Senior Security Assurance Engineer

Microsoft Corporation•Redmond, WA

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About The Position

The Cloud & AI 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. Microsoft is one of the largest enterprise service companies in the world. The Secure Production Access group is dedicated to protecting users and enterprise assets. We are looking for a Senior Security Assurance Engineer. As a collaborative group of engineers and program managers, we focus on developing effective, reliable cybersecurity products and services, often leveraging creative approaches and cutting-edge technologies. 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.

Requirements

Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or related field AND 3+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or related field AND 4+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection OR equivalent experience.
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or related field AND 6+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection (enterprise experience) OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or related field AND 8+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection (enterprise experience) OR equivalent experience
4+ years experience with security testing tools (static/dynamic analysis, vulnerability scanning, penetration testing).
4+ years experience in common vulnerabilities, and mitigation techniques.
2+ years experience in Programming/scripting skills (e.g., C#/Python) and experience building automation platforms and security tooling.
2+ years experience in cloud environments (e.g. Azure)
Experience applying AI/ML techniques to security analytics, threat detection, or automation (e.g., anomaly detection, automated triage, or predictive modeling).
Prior experience in a large-scale application security review environments.
Experience in defensive and offensive security concepts.

Responsibilities

Evaluate and certify applications/services/Infra before deployment to ensure security compliance against risks.
Monitor and analyze emerging threats and security trends to continuously update and strengthen security baselines.
Be able to establish tooling and engineering practices to detect, respond, and harden defenses.
Design and build production-grade security automation frameworks and custom tools to handle a high volume of application onboarding and security checks.
Establish new engineering solutions and practices to rapidly detect, respond, and harden defenses across the application landscape.
Integrate security assessments into CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines to enable continuous security assurance at scale.
Work with cross-functional engineering teams to maintain and evolve security controls and policies throughout SDLC
Partner with service owners, development teams, and operations to provide clear, actionable guidance.
Deliver detailed assessment reports and recommendations
Embody our culture and values