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.

The Secure Admin Services organization, within Azure Security, is looking for a passionate Software Engineer to deliver high quality services and products. We own the Secure Admin Workstation (SAW) product, partnering closely with other product teams across Microsoft to continuously improve the experience while maintaining our critical security posture. Our team has won the coveted CSO50 award twice, for High-Risk Environments as well as Secure Admin Workstations, and continues to be an area of investment as we align and form Microsoft’s new Identity & Security product group.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our organization who will have proven Software Development experience and the ability to translate business problems into solutions while maintaining a focus on security, resilience, scale of services and customer experience. They must have a strong development background and the ability to collaborate with stakeholders, architects, program management team and senior technical members throughout the program life cycle. They should be able to demonstrate in-depth technical skills, growth mindset, result oriented with data driven approach.

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:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field 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.
• Proficient in Object-Oriented Programming, .NET framework, ASP.NET, MVC, Web API, and SQL Server Programming, with strong experience in cloud services (Azure/AWS). Experienced in the latest versions of scripting languages such as AngularJS and PowerShell, with exposure to VSO and Git.

Additional or preferred qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, capable of delivering presentations to leadership teams.
• Experience using agile methodologies and/or Test-Driven Development (TDD).
• Experience in Ingrations of Machine Learning and applied AI driven functionality in the solutions.

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 February 10, 2024.

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.

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• Take ownership of multiple services, designing and architecting them to scale and deliver high-quality, reliable products with the constrains.
• Stay updated on modern desing patterns/practices, tools, and methodologies to address critical development areas and coach team with the learnings.
• Focus on security while designing, developing, deploying, and sustaining systems to ensure high availability and performance. Analyze root causes using telemetry (data driven approach) and network traces etc. to address issues effectively.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders and engineering partners throughout the solution development lifecycle to ensure continuous improvement.