Senior Network Security Engineer

Microsoft

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Hybrid
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$119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted
13 days ago
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Confirmed live today
Closes
Apr 11, 2027

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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 · Senior Network Security Engineer

The Senior Network Security Engineer joins the Cloud Operations & Innovation team to deliver core infrastructure and foundational technologies for online services. This role involves implementing and operating modern cloud and on-premises cybersecurity controls to defend datacenter critical infrastructure from threat actors. Key responsibilities include identifying security control patterns, driving mitigation strategies, and installing or maintaining security hardware and software. The engineer will analyze attempted intrusions, create detections based on Indicators of Compromise, and manage network security incidents. Required skills include experience in threat modeling, cyber security, and security incident and event management. Technical competencies involve firewalls, Palo Alto Networks, IDS, IPS, IPSEC, DNS, and DHCP. The role also utilizes Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Terraform and Azure Policy to automate network security controls at scale.

What you'll do

  • Install, upgrade, and maintain security hardware, operating systems, and software.
  • Identify security policy gaps and implement new standards to ensure consistent network security.
  • Analyze attempted or successful system compromises to create response plans and limit exposure.
  • Create detections based on Indicators of Compromise (IOC) and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP).
  • Implement automation to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of security controls across the network.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation to provide continuous support for security services.
  • Investigate and resolve network security incidents and lead postmortems to drive engineering improvements.
  • Drive the design and deployment of network security controls at scale using Infrastructure-as-Code.

What we're looking for

  • Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of relevant experience.
  • Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of relevant experience.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of relevant experience.
  • Equivalent experience to the degree and years of experience requirements.
  • Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
  • Experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, anomaly detection, SOC detection, threat analytics, SIEM, IT, or operations incident response.
  • Own the technical direction and multi-quarter roadmap for network security (preferred).
  • Act as senior technical authority for perimeter and internal network defense, including firewalls, IDS/IPS, and VPN (preferred).
  • Drive design, deployment, and automation of network security controls using Infrastructure-as-Code (preferred).
  • 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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