Physical Security Engineer

About the role

As a Physical Security Engineer in Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I), you will play a key role in delivering and sustaining physical security infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's online services, including CoPilot, Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform. This position involves managing the health of physical security systems across a global portfolio of datacenters, participating in on-call rotations, ensuring system configurations align with baseline standards, and enabling new datacenter capacity through access control and video systems. This high-visibility role offers significant opportunities for technical and career growth.

Responsibilities

• Physical Security System Implementation
  • Program physical access control and video systems as part of new datacenter deliveries.
  • Provide inputs on security design standards and requirements for access control and video programming to drive programmatic improvements.
• Maintaining and Operating Physical Security Systems
  • Participate in on-call DRI rotation to support physical security systems.
  • Assess data related to the health of security systems and infrastructure to identify gaps, performance trends, and compliance with configuration standards; recommend and execute repeatable strategies to address issues at scale.
  • Continuously identify and execute improvements to processes, procedures, and documentation.
  • Manage physical security systems lifecycle support and compliance, hosting regular datacenter site meetings with security operations and facility management teams to proactively address system health and coordinate maintenance and repair services.
• Collaboration and Partner Experience
  • Collaborate with partner engineering, project management, and design teams on initiatives to improve the physical security environment, reduce costs and complexity, and enhance program effectiveness.
• Embody Microsoft’s culture and values.

Requirements

• Required Qualifications:
  • Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) of 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 of experience in the same areas.
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Background Check Requirements:
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field.
  • OR Master's Degree in the same fields AND 3+ years of experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection.
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in the same fields AND 5+ years of experience in the same areas.
  • OR equivalent experience.
  • Certifications such as Lenel, CISSP, CISA, CISM, SANS, GCIA, GCIH, OSCP, and/or Security+.

Pay

The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102,100 - $202,200 per year. For specific work locations within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range is USD $133,800 - $219,200 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.