Senior Software Engineer, Identity Security

Technology, Data & Digital · Software & Web Development · Software Engineering · Cybersecurity · Cloud Engineering

In short

Microsoft is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and operate next-generation identity platforms that protect enterprise identities. This role involves developing highly scalable cloud services and security solutions, focusing on identity lifecycle management, authentication, and access governance, while driving end-to-end engineering delivery and ensuring service reliability.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain large-scale Identity and Access Management services and platforms.
Build secure solutions supporting identity lifecycle management, provisioning, authentication, authorization, access governance, privileged access workflows, and identity protection capabilities.
Develop highly scalable cloud services, APIs, and distributed systems.
Drive architecture discussions and contribute to long-term platform strategy.
Leverage modern engineering practices, automation, and AI-powered development tools.
Own design, development, testing, deployment, and operational readiness of complex engineering initiatives.
Translate business, security, and customer requirements into scalable technical solutions.
Drive execution across multiple workstreams, dependencies, and stakeholder groups.
Ensure engineering excellence through code reviews, testing strategies, automation, and continuous improvement.
Act as an owner of highly available production services running at global scale.
Drive service reliability, performance, scalability, and operational health.
Define and improve observability, telemetry, monitoring, and alerting capabilities.
Lead incident investigations, root cause analysis, and mitigation efforts.
Apply security-by-design principles throughout the software development lifecycle.
Partner with security, privacy, governance, and compliance teams to meet Microsoft requirements and industry standards.
Design systems that securely manage sensitive identity and access data.
Identify and mitigate architectural, operational, and security risks.
Collaborate effectively with engineers, architects, product managers, security specialists, and operations teams.
Influence technical decisions through data-driven analysis and strong engineering judgement.
Mentor engineers and contribute to an inclusive, high-performing engineering culture.
Communicate technical strategies, risks, trade-offs, and recommendations to stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor's/master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related technical discipline.
8+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C#, Java, Python, or Go.
Experience designing and building cloud-scale distributed systems and services.
Experience with microservices architectures, REST APIs, and cloud-native application development.
Experience with Microsoft Azure or other cloud platforms.
Strong software design, debugging, troubleshooting, and performance optimisation skills.
Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and operational excellence.
Ability to independently drive complex technical initiatives from design through production.
Experience leveraging AI-assisted engineering tools and automation technologies.

Desired Qualifications

Experience building Identity and Access Management (IAM), Identity Governance, Authentication, Authorization, Access Governance, Provisioning, or Identity Protection solutions.
Experience with enterprise security, Zero Trust, or access governance technologies.
Knowledge of cloud security, privileged access management, identity lifecycle management, and modern identity protection strategies.
Experience operating mission-critical services at scale.
Experience driving platform modernisation and security transformation initiatives.

Skills

C#JavaPythonGoAzureDevOpsCI/CDREST APIs

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