Security Engineer II - CTJ - Poly

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.

Are you passionate about identifying and exploiting security vulnerabilities that impact hundreds of millions of users across the world? Join the Microsoft Red Team (MRT) organization, where you will emulate real-world advanced persistent threats against Microsoft. Our mission is to ensure Microsoft is prepared to face and respond to even the most determined adversaries by exploring innovative ways to identify and prevent security flaws. MRT is seeking talented individuals focused on identifying, exploiting, and emulating real-world threats against Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Security services. Your work will ensure the security and resilience of some of the world's largest and most complex services in the world, including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams as well as the Microsoft Defender suite and Intune.

We are looking for a Security Engineer II to execute operations and collaborate with other experienced red teamers in identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities across all layers of services, including application, cloud, network, hardware, and operational security domains. You will work closely with developers and security personnel from multiple teams across Microsoft. Additionally, as a Security Engineer II in MRT, you will be responsible for executing tactics, techniques, and procedures of potential attackers, while providing critical insights that empower our security teams to strengthen defenses and protect against the evolving landscape of digital threats.

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

Responsibilities

Discover and exploit vulnerabilities end-to-end in order to assess the security of services

Execute and lead Red Team operations using real world adversarial tactics and techniques to validate a production service's ability to detect, investigate, and respond

Advocate for security change across the company through building partnerships and clearly communicating impact of risks

Analyze a wide array of data sources to identify potential security weaknesses and breach points within Microsoft's infrastructure

Prototype tools and techniques to scale and accelerate offensive emulation and vulnerability discovery

Collaborate with Blue Teams to improve readiness and produce solutions for defenders and customers

Analyze simulated adversary tactics and communications, enriching our defensive tactics and threat intelligence

Embody our Culture () and Values ()

Qualifications

Required / Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science,Or related field AND 2+ years experience in security or related field

OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) experience in security or related field

OR equivalent experience.

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

Penetration Testing IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 per year.

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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 10th 2025

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