Security Engineer

Microsoft

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On-site
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$102,100–$202,200 / yr
Posted
60 days ago

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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $176k
This role $152k
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This role pays less than 68% of similar roles. Most pay $142,500–$209,150 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $152k versus about $176k 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

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Join our team as a Security Engineer and help build the secure network foundations for Microsoft’s critical platforms at global scale. You will design, deploy, and operate secure network infrastructure supporting business-critical workloads across hybrid environments, focusing on end-to-end automated deployments with configuration management, monitoring, telemetry, and logging. Collaborate closely with platform and service teams to automate operations, improve real-time alerting through AI-enabled systems, and reduce security toil at enterprise scale. Utilize technologies such as ARM, Python, Terraform, Ansible, Azure cloud networking, and AI-driven automation to secure AI development environments and sovereign cloud deployments. This role requires hands-on experience with routing protocols, Cisco, Arista, Palo Alto, F5 products, and Azure cloud networking technologies, along with certifications like AZ500, AZ700, CISSP/GSEC.

Skills

Python Terraform Ansible Azure Cisco Arista Palo Alto F5 BGP OSPF VNETs Private Link Load Balancers Firewalls Hybrid Connectivity AI SIEM DDoS Exploit and Malware Management Sentinel Defender CI/CD

What you'll do

  • Design and implement secure network architectures for critical workloads with automated deployments.
  • Provide consultative guidance on secure design and deployment patterns for network security platforms.
  • Enable real-time alerting and predictive analytics by ingesting and correlating network telemetry data.
  • Monitor and investigate incidents across enterprise-scale network services supporting AI environments.
  • Automate operational activities using scripting, IaC, and AI-driven remediation capabilities.
  • Serve as a first responder during active network-related security incidents with AI assistance.

What we're looking for

  • 3+ years of hands-on experience with routing and switching in enterprise environments.
  • Proficiency in coding/scripting with ARM, Python, Terraform, and Ansible.
  • Experience designing and managing cloud security architecture at scale across multi-subscription Azure environments.
  • Hands-on experience with Azure cloud networking technologies including VNETs, peering, Private Link, load balancers, firewalls, and hybrid connectivity.
  • 2+ years of experience applying AI-driven automation to cloud security operations and incident investigation.
  • Experience in security event management (SIEM) and enterprise log management.

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