Senior Data Engineer - Microsoft Defender Research

Are you a passionate Senior Data Engineer ready to make a global impact? Join our elite AI and data science team driving Microsoft Defender's groundbreaking autonomous protection system: Automatic Attack Disruption.

As cyber threats grow more sophisticated, Microsoft Defender safeguards enterprises by detecting, investigating, and automatically disrupting advanced attacks and data breaches. Our team builds the AI models behind this mission, alongside the data analytics systems that drive data-informed decisions and operational excellence at scale. 

If you are an excellent engineer with a background in big data and a passion for engineering for AI and data science, we would like to talk to you!

Our team values diversity and strives to hire individuals with varied experiences and perspectives. We understand that no candidate possesses every desired skill and experience, but together, we form a strong, effective team. 

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. 

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain robust big data pipelines for AI systems and data analytics solutions.
• Implement and maintain sophisticated business logic solutions generating data for AI training.
• Optimize performance of big data jobs and queries.
• Create monitoring and reporting infrastructure.
• Develop systems that facilitate Data Science activities such as analytics and feature extraction.

Qualifications

• 5+ Years of experience as a Data Engineer/Software Engineer.
• Excellent logical reasoning, problem solving and debugging skills.
• B.Sc. in Computer Science or in a related technical discipline.
• Experience with developing software in distributed, cloud-based systems.
• Experience with big data systems, data pipelines and reporting.
• Experience with C#, Python, SQL, and other scripting languages.
• Interest in AI and cybersecurity.
• A team player with strong communication skills and drive for results.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Azure, Spark, AML, Azure Data Explorer, KQL.
• Experience with Data Engineering for AI and Data Science.
• Background in Cyber Security.

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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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