Overview
The Microsoft Security organization's mission of making the world a safer place has never been more important. As threats become more frequent and sophisticated, we drive improvements into our security products that keep our customers,apps,and their devices safe.Security is oneof the fastest growing, collaborative, funteamswith a startup mindset within Microsoft.The Microsoft Defender family offers comprehensive threat prevention, detection, and response capabilities for everyonefromindividuals looking to protect their family to the world's largest enterprises.
Linux servers runvery business critical workloads for our customers. These have becomevery attractivetargets for the attackers tocreate havoc for our customers. Microsoft Defender for Endpoint provides a security solution to protect the Linux Serverswith high performance, quality, and more importantly innovative security solutions. We are hiring a Principal Engineering manager for this business/product.
ProvidingPeace of mindtoour customers with our security solutions is what excites us every day! Our team has people from a wide variety of backgrounds,previouswork history, and life experiences, and we are eager tomaintainand grow that diversity. We are passionate about learning on the job, collaborating with other teams, and being customer obsessed.Come join us if you arepassionateabout positivelyimpactingover a billion users from allwalks of lifethrougheasy-to-usecyber securityproducts.
Responsibilities
- Develop, test, and maintain extensible and reusable code, identifying and addressing coding issues, and conducting effective code reviews, deployment, scale, performance and quality, from conception to delivery.
- Work closely with a geographically distributed team, including product managers, security researchers, and developers, to develop key product improvements.
- The features that you build must be of high quality and must meet all the quality criteria for a feature release.
- Uphold and promote the organizational culture and values, fostering an environment of innovation, quality, and accountability.
Qualifications
- 3-6 years of experience as a software engineer working onenterprisesoftware and a proventrack recordof having shipped commercially successful software products &services.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate in a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Software Engineers, Program Managers, Security researchers, and DataScientists.
- Familiar with Linux Internals and experience in building Linux products.
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
- Familiar with secure software development life cycle.
- Experience with software development tools such as source control systems (GIT), automated build systems, compilers, software validation systems, project tracking, and lifecycle management systems.
- Work independently, drive technical and architecturaldependencies.
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science
Join our team and be a part of an innovative and dynamic environment where you can make a significant impact on the future of endpoint management for Linux. Apply today and help us shape the future of technology!
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about
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