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Senior Security Engineer - Red Team

United States, Redmond 119800.00 - 234700.00 USD / Year · Job Posted February 17, 2026
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The Cloud & AI 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. Microsoft is one of the largest enterprise service companies in the world. Are you excited about identifying and exploiting security vulnerabilities that impact hundreds of millions of users? Join the Microsoft Red Team (MRT) organization, where you will emulate real-world advanced persistent threats against Microsoft. Our mission is to ensure Microsoft is prepared to face and respond to even the most determined adversaries by exploring innovative ways to identify and prevent security flaws. MRT is currently seeking talented individuals focused on exploitation across a diverse set of Microsoft services. Your work will ensure the security and resilience of some of the world's largest and most complex services in the world, including Microsoft acquisitions, financial systems, physical facilities, and the core corporate network. We are looking for a Senior Security Engineer to lead operations and collaborate with other experienced red teamers in identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities across all layers of services, including application, cloud, network, hardware, and operational security domains. You will work closely with developers and security personnel from multiple teams across Microsoft. Additionally, as a Senior Security Engineer in MRT, you will be responsible for fostering the team's growth both technically and culturally, as we build and retain the next generation of top talent at Microsoft. By adopting the tactics, techniques, and procedures of potential attackers, you will provide critical insights that empower our security teams to strengthen defenses and protect against the evolving landscape of digital threats.

Job Responsibility

  • Discover and exploit vulnerabilities end-to-end in order to assess the security of services
  • Execute and lead Red Team operations using real world adversarial tactics and techniques to validate a production service's ability to detect, investigate, and respond
  • Advocate for security change across the company through building partnerships and clearly communicating impact of risks
  • Analyze a wide array of data sources to identify potential security weaknesses and breach points within Microsoft’s infrastructure
  • Prototype tools and techniques to scale and accelerate offensive emulation and vulnerability discovery
  • Collaborate with Blue Teams to improve readiness and produce solutions for defenders and customers
  • Analyze simulated adversary tactics and communications, enriching our defensive tactics and threat intelligence

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years experience in security or related field
  • equivalent experience
  • Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years experience in security or related field
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
  • This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice to have

5+ years experience in any of the following: identifying security vulnerabilities, cyber security or related security discipline.

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