on an ongoing basis until filled.
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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.

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