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Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Microsoft· Security Operations Engineering
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Redmond, WA$119.8k - $234.7kfull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior Cloud Security Engineer at Microsoft CO+I focusing on implementing and operating modern cloud and on-premises cybersecurity controls to defend datacenter infrastructure, drive security strategy, and lead initiatives across IAM, network security, and cloud security technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Proactively identify and investigate potential issues and patterns in security controls and drive mitigation strategies, while also implementing automation to improve efficiency and effectiveness across the network.
  • Install, upgrade, and maintain security hardware, operating system and software.
  • Identify gaps in security policy and administration, recommend solutions, and implement new and revised security standards, while working with partner teams to drive consistency and awareness.
  • Maintain standards and drive improvements for our customer and partner experience, responding appropriately to emerging issues and advocating for our customer experience through development and analyzation of key metrics, performance indicators, and other data sources (e.g. bugs, unhealthy data pipeline). Respond to escalations and recommend improvements as appropriate to address gaps.
  • Participate in on-call rotation to support security services.
  • With minimal guidance, analyze attempted or successful efforts to compromise systems security and, alongside partner teams, create recommendations to limit exposure, implement response plans, and take action.
  • Analyze potential or actual intrusions identified from monitoring activities and create detections based on available data (e.g., Indicators of Compromise [IOC] and Tools Tactics Procedures [TTP]).

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, 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 4+ 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.

Skills

Required:Cloud and identity security leadership
Nice to have:Security controls design and operation in cloud environments (WAF, NSG, Azure Firewall, Defender for Cloud, PIM, Key Vault)
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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