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Senior Security Engineer

Microsoft · Redmond, WA, US

Microsoft is hiring a senior Senior Security Engineer in Redmond, WA, US. What you'll do: work across the security domain.

Hiring signals for Information Security Analysts

SOC 15-1212 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

49
/ 100
Cooling

Information Security Analysts Job Market Score

Driven by
  • Pay is above the national median ($187k vs $138k national)
  • Slow inflow of new postings (only 4% from the last 14 days)
  • Few reposted listings (20% appear duplicated)

Information Security Analysts job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Information Security Analysts.

  • 797Active postings
  • 18Posted this week
  • 315Open 30+ days40% of active
  • 114Remote / hybrid14% of active
  • 17%List salary134 of 797
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $187kMedian annual (max)
  • Median hourly (max)
  • 24dMedian agep90 96d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Security Engineering478$191k n=112
Server / Host5
Food Service4
Support3
Embedded3

Wages by employment type

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Full-time42$164k n=28
Contract36$192k n=20
Intern12
Part-time3

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Technology418$194k n=115
Manufacturing222$128k n=13
Financial Services152$189k n=26
Government / Public Sector82$100k n=4
Retail75$217k n=20

Top categories

  • Security Engineering478
  • Server / Host5
  • Food Service4
  • Support3
  • Embedded3
  • ML / AI Engineering2

In-demand skills

  • Python118
  • AWS109
  • Azure70
  • Go69
  • Google Cloud65
  • Kubernetes55
  • Linux35
  • Terraform32

Top sectors

  • Technology418
  • Manufacturing222
  • Financial Services152
  • Government / Public Sector82
  • Retail75
  • Professional Services70

Employment mix

  • Unspecified704 · 88%
  • Full-time42 · 5%
  • Contract36 · 5%
  • Intern12 · 2%
  • Part-time3 · 0%

Top hiring companies

Category
Security Engineering
Source
apply.careers.microsoft.com
Original link
https://apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/1970393556843679
Posted
2 weeks ago (2026-04-25)
Status
active

Topics: Security

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