Microsoft
Security Engineer II (Services)
$102K–$219K
United States · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Experience
- Required: 1+ year with a relevant master’s degree, or 2+ years with a relevant bachelor’s degree; equivalent experience also accepted. Preferred: 2+ years identifying vulnerabilities in online services or deployment misconfigurations; 5+ years in software engineering or security-related engineering.
- Education
- Master’s or bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field; or equivalent experience.
About the job
Secures Windows online services by finding vulnerabilities, building security review tools and mitigations, and partnering with product engineering teams to strengthen defenses.
What you'll do
- Build reusable agents and tools to improve security reviews, and use automated tools to review code and deployments for security defects and architectural risk.
- Demonstrate security flaws’ real-world impact, find ways to bypass controls, and devise protections.
- Partner with engineering teams on security improvements and communicate the value of security investments.
What they ask for
- Master’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of security or related experience; or bachelor’s degree in those fields and 2+ years of security or related experience; or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Nice to have
- 2+ years identifying vulnerabilities in online services or deployment misconfigurations.
- 5+ years of software engineering or security-related engineering experience; public track record of relevant security research, especially vulnerability discovery.
Pay
USD $102,100 - $202,200 per year (base salary); USD $133,800 - $219,200 per year (base salary)
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