Job Description

Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft\xe2\x80\x99s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers\xe2\x80\x99 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.The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) Signals Engineering\xe2\x80\x99s mission is looking to enhance research, detection and protection against attacks on Microsoft & customers by codifying Microsoft Security Research\xe2\x80\x99s analytical expertise at-scale, generating signals to extend our global threat coverage and advanced collaboration with Microsoft product, research and defender teams. Our threat intelligence analysts provide unique insights on threats to protect Microsoft and our customers, underpinned by at-scale analysis of billions of security signals. We are looking for an innovative "Senior Security Engineer" who understands the threat landscape and can translate security insights from our analysts into real-world code processing a range of threat intelligence-related signals. You will work closely with analysts and other security researchers to deliver intelligence-focused solutions providing additional data, artefacts, and analysis to enable our adversary pursuit mission.Microsoft\xe2\x80\x99s 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.Responsibilities:Accelerate our analysts\xe2\x80\x99 insights by building innovative analysis tooling run at cloud scale

• Work with Threat Intelligence Analysts to maintain and improve their automated workflows
• Work with other internal and external teams to forge new and improve existing partnerships that advance defenders\xe2\x80\x99 understanding of key threats
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andQualifications:Required/Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection

• OR Master\'s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.

• 5+ years development experience with skills in a mix of C/C++, C# and scripting languages (Python/PowerShell/JS)
• Experience in testing, deploying and supporting large real-time scale services on Azure, AWS or similar environments

• Knowledge of post-breach compromise domain including methods for reconnaissance, persistence, lateral movement and data exfiltration across both on-premises and cloud environments

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

• 6+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection

• OR Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field
• Proficient cross group and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate the business need for security and technical improvements

Security Research IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $108,100 - CAD $199,700 per year.Find additional pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 19, 2024.Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the#MSFTSecurity #MSTIC

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