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Security 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 Application Identities Platform Team is part of the Microsoft Entra organization (formerly called Azure Active Directory), which provides the Identity and access management platform for Microsoft 365, Azure, and many software companies to help them create cloud services that are resilient, scalable, and secure. Our team helps developers create identities for their applications that allows them to access resources securely, and at the same time providing administrators and end users with tools and features that help them make informed and safe decisions when they need to share their data with applications.

Responsibilities

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer that can help us with the challenging task of delivering cloud services that implement new capabilities and enhance existing ones in this highly complex area, focusing on aspects such as ease of management, developer experience, permission granularity and large-scale adoption.

Responsibilities would include:

• Architect, design, develop cloud services that provide application identity authentication and authorization facilities.

• Work closely with customers and partners to understand their requirements and scenarios, and effectively lead engineering v-teams towards delivering the necessary solutions.

• Collaborate with other engineers, program managers, and designers across the Microsoft Entra organization and beyond to deliver end-to-end experiences for managing and using application identities safely, securely and with ease.

• Drive innovation and quality in our engineering processes and practices, and foster a culture of excellence, collaboration, and learning. Mentor other engineers and help them achieve more and grow.

• Stay abreast of the latest trends and developments in the identity and security domains, and apply them to our products and services.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or related field (OR equivalent work experience)

• Principal/Lead Engineer level of experience in software engineering

• Experience in architecting and designing complex software systems or services.

• Excellent collaboration, problem-solving skills, and ability to drive changes across multiple organizations.

• Experience of developing and managing requirements, resources, schedules and making data-driven decisions.

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .