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HM Team Description:
Microsoft Identity & Network Access (IDNA) is a central part of the everyday technology experience and safeguards over a billion active users every month. It enables the identity experience that is essential for almost every Microsoft product and service from Windows to Office, from Azure to Xbox. Microsoft Entra is a thriving business, and we have a huge role in our mission to secure the world’s most precious assets and most visited services. We are the IDNA Security team with the mission to protect Entra services. We are a close community of engineers that play multiple roles - work closely with various services, collaborate with other security teams, help services launch and run securely. We are looking for senior software engineers with security mindset who can provide technical leadership, design and deliver Entra protection goals via real time detection, defence systems by applying data intelligence.
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QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical field AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python OR equivalent experience.
• Hands-on development experience
• Strong software design skills.
• Passionate about solving challenging problems.
• Demonstrated ability to meet tight deadlines, follow development standards and to work independently.

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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
HM Qualifications Other:

Preferred:

• Proficient in working with Azure cloud technologies, Identity Management, Machine Learning, and AI.
• Experienced in data analytics to generate threat intelligence signals.
• Skilled in KQL or SQL.
• Adept at developing and maintaining security monitoring systems.

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

• Design and development of security monitoring systems for threat detection across large-scale on-prem and cloud infrastructure.
• Proactive identification of attack vectors and scenarios, with implementation of security monitoring to detect them. Collaboration with security investigators and RED teams for detection scenarios.
• Adoption of in-house security monitoring tools for comprehensive monitoring. Implementation of solutions to roll out these tools across all infrastructure.
• Brainstorming, defining, and building collaboratively with members across multiple teams.
• Collaboration with the Data Science team for machine learning-based detections.
• Provision of technical leadership for engineering excellence and influence on the adoption of secure systems.
• Maintenance of live services operations, addressing issues on a rotational, on-call basis. Implementation of solutions and mitigations for complex issues impacting performance or functionality of live site services, with escalation as necessary.