Software Engineer - Red Team

Position: Software Engineer 2 - Microsoft Red Team
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Location:

United States, Washington, Redmond Salary: USD $102,100 - $202,200 per year

Employment type:

Full-Time Work site: 0 days / week in-office – remote

Role type:
Individual Contributor Travel:
Less than 25%
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Software Engineering Discipline:
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Microsoft Overview Do  you have a passion for delivering useful and highly secure infrastructure and services? Are you motivated by supporting critical missions that impact large organizations in meaningful ways?

The Microsoft Red Team attacks ALL Microsoft services, continually – identifying critical, systemic risks, demonstrating authentic attack chains and techniques, and working with engineering teams, investigators, and incident responders to continuously improve their ability to protect, detect, investigate, and respond to real attacks.

We are looking for a passionate and capable Software Engineer 2 with site reliability engineering and/or security skills to help manage the critical infrastructure our red team relies on to succeed in its mission – and to do so safely and securely.  In this role you’ll be expected to build automation that dynamically creates ephemeral attack infrastructure, build trustworthy engineering systems for highly sensitive tools, build isolated productivity environments, and help establish security policies that allow us to conduct our unique work while maintaining a high security bar.

Our engineers come from diverse backgrounds, are passionate about our products, and grounded in our customers’ needs.  Our team values thoughtful engineering, the ability to develop relationships with your peers and partners, and the ability to focus on the outcomes that matter.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.  

Responsibilities Design, implement, test, deploy, and support reliable software and automation for provisioning and managing attack infrastructure for offensive security teams

Engineer and maintain secure software platforms, services, and automation that provide isolated identity and productivity environments for sensitive operations

Develop production-quality code using sound engineering practices, including automated testing, code reviews, secure development, observability, documentation, and ongoing operational ownership

Establish and apply security hygiene and monitoring policies meet Microsoft security requirements without preventing offensive operations

Support red team operations with infrastructure needs as required

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or PythonOR equivalent experience. Other Requirements:

Citizenship & Citizenship Verification:
This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations or Export Administration Regulations, the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide either proof of their country of citizenship or proof of their U.S. permanent residency or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export controlled information.

To meet this legal…