Security Operations Engineer II

Microsoft is focused on its productivity cloud strategy and enabling secure remote work for its customers. The Security Operations Engineer II role involves ensuring security policy accuracy, collaborating on service level agreements, and designing mitigation strategies to address security threats.

Responsibilities:

• You will ensure accuracy and comprehensiveness in security policy, and design mitigation strategies for identified gaps. You’ll also collaborate with internal and external parties to ensure service level agreements are reached when addressing threats
• You will design for the customer experience by sharing best practices, interacting directly with customers, and resolving issues. You’ll also recommend mitigation strategies based on identified security trends
• Under guidance, you will analyze specific aspects of attempts to compromise systems security. You’ll also use monitoring techniques to identify intrustions
• You will understand how weaponized code can be used and recommend potential detections and signatures for defense capabilities
• Design evolving common infrastructure architecture for our organization
• Support development teams with securing applications and services
• You will stay relevant with emerging Azure features including risk and security principles
• Partner with engineering, program management and operations personnel within the FastTrack organization implementing secure infrastructure improvements to processes and technologies

Requirements:

• Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, anomaly detection, Security Operations Center (SOC) detection, threat analytics, security incident and event management (SIEM), information technology (IT), or operations incident response
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, anomaly detection, Security Operations Center (SOC) detection, threat analytics, security incident and event management (SIEM), information technology (IT), or operations incident response
• OR equivalent experience
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
• 5+ years of experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, and anomaly detection
• Master's Degree or Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field
• CISSP, CISA, CISM, SANS, GCIA, GCIH, OSCP, and/or Security+ certification
• 4+ years of experience in one or more; Azure infrastructure, 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