New 
Security Assurance Engineer
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Nevada, Reno | |
| 6840 Sierra Center Parkway (Show on map) | |
 Apr 23, 2025 | |
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OverviewSecurity represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security 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. The CISO Operations Organization is looking for an experienced Security Assurance Engineer who is passionate about helping Microsoft protect its critical information assets. You would be joining our CSVA (Continuous Security Validation & Assurance) team whose objective is to continuously validate Microsoft's security standards by implementing robust controls to effectively prioritize and address remediation actions across Microsoft. In this role, you will be part of a team that leads cross-functional teams and stakeholders to facilitate "get green" remediation projects (aka burndowns) focused on legacy implementations, assurance gaps to standards, and vulnerabilities impacting Microsoft internal assets. You will also play a significant role to onboard applicable security controls to our shared remediation support program to sustain a lasting "stay green" level of compliance.The ideal candidate brings together their program management, data analytics, engineering experience, and tenacity to work with a diverse set of individuals such as Security Engineers, Risk Analysts, and Business Leaders to reduce risk. You should have an open mindset, be proficient in cloud security across hybrid environments, and be able to surge as needed to contain and limit exposure for cybersecurity incidents. This role does require you to be willing/able to work a 12 x 7 on-call shift on a rotating schedule throughout the year to surge and help incident responders during high-volume/capacity constraints.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.
ResponsibilitiesCore Responsibilities: Solution Mitigation - Identifies and addresses underlying causes of security compliance gaps. Develops security guidance to address those gaps and ensure identified vulnerabilities are resolved correctly.Communications: Assesses, drafts, and distributes targeted messaging to impacted users and stakeholders.Alternative Solutions: Collaborates with SMEs and Service Owners to identify and validate viable alternatives for impacted users.Support Strategy: Organizes support resources, hosts technical support forums, develops Troubleshooting Guides (TSG) and email correspondence intended to accelerate remediation across a diverse set of Engineers and IT Professionals.Subject Matter Expertise: Exhibits subject matter expertise in a class or set of security issues, tools, mitigations, and processes. Provides guidance to others in areas of expertise. Maintains current knowledge by investing time and effort. Proactively seeks opportunities to learn. | |