Gaming Principal Cloud Security Engineer

Are you highly interested in Cyber security and raising the security bar?  Do you enjoy working across the company on unique solutions for a variety of areas related to Gaming? Does working with Security Analysts, Developers, and Program Management across a variety of areas excite you?  If so, the Gaming Security team would like to talk to you. 

Our team is seeking a talented Gaming Principal Cloud Security Engineer.  This organization supports the services, platform, and studios that make up the Gaming business.  In addition, we work with other Security teams within the company to ensure that we have the right tools and services to protect these key businesses.   

In this role, you will help us engineer and deliver solutions that help secure our business by partnering and engaging with engineering teams to improve our security posture.  

The successful candidate will have passion for security, committed collaboration skills, technical depth, coupled with the ability to bring others together in developing common solutions.  Effective communication skills and the ability to thrive in an ambiguous and dynamic environment are necessary. Candidate should represent the growth mindset and display Microsoft cultural values in day-to-day activities. 

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.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ 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
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field

Preferred/Additional Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, and anomaly detection
• OR Master's Degree or Doctorate Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field
• CISSP, CISA, CISM, SANS, GCIA, GCIH, OSCP, and/or Security+ certification
• 3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP or Azure
• Experience with deploying cloud security guardrails and controls 
• Experience with one or more programming or query languages (PowerShell, Python, Java, SQL) 
• Customer-first, business-savvy, and holds a growth mindset to uphold our culture and values
• Understanding of the Software development ecosystem; from inception to delivery 
• Certification in one or more of the following technologies: Microsoft Azure Security Engineer, Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer, AWS Certified Security Specialty 
• Proven track record of improving reliability, availability, and performance of cloud services 
• Experience developing and maintaining large scale distributed systems

Security Operations Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 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 $180,400 - $294,000 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 February 15, 2025.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

• Build cloud security guardrails automation to drive resilient, scalable and secure cloud security architectures and baselines for Gaming businesses. 
• Deliver, and support high-quality distributed services, infrastructures, and components to enable security for our Gaming businesses 
• Partner with Microsoft Gaming, Microsoft Security, and partners to ensure ongoing alignment, engineering dependencies, and build solutions 
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of software industry and cross-company best practices, technologies, architectures, and emerging technologies, and how these can apply to our product, business, service, and technology stack. 
• Analyze security across cloud services in alignment with best practices 
• Perform hands-on configuration activities in areas such as Identity & Access Management, Threat Detection and Incident Response 
• Design and implement automation to validate adherence to security requirements with cloud-based tools.  
• Implement Process and Operational Improvement opportunities across Security Compliance Programs.  
• Work across organizational boundaries to coordinate with other subject matter experts and achieve shared objectives.   
• Provide technical Cloud Security Architecture guidance to studios and business teams   
• Embody our culture and values