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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’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.
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to lead Microsoft’s response efforts to protect customers around the world? Are you excited about cybersecurity and ready to join a passionate security response team dedicated to protecting customers from emerging cybersecurity threats? If so, this role may be your next opportunity! Cyber Defense Operations Government is looking for motivated and experienced security professionals to join our growing team to coordinate Microsoft’s response to the most critical security issues facing our customers. When you read about hackers in the news; when the integrity of our products are at stake; or when a zero-day exploit is being used to attack customers, the team works across Microsoft to rapidly defend the company and its customers against these threats.
The opportunity for leadership that accompanies this Senior Security Incident Responder position is unique. You will manage and lead all parties involved in security incidents, make key risk decisions, and inform executive leadership in an overall effort to help protect customers, make our products and services more secure, and protect our brands. Excellent communications, interpersonal awareness, attention to detail, and the ability to foster cooperation and trust across teams are keys to success in this role. Robust program management skills for organizing information, breaking down complex problems, and working effectively in situations involving uncertainty will also help you excel in this position.
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REQUIRED/MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field
• OR 5+ years of experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, anomaly detection, Security Operations Center (SOC) detection, threat analytics, security incident and event management (SIEM), information technology (IT), and operations incident response.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able 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:

• The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.
• Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
• Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance

ADDITIONAL/PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s Degree or Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field
• OR 7+ years of experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, and anomaly detection.
• CISSP, CISA, CISM, SANS, GCIA, GCIH, OSCP, and/or Security+ certification.
• Experience with large scale and complex incidents of all types, including APT, DDoS, malicious insider, web and mobile applications, and data exfiltration.
• Demonstrated foundational knowledge in information technology, including cloud services, hardware, networking, architecture, protocols, file systems, and operating systems. Performing cyber defense incident and/or vulnerability triage to determine scope, urgency, and potential risk impact.
  

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Security Operations Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 14, 2025.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Perform cyber defense incident and/or vulnerability triage to determine scope, urgency, and potential risk impact.
• Make high-stake decisions that enable expeditious remediation of risk to protect customers and Microsoft.
• Track and document cyber defense incidents from initial escalation through final resolution.
• Provide tactical security decisions and coordinate enterprise-wide cyber defenders to resolve incidents.
• Send timely and clear executive updates explaining the risk to customers and Microsoft.
• Advise and validate customer notifications and/or authoritative security guidance for customers.
• Conduct incident analysis, produce reports, and briefs informing threat landscape trends and future investment areas to improve security.

Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able 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:

• The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.
• Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
• Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearanc