Senior Security Engineer Full Time

Microsoft
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.

This role is for the Nuance Security department within the Microsoft Security Response Center team (MSRC). Security Engineer 2 will be part of the Nuance Security & Intelligence Operations (SIO) team. They will be responsible for taking the lead on major incident response activities, and mentoring less experienced analysts. They will also help mature the SIO team in general, including automating key tasks, and helping implement new processes and tools. They will be a key member of the team working on UK sovereign clients, and therefore eligibility for UK Security Clearance is essential.

Responsibilities
Vigilantly monitor security alerts and logs, embodying our proactive and growth-oriented security ethos.
Analyze and triage security events with a mindset geared towards continuous improvement and learning.
Collaborate in incident response, leveraging collective knowledge and a customer-obsessed approach to problem-solving.
Uphold and enhance security incident management processes, reflecting our commitment to integrity and accountability.
Contribute to the evolution of SOC strategies, demonstrating a passion for innovation and a drive to create better solutions.
Stay abreast of the latest security trends, embodying our culture of learning and curiosity.
Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

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 OR Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

Extensive experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, and anomaly detection OR Master’s Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
CISSP, CISA, CISM, SANS, GCIA, GCIH, OSCP, and/or Security+ certification

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