Security Operations Engineer
Description For Security Operations Engineer
Microsoft 365 FastTrack team is seeking a Security Operations Engineer to join their Secure Infrastructure team. This role is part of Microsoft Engineering, focusing on driving business value and customer success using Microsoft 365 and related technologies. The position offers 100% remote work within the United States and involves ensuring security policy accuracy, designing mitigation strategies, and collaborating with various stakeholders.
The role combines technical expertise in cybersecurity with customer-facing responsibilities. You'll be working with cutting-edge security technologies, analyzing security threats, and implementing defensive measures. The position requires strong analytical skills and experience with security operations, threat detection, and incident response.
As part of Microsoft's mission to empower every person and organization globally, you'll contribute to building and managing common infrastructure used across FastTrack. The role offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and the opportunity to work with industry-leading technologies and professionals.
The ideal candidate will have experience in security operations, threat analytics, and SIEM systems. You'll be part of a global team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. This is an excellent opportunity for security professionals who want to impact Microsoft's cloud security infrastructure while working remotely.
The position offers a competitive salary range of $98,300 - $193,200 (higher in SF and NYC), along with comprehensive benefits including healthcare, educational resources, and parental leave. You'll be joining a company culture that emphasizes growth mindset, innovation, and inclusion.
Responsibilities For Security Operations Engineer
- Ensure accuracy and comprehensiveness in security policy and design mitigation strategies
- Collaborate with internal and external parties to ensure service level agreements
- Design customer experience by sharing best practices and resolving issues
- Analyze attempts to compromise systems security
- Use monitoring techniques to identify intrusions
- Understand weaponized code and recommend detections and signatures
- Design evolving common infrastructure architecture
- Support development teams with securing applications and services
- Stay relevant with emerging Azure features including risk and security principles
- Partner with engineering, program management and operations personnel
Requirements For Security Operations Engineer
- Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field OR 3+ years of experience
- Experience with security policy, security trends and mitigation strategies
- Must pass Microsoft Cloud Background Check
- Experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security
- Experience with anomaly detection, Security Operations Center (SOC) detection, threat analytics
- Experience with security incident and event management (SIEM)
- Experience in information technology (IT) and operations incident response
Benefits For Security Operations Engineer
- Industry leading healthcare
- Educational resources
- Discounts on products and services
- Savings and investments
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Generous time away
- Giving programs
- Opportunities to network and connect
Jobs Related To Microsoft Security Operations Engineer
