Job Description:
The Azure Silicon Cloud Hardware Infrastructure and Engineering (SCHIE) team is key to delivering operational excellence for Azure. Within SCHIE, the Security Center of Excellence designs and develops security solutions for server and rack infrastructure. We collaborate closely with Microsoft product teams, industry partners, and researchers to deliver secure, scalable cloud platforms while optimizing total cost of ownership (TCO). Our culture values continuous learning, curiosity, and the courage to navigate ambiguity—embracing experimentation, learning from failure, and fostering collaboration where shared success drives impact. We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Firmware Security Engineer with a strong background in firmware security to help secure Azure infrastructure across both the existing Azure fleet and upcoming hardware portfolios. In this role, you will collaborate closely with architects and crossfunctional partners to understand security requirements and contribute to the design and development of security features for the hardware and firmware systems that power Azure today. The ideal candidate is passionate about security and enjoys seeing their code bring hardware features to life—directly contributing to the protection of Azure infrastructure at scale. This role also requires strong technical leadership, including the ability to lead initiatives, guide technical direction, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate effectively as a great team player within a highly crossfunctional environment, spread across multiple Geos. You should have strong embedded development skills, along with proven debugging and troubleshooting expertise in firmware development. Experience with some or all the following technologies is highly desirable: C programming skills, RTOS expertise, MCTP, SPDM, SoC bring-up, bootloaders, platform initialization, BSP porting, secure boot, Caliptra, TPM, OPTEE, and device drivers such as I2C, I3C, SPI, USB, and UART. Experience in RUST programming and Threat Modelling will be a great value add. Familiarity with AIassisted development practices to improve productivity, code quality, and design efficiency is highly desirable. This is expected to be a hands-on role, where you will also have the opportunity to lead a team of extremely talented engineers to deliver innovation at scale and own delivery of product to Azure datacentres.
