Microsoft · 9 hours ago
Security Operations Engineering
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $235K/yr
4+ years expMicrosoft is one of the largest enterprise service companies in the world, and they are seeking a Senior Security Operations Engineer to drive the centralization of access and curation of critical security data. The role involves analyzing security metrics, providing technical insight on incident management, and ensuring operational rigor in cyber security operations.
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Responsibilities
Data-Driven Analysis - Analyzes key metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) and other data sources (e.g., bugs, unhealthy data pipeline) and identifies trends in security issues and escalates appropriately
Recommends improvements and/or metrics to address gaps in measurement. Leverages multiple sources of data in conducting and interpreting analysis. Evaluates data sets for anomalies and other patterns
Technical Insight: Provides technical insight on incident analysis and management, threat mitigation and an ability to translate into platform requirements, partnering closely with software development teams
Operational Rigor: Demonstrates exceptional operational rigor with real-world experience in cyber security operations, threat mitigation and incident response. Stakeholder Management: Manages critical stakeholder calls and meetings (including non-business hours) while addressing critical security incidents
Security Knowledge: Possesses extensive hands-on knowledge of security concepts including cyber-attacks, techniques, threat vectors, risk management, and incident management
Data Engineering & Management: Understand and administer data source access, availability, while proactively defining controls & policies to improve access and availability
Embody our culture and values
Qualification
Required
Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field OR 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, 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 4+ 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
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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Preferred
8+ years of security operations work experience, with 5 years of experience collaborating with IR/SOC
Hands-on experience with Microsoft Kusto clusters (KQL), Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Access Control methods
Conduct root cause analysis and post-incident reviews
Assist in tuning and optimizing data source and data pipeline availability rules and alerts
Develop and maintain incident response playbooks and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
Collaborate with IT, DevOps, and other teams to remediate vulnerabilities and improve security controls/policies
Company
Microsoft
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