Security Operations Engineer, Cloud Security

Microsoft

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$102,100–$202,200 / yr
Posted
4 days ago
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Confirmed live today
Closes
Apr 20, 2027

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This role $152k
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This role pays less than 57% of similar roles. Most pay $142,400–$194,535 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $152k versus about $168k 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 694 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Security Operations Engineer, Cloud Security

As a Security Operations Engineer - Cloud Security within the Cloud Operations & Innovation team, you will protect critical datacenter infrastructure from threat actors. You will design, deploy, and operate cloud security controls while investigating and resolving security incidents. Your daily responsibilities include installing and maintaining security hardware and software, identifying policy gaps, and creating detections based on Indicators of Compromise and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures. You will drive Infrastructure-as-Code and automation to enforce baselines and eliminate manual toil. The role requires proficiency with WAF, NSG, Azure Firewall, Defender for Cloud, PIM, Key Vault, and network isolation patterns. You must utilize Bicep, Terraform, PowerShell, and Azure Policy to manage security at fleet scale while providing on-call support for industrial network cybersecurity capabilities.

What you'll do

  • Design, deploy, and operate cloud security controls including WAF, NSG, Azure Firewall, and Defender for Cloud.
  • Drive Infrastructure-as-Code and automation using Bicep, Terraform, PowerShell, and Azure Policy to enforce security baselines.
  • Investigate and resolve cloud-security incidents and lead postmortems to create durable engineering improvements.
  • Analyze potential intrusions from monitoring activities to create detections based on Indicators of Compromise and TTPs.
  • Install, upgrade, and maintain security hardware, operating systems, and software.
  • Identify gaps in security policy and implement new standards to drive consistency across partner teams.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation to provide continuous support for security services.
  • Proactively identify issues in security controls and recommend mitigation strategies or automation opportunities.

What we're looking for

  • Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year(s) of experience in cyber security, SOC detection, threat analytics, or incident response.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of experience in cyber security, SOC detection, threat analytics, or incident response.
  • Equivalent experience to the degree and years of experience requirements.
  • Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire and every two years thereafter.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements.
  • CISSP, CISA, CISM, SANS, GCIA, GCIH, OSCP, PCCSE, PCNSE, PCSAE, CCNP Security, CCIE Security, and/or Security+ certification (preferred).
  • Experience with industrial control systems (preferred).

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