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Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate.

Our **Central Fraud & Abuse Risk** team is looking for a **Security Operations Engineer** . 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.

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

Responsibilities

Job responsibilities:

+ Oversee and enhance triage and scrum processes to optimize resource usage and foster alignment across distributed teams in multiple time zones.

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

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

+ Propose service changes and new features 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.

+ Analyze complex datasets to identify trends, patterns, and anomalies that inform business strategy.

+ Translate business requirements into technical specifications and analytical models.

+ Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure alignment of data requirements, metrics, and reporting standards.

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

+ Expereince investigating 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 statistical analysis, machine learning models, data storytellingand 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.

+ Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (https://www.cbtnuggets.com/it-training/microsoft-azure/ai-fundamentals) , Azure Data Fundamentals (https://www.cbtnuggets.com/it-training/microsoft-azure/ai-fundamentals) , Azure Fundamentals (https://www.cbtnuggets.com/it-training/microsoft-azure/ai-fundamentals) and/or Azure Security, Compliance and Identity

+ CISSP, CFE, or Security+ certification.

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 and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.

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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) .