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Security represents one of the most critical priorities for our customers in a world shaped by digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We aim to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them through end-to-end, simplified solutions.

Microsoft runs on trust. As our lives and businesses are becoming increasingly digitized, trust is the glue that holds us together. To create and enhance this trust, we increasingly turn to advanced technologies to anticipate and detect risks. Our work helps Microsoft grow its trustworthy 3rd party ecosystem, while proactively protecting individuals and organizations across the planet. Fraud, corruption, theft, cybersecurity, and human rights are complex threats, often intertwined. We have an array of services that help us tackle these problems, and your skills can help us continuously evolve them. In this role you will deliver innovation to every corner of the company, doing work that really matters.

Our Central Fraud & Abuse Risk team is powered by risk intelligence. We leverage security and compliance domain expertise, troves of labeled data, and talented engineers to deliver resilient services that set the standard for the industry. We build, buy, and integrate the best available components and datasets to deliver a flexible, scalable platform that amplifies both automated and human decision-making. Our team embraces collaboration and the understanding that experimentation (failing fast) drives innovation. In our daily work, we demonstrate growth mindset, respect, accountability, connectedness, integrity, and agility. We are a diverse and inclusive group of individuals who drive to protect others through technology.

As a Senior Security Opernations Engineer you will leverage data and systems to understand and build processes to make our response to threats, incidents, and risks and apply more effective and efficient. We are looking for an energetic, dedicated, and collaborative security engineering professional with a passion for simplifying complex problems in a fast-paced, agile environment. If this sounds like a good fit for you, come help us build the foundation of trust for our world's digital future.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize shared goals. Each day, we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to foster a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive.

Responsibilities

+ Drive investigation and response efficiency through smart automation and process change.

+ Establish and run triage and scrum processes to ensure effective leverage of resourcing across global resources.

+ Recommend and facilitate investigative referrals

+ Revise live site security rules and settings to prevent additional issues

+ Triage and route compliance and security work items to applicable teams or resources.

+ Analyze ongoing performance of the process and objectives

+ Propose service changes and new features in order to ensure continuing excellence

+ Participate in cross team projects and forums dedicated to improving Fraud and Security response at Microsoft.

+ Drive delivery of engineered solutions that are configurable and responsive to the needs of our response teams.

Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

+ Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field

+ OR 5+ years of experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, anomaly detection, Security Operations Center (SOC) detection, threat analytics, security incident and event management (SIEM), information technology (IT), and operations incident response.

+ 5+ years of security or compliance investigations or security or compliance program management experience

+ 3+ years experience in developing data analytics services and/or Microsoft Azure based solutions

+ 3+ years of experience in investigative processes, data management processes and practices, and data quality control

Other 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.

Preferred Qualifications

+ Master's Degree or Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field

+ OR 7+ years of experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, and anomaly detection.

+ CISSP CISA CISM SANS GCIA GCIH OSCP Security+ Experience with heuristic and machine learning analytical models and risk management methodology

+ Knowledge of Microsoft commercial business programs and operations

+ Knowledge of Microsoft compliance and security practices and processes.

+ Knowledge of fraud models impacting Microsoft and its Customers.

Security Operations Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $158,400 - $258,000 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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 19, 2025

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .