Principal Security Operations Engineer at Microsoft

Redmond, Washington, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

23 Jan, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

25 Oct, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Security Engineering, Risk Management, Program Management, Technical Expertise, Data Analysis, Telemetry, Cloud Services, Adversary Tactics, Breach Path Identification, KPI Development, Risk Reduction, Collaboration, Growth Mindset, Innovation, Strategic Planning, Execution

Industry

Software Development

Description

The Cloud & AI organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ 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. Microsoft is one of the largest enterprise service companies in the world. The IAM Protect team secures Microsoft’s most critical cloud services by reducing risks in the Trusted Computing Base (TCB). We focus on identifying adversary tactics and breach paths, driving structured risk burndown, and ensuring critical telemetry is consistently available for detection and response. We are hiring a Principal Security Operations Engineer to spearhead risk burndown initiatives across our most mission-critical services for the Trusted Computing Base (TCB) program. In this role, you will blend your deep technical expertise with tactical execution. The ideal candidate will have a security engineering background with hands-on technical depth, combined with the program management skills to coordinate across engineering teams, prioritize risk reduction, and deliver durable outcomes at scale. You will shape how we quantify and mitigate top risks, while driving impactful KPIs across Microsoft. This role is both technical and strategic - perfect for someone who thrives at the intersection of security operations, data, and engineering. Microsoft’s 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. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Responsibilities

The Principal Security Operations Engineer will lead risk burndown initiatives for mission-critical services in the Trusted Computing Base program. This role requires a blend of technical expertise and program management skills to coordinate across teams and deliver outcomes at scale.