Senior Security Operations Engineer

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Microsoft's Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to?build the data platform for the age of AI, creating a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture.

Within Azure Data, the databases team builds and maintains Microsoft's operational Database systems. We store and manage data in a structured way to enable multitude of applications across various industries. We are on a journey to enable developer friendly, mission-critical, AI enabled operational Databases across relational, non-relational and OSS offerings.

This Senior Security Operations Engineer role is part of the Azure Database organization's Security Operations team, which is dedicated to strengthening internal security across services such as Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, and Cosmos DB. The team focuses on infrastructure security, security hardening, access control, anomaly detection and the development / adoption of centralized security tooling.

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Responsibilities

Design and implement scalable access management solutions, including RBAC and policy enforcement across Azure database services.

Develop and maintain security tooling to support vulnerability management, threat detection, and compliance monitoring.

Lead security hardening efforts for infrastructure and services, ensuring alignment with Microsoft and industry best practices.

Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate security into development workflows and drive adoption of secure coding practices.

Conduct threat modeling and risk assessments, providing actionable insights to improve the security posture of Azure database platforms.

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Qualifications

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, access control, 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.

5+ years of experience in distributed systems.

3+ years of experience with software tools including (Security tools or Access Control or Vulnerability Management or Anomaly Detection).

Hands on experience with coding in (C, C#, C++, Java, or Python)

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 / Additional 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 Security 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 :

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 17, 2025.

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