Senior Software Engineer

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 culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.
 
Are you passionate about cyber defense and eager to make a major impact on customer security? Do you want to join an outstanding team shaping the future of Cloud and Enterprise Security? Do you have excellent communication, problem-solving skills, a foundational technical background, and a passion for "moving the needle"?
 
We are the Defender for DevOps team within the Microsoft Cloud and Enterprise Security organization - a diverse and inclusive engineering team focused on creating next-generation security services that protect cloud services from code to cloud. Cyberattacks have increased significantly in recent years, and attackers are increasingly shifting left to compromise source code, build systems, and supply chains. We are seeking a creative, energetic, and driven engineer to make a significant impact on Microsoft customers and help defend the DevOps process against the next wave of cybersecurity attacks.
 
We are looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer to join our team. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Defender for DevOps team, you’ll help develop the industry's most advanced, market-leading security solutions, integrating seamlessly across platforms and architectures. Our mission is to protect Microsoft (1st party) and multi-cloud (3rd party) customers from emerging software supply chain attacks. You’ll have opportunities to grow by building solutions that make security intuitive and effective, working alongside team members and partner groups to deliver high-impact results.
 
If you're looking to make a difference by helping create a more secure world, join us at the largest security company in the world, building planet-scale products! Our rapidly growing group develops globally available Cyber Defense solutions at massive scale, using a wide range of technologies across client, backend, big data, and frontend.
 
We offer a vibrant culture that celebrates diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion—foundations of everything we do. Our team values accountability and provides numerous opportunities for learning and career growth. Join us in Cloud Security and play a critical role in defending against the next wave of software supply chain attacks!

Required Qualifications:

• • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+
    years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but
    not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience.

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: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• • 6+ years of professional hands-on experience building large-scale distributed systems in cloud environments (Azure/AWS/GCP)
  • Proven problem solving and analysis skills
  • Team player with collaboration, communication, and leadership skills
  • Attention to details and passion for quality engineering
  • Demonstrate success dealing with ambiguous “unsolved” problems; and the ability to independently make solid progress by breaking new ground
  • Experience with Security/Cyber domains
  • Experience with Kubernetes and Containers  
  • Experience with .NET/C# 
  • Experience with Azure cloud environment 
  • Experience with application and system monitoring systems 

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 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 $153,600 - $250,200 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 November 28, 2024.

#DefenderforDevOps #CESEC #Afrotech2024

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.

• Drive business-critical initiatives that shape the future of Microsoft Security products.
• Ramp up quickly in new technical areas to manage responsibilities across various Microsoft Security products and layers of the cloud technology stack.
• Design and architect scalable, secure solutions that meet high standards of quality and efficiency.
• Mentor and develop individual contributor talent to enhance engineering excellence within the team.
• Plan, design, and execute high-quality feature work, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with project goals.
• Collaborate closely with designers and product managers to build alpha/preview releases, iterating and learning from them to deliver impactful production experiences.
• Solve significant technological challenges that impact both the team and our customers.
• Partner with peer engineers and customers to deliver impactful solutions for our products.
• Participate in and provide high-quality feedback during design reviews, code reviews, and other team activities.
• Embody our culture and values