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$139,900–$274,800 / yr
Posted
41 days ago

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $207k
$101k most similar roles pay here $293k

This role pays more than 79% of similar roles. Most pay $152,150–$207,350 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $207k versus about $180k for comparable roles.

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Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing

Microsoft currently has 1580 open roles on FindRole.

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As a Principal Software Engineer in the Identity & Security team at Microsoft, you will lead engineering teams in designing and implementing scalable, secure, and resilient solutions for cloud-scale secrets management and public key infrastructure. Your day-to-day responsibilities include architecting world-class key management systems, evolving existing platforms to adopt cutting-edge security innovations, and conducting SPOF analysis to ensure high availability. You will also drive initiatives focused on improving observability and reliability, enhance service incident response times, and automate cloud expansion for foundational infrastructure. The role requires expertise in distributed cloud-scale systems, with a preference for experience in backend storage solutions, cloud infrastructure, and data-center topologies. This position offers the opportunity to work across teams and organizations to deliver impactful security solutions at Microsoft’s Security & Identity platforms.

Skills

Azure Kubernetes SQL Server CI/CD Docker Prometheus Grafana Python Go Terraform HSMs Quantum Cryptography Confidential Computing AWS PostgreSQL

What you'll do

  • Lead the design and delivery of secure, scalable key management systems.
  • Evolve existing platforms to integrate cutting-edge security innovations.
  • Conduct SPOF analysis and recovery engineering for high availability.
  • Drive initiatives to enhance observability and system reliability.
  • Improve incident detection and response times for better customer trust.
  • Ensure services meet business continuity planning requirements and objectives.
  • Automate cloud expansion and improve onboarding experiences for customers.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience in designing and implementing backend storage layer solutions.
  • Extensive knowledge of cloud infrastructure and data center topologies.
  • Experience with availability zone resiliency models and networking concepts.
  • Proven ability to lead engineering teams in delivering scalable, secure systems.
  • Expertise in modernizing distributed cloud-scale secrets management platforms.

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