Senior Software Engineer

Join our team and make an impact!

Are you passionate about cybersecurity and eager to make a difference? Join our team at Microsoft's Edge and Platform Security Fundamentals (EPSF) and help us protect critical businesses and deliver impactful security solutions. Edge and Platform Security Fundamentals (EPSF) is responsible for securing some of Microsoft’s largest and most critical online services in Azure, Windows + Devices. 

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will have the opportunity to design, implement, and streamline infrastructure security across clouds and hybrid environments. Your work will have an immediate impact on the business by eliminating risk and aligning with company objectives.

As a member of our team, you will work with leaders, engineers, and PMs across multiple organizations, guiding them to take meaningful action to protect their systems and services. You’ll collaborate closely with our Data Engineering, Hunt, Application Security (App Sec), Penetration Testing (PenTest) to develop scalable and robust solutions.

This is a hands-on position where you'll actively develop and test security solutions alongside partner teams, both internally and across the company. You will also have the ability to interact with and provide feedback to product groups to help enhance and secure their products.

At EPSF, we value diversity of thought and background as strongly as technical skills. We are building a team where everyone is encouraged to come up with new ideas to make our customers' lives better. Join us and contribute as a mentor and leader across assorted security operations business functions within EPSF and across Microsoft.

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.

Qualifications Required 

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. 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.

• Design, develop, and maintain tools and systems to automate network and infrastructure security operations, reducing manual efforts and improving efficiency
• Build innovative solutions to strengthen security baselines, automate threat detection, enforce compliance, and streamline incident response
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and engineers, to deliver scalable and secure solutions
• Enhance the security, reliability, and performance of network and infrastructure operations through robust software design and automation
• Evaluate and implement architectural changes to improve the security posture of network and infrastructure systems
• Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code while adhering to best practices, coding standards, and security guidelines
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and debugging to ensure high-quality and secure deliverables
• Create reusable frameworks and reference architectures to facilitate the adoption of security best practices across teams
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in security, automation, and cloud infrastructure to drive continuous improvement
• Develop solutions that align with customer needs, focusing on reducing risk and enhancing the overall security of services