Microsoft
Software Engineer 2 - Microsoft Red Team
$102K–$219K
Redmond, WA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years of technical engineering experience; preferred 2–5 years of relevant professional experience as a site reliability engineer, security engineer, or software engineer.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Build and operate secure, reliable software and automation that provisions and manages infrastructure and isolated environments for Microsoft Red Team operations.
What you'll do
- Design, deploy, and support software and automation for provisioning and managing attack infrastructure.
- Engineer secure platforms and automation for isolated identity and productivity environments used in sensitive operations.
- Apply security hygiene and monitoring policies, and support red team infrastructure needs.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 2+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python; or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.
- Pass the Microsoft background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
- Provide proof of citizenship, U.S. permanent residency, or other protected status for export-control eligibility assessment; citizenship is verified with a valid passport, with other applicable documents accepted for lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees.
Nice to have
- Experience with infrastructure as code, configuration management, continuous integration and deployment, and automated provisioning of ephemeral environments.
- Experience with secure engineering for sensitive systems, offensive security collaboration, or production software and reliable distributed systems.
Pay
USD $102,100 - $202,200 per year (base salary); USD $133,800 - $219,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python
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