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Senior Security Engineer - Development

Microsoft· Security Operations Engineering
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Redmond, WA$119.8k - $234.7kFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Senior security engineer role within Microsoft Quantum Security & IT Operations (QSIT) focusing on automation, AI-assisted investigations, and detection engineering to protect a globally distributed quantum research community, with responsibilities spanning security, network, infrastructure, and physical security services.

Responsibilities

  • Implement AI-enabled SOC automation and investigation capabilities, including signal enrichment, workflow orchestration, and analyst tooling.
  • Develop and operate the security tooling, data integrations, dashboards, and supporting platforms required for reliable day-to-day security operations.
  • Tune detections and investigation workflows to improve signal quality, reduce false positives, shorten investigation time, and increase analyst productivity.
  • Participate in incident investigation and response, maintain operational readiness, and troubleshoot security issues affecting network, infrastructure, and physical security services.
  • Partner with engineering, facilities, networking, and security teams to automate manual processes, resolve operational issues, and strengthen end-to-end resilience.

Qualifications

  • Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field
  • OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, anomaly detection, SOC detection, threat analytics, SIEM, IT, or operations incident response
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, anomaly detection, SOC detection, threat analytics, SIEM, IT, or operations incident response
  • OR equivalent experience.

Skills

Required:AI-enabled SOC automationSecurity tooling and dashboardsThreat detection tuningIncident responseSecurity automation and AI workflowsSIEM / Microsoft Sentinel
Nice to have:Enterprise networking

Benefits

  • See compensation/benefits information linked in job posting.
Last updated Sep 24, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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