Network Security Service Engineer

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify and investigate potential issues and patterns in security controls and drive mitigation strategies, while also implementing automation to improve efficiency and effectiveness across the network.
• Install, upgrade, and maintain security hardware, operating system and software.
• Identify gaps in security policy and administration, recommend solutions, and implement new and revised security standards, while working with partner teams to drive consistency and awareness.
• Maintain standards and drive improvements for our customer and partner experience, responding appropriately to emerging issues and advocating for our customer experience through development and analysis of key metrics, performance indicators, and other data sources (e.g., bugs, unhealthy data pipeline).
• Respond to escalations and recommend improvements as appropriate to address gaps.
• Participate in on-call rotation to support security services.
• Analyze attempted or successful efforts to compromise systems security and, alongside partner teams, create recommendations to limit exposure, implement response plans, and take action.
• Analyze potential or actual intrusions identified from monitoring activities and create detections based on available data (e.g., Indicators of Compromise [IOC] and Tools Tactics Procedures [TTP]).

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, anomaly detection, Security Operations Center (SOC) detection, threat analytics, security incident and event management (SIEM), information technology (IT), or operations incident response
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, anomaly detection, Security Operations Center (SOC) detection, threat analytics, security incident and event management (SIEM), information technology (IT), or operations incident response
• OR equivalent experience.

Additional Or Preferred Qualifications

• Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field
• Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, 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, or related field AND 5+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection
• OR equivalent experience.

Background Check 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.

Pay

The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102,100 - $202,200 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 $133,800 - $219,200 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