Security Assurance Engineer

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Security Assurance (SA) engineer to join our team. Do you have a passion for security and get excited about impacting some of the largest and most complex security challenges Microsoft faces in the enterprise today? Are you looking to join a fast-paced, dynamic, and diverse team? Our team is a dynamic organization chartered with providing security assurance services to Microsoft’s enterprise to help effectively identify and mitigate security risks. We are a high energy, highly collaborative team.  

The successful candidate for this role will work across teams and service lines to execute on our strategy for providing end-to-end security assurance and security reliability. This includes assessments for a broad portfolio of services and capabilities. You will be expected to contribute to performing assessments as well as helping manage the business and alignment with Microsoft’s and our customers requirements. You will have the opportunity to work with engineering teams throughout the development cycle to influence secure design and enable continuous secure operations. 

This role will require cross divisional partnership with Microsoft Specialized Cloud Security engineering teams, Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs, Global Trade, and the National Security Team among others.  

• Analyze threat trends and anomalies to determine operational impact. 
• Identify security defects or vulnerabilities and escalates as needed. 
• Develop expertise in class or set of security issues, tools, mitigations, and processes
• Address security issues with customers and/or partners 
• Contribute to analysis reporting
• Conduct security analysis including scope, priorities and overall security guarantees of a service or application.  
• Embody our culture and values. 

Required Qualifications 

• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or related field
  • OR equivalent experience.  
• Experience in agile development practices, security operations, threat modeling, or other security practices.  

Other Requirements 

Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able 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.
• Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal Classified as Microsoft Confidentialrequirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications 

• Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or related field  
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or related field AND 2+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection (enterprise experience)  
  • OR equivalent experience. 
• Ability and Willingness to acquire and maintain a US Government Clearance
• Experience working in a similar role within the technology or defense industry

Security Assurance IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $85,400 - $168,100 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 $111,100 - $183,700 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

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.