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We drive cross-company alignment and execution, ensuring that we consistently exceed customers’ expectations in every interaction, whether in-product, digital, or human-centered. CE&S is responsible for all up services across the company, including consulting, customer success, and support across Microsoft’s portfolio of solutions and products. Join CE&S and help us accelerate AI transformation for our customers and the world.\nWithin CE&S, the Customer Service & Support (CSS) organization builds trust and confidence for every person and organization through delivering a seamless support experience. In CSS, we are powered by Microsoft’s AI technology to help consumers, businesses, partners, and more, resolve their issues quickly and securely, helping prevent future problems from occurring and achieving more from their Microsoft investment.\nIn the Customer Service & Support (CSS) team we are looking for people with a passion for delivering customer success. As a Sr Technical Support Engineer, you will own, troubleshoot, and solve highly complex customer technical issues. This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth, hone your problem-solving, collaboration and research skills, and further deepen your technical proficiency - becoming a product go-to person.\nMicrosoft’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.\nResponsibilities\nScope customer security incidents\nUnderstand and identify indicators of attack and indicators of compromise\nAnalyse incident data from threat analytics tools\nCollaborate with the Security and Threat Intelligence teams by providing indicators of compromise and samples of malware from the customer’s environment\nCoordinate a response to the security incident with other Microsoft security and consulting teams.\nDevelop, document, and implement runbooks, capabilities, and techniques for Incident Response\nPerform security triage and analysis on endpoint, server and network infrastructure.\nPerform activities necessary for immediate containment and short-term resolution of incidents.\nMaintain current knowledge and understanding of the threat landscape, emerging security threats, and vulnerabilities\nInvestigate root cause of complex security incidents\nMaintain a high level of confidentiality\nParticipate in the on-call rotation as required\nQualifications\nRequired Qualifications:\nBachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology (IT), or related field AND 3+ years of technical support, technical consulting experience, or information technology experience\nOR 5+ years of technical support, technical consulting experience, or information technology experience\nOR equivalent experience\nAdditional Required Qualifications:\nHands-on experience in customer-facing roles (Customer support experience is preferred).\nExperience in Cybersecurity and Security Incident Response.\nAbility to manage complex Incident Response situations with a focus on deep technical troubleshooting and empathetic customer engagement.\nPractical experience troubleshooting Network, Windows Server, Windows Client, and Active Directory environments.\nWorking knowledge of Entra ID and Microsoft 365 management and troubleshooting experience.\nExperience supporting large and complex geographically distributed enterprise environments with 1000+ users.\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology (IT), or related field AND demonstrated experience of technical support, technical consulting experience, or information technology experience.\nAdditional or Preferred Qualifications:\nExperience in Security Incident Response with recent operational security experience (Indicator of Attack / Indicator of Compromise deep investigation, On-Premises data and Cloud log investigation, Malware Analysis, Threat Analytics, Threat Intelligence, endpoint security, etc.)\nExperience in Network Security Administration, and/or Systems Administration with experience in Windows Server, Windows Client, and Active Directory Administration\nExperience in Cloud investigations with Entra ID, Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Defender solutions\nExperience with any Microsoft Defender solutions\nExperience in Azure Identity management and troubleshooting\nKusto Query Language knowledge\nCloud experience with any of the major cloud providers, including cloud security, networking, and migration of multi-cloud or hybrid deployments\nAutomation (PowerShell and/or Python, Java, or a similar language, can be a beginner to intermediate level)\nPreferred IT Industry certifications (Microsoft Certifications On-Prem or Cloud, SANS GCIH, CISSP, CEH, Amazon AWS, etc.)\nLanguage Qualification:\nRequired:\nEnglish: Confident proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking, particularly for technical troubleshooting and customer communication.\nGood to Have (Not Required):\nSpanish\nPortuguese\nFrench\nOther Requirements\nAbility to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements is required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to, the following specialized security screenings:\nMicrosoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.\nCitizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. This role supports United States federal, state, and/or local government agency customers and is subject to citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport.\nTechnical Support Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $86,100 - $169,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $113,300 - $187,400 per year.\nCertain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:\nhttps://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay\nThis position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.\nMicrosoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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