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Home›Jobs›Microsoft›Principal Software Engineer - Security Architect
Microsoft

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Principal Software Engineer - Security Architect

Microsoft • United States, Washington, Redmond

Posted 1 month ago🏛️ On-SiteLeadSoftware architect📍 Redmond
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Skills & Technologies

AzureC#Security engineer

Overview

Microsoft is seeking a Principal Software Engineer - Security Architect to oversee system design and security defenses for identity systems within the enterprise and Microsoft cloud. You'll work with Azure and C# to ensure the security of digital technology platforms. This role requires extensive experience in software engineering and security architecture.

Job Description

Overview

The Cloud & AI 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. Microsoft is one of the largest enterprise service companies in the world.

We are looking to hire a Principal Software Engineer - Security Architect to oversee system design, security defenses and software engineering development for identity systems within the enterprise and the Microsoft cloud. The mission of the team is to enable Microsoft to build the most trusted devices and services, while keeping our company safe and our data protected. As part of the Microsoft Security organization, and a steward of Microsoft and our customer's data, a core function of Microsoft DSR is ensuring the security of every aspect of the business. Microsoft DSR is responsible for company-wide information security and compliance, with a strategic focus on information protection, assessment, awareness, governance, and enterprise business continuity.

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.



Responsibilities
  • Partner with engineering teams to understand and improve the security posture of many systems related to Identity
  • Collaborate with teams to bring to fruition cross-company security initiatives
  • Assist engineering teams in resolving difficult technical problems
  • Provide vision and thought leadership for state-of-the-art security of the Microsoft estate
  • When needed, engage hands-on with the building, operations and security of services, systems and applications.
  • Embody our culture and values


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • 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

 

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

 

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • 10+ years in design or architecture of large scale, security critical systems
  • 4+ years participating in the architecture of a significant portion of one of the following 5 clouds - AWS, Azure, GCP, Meta or Oracle Cloud.
  • 3+ years experience in a role in which the primary responsibility is writing code
  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ 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 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years of cyber-security experience

 

#IAMProtect #MSFTSecurity #architect



Software Engineering IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 - $296,400 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 $220,800 - $331,200 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


This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.




Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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