Microsoft
Principal Security Architect - Microsoft Red Team
$143K–$304K
Redmond, WA +1 · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
United States - Experience
- 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding; stated alternatives: equivalent experience. Preferred: 8+ years with a Master's Degree, or 12+ years with a Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Sets technical direction and builds production capabilities to monitor, secure, and distinguish authorized Microsoft Red Team activity from genuine attacks; the role focuses on supporting engagements, not executing them.
What you'll do
- Architect and deliver Red Team telemetry, monitoring, detection, alerting, and deconfliction systems.
- Build scalable services and data pipelines and maintain an accurate, auditable inventory of operational assets.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership, improve engineering practices, and influence work across teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience coding in a listed language, or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet required security screening, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
- Experience in cybersecurity, distributed services/data pipelines/automation/large-scale security platforms, setting technical direction, and cross-team influence.
Nice to have
- Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 8+ years of technical engineering experience, or Bachelor's Degree and 12+ years, or equivalent experience.
Pay
USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year (base salary); USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python
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