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Senior Security Engineer at Microsoft

Required Skills

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About the Role

Senior Security Engineer role in Microsoft Red Team, focusing on identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities across Azure and other services. Responsibilities include leading red team operations, collaborating with blue teams, and advocating for security improvements. Requires experience in security vulnerability identification, coding, and meeting security screening requirements.

Key Responsibilities

  • Discover and exploit vulnerabilities end-to-end to assess service security
  • Execute and lead Red Team operations using adversarial tactics and techniques
  • Advocate for security change across the company through partnerships and communication
  • Analyze data sources to identify security weaknesses and breach points
  • Prototype tools to scale offensive emulation and vulnerability discovery

Required Skills & Qualifications

Must Have:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years experience in security or related field OR equivalent experience OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years experience in security or related field
  • 4+ years of experience in identifying security vulnerabilities, software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, and anomaly detection
  • 4+ years of experience with coding or scripting in languages such as C#, Python, C++, Go, PowerShell, .NET, Rust, or other comparable programming languages
  • 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

Benefits & Perks

  • Industry leading healthcare