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Posted date: Jul 02, 2025
There have been 2 jobs posted with the title of Security Assurance Specialist all time at Microsoft.Category: Security Engineering
Location: Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations
Estimated salary: $158,000
Range: $100,600 - $215,400
Employment type: Full-Time
Work location type: Up to 100% work from home
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
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 Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.We are looking for a Security Assurance Specialist to support the operational management of Microsoft Security Standards (MSS). This role will help drive the quality, clarity, and adoption of MSS requirements and controls across the organization. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, collaborative, and eager to grow into a subject matter expert in security governance.
This position is part of a broader team and will work under the guidance of senior team members to help maintain MSS content, onboard new requirements into the Liquid platform, and resolve issues in the standards library. Rather than focusing on vulnerability analysis or penetration testing, this role emphasizes structured security assurance through governance and content management.
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.
In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
Microsoft Security Standards (MSS) Content Management: Assist in maintaining and improving MSS requirements and controls. Track and resolve issues in MSS content, such as outdated language, unclear guidance, or missing metadata. Support the review and update process in collaboration with senior team members.Collaboration and Coordination: Work with requirement and control owners, security SMEs, and governance stakeholders to onboard and refine MSS content. Help facilitate working sessions and follow-ups to ensure alignment and clarity. Support documentation and communication efforts to drive adoption and understanding.Liquid Platform Support: Help onboard and maintain MSS content in the Liquid platform. Monitor content quality and assist in resolving integration issues. Coordinate with the Liquid product team to improve workflows and user experience.Continuous Improvement: Maintain a backlog of MSS content issues and improvement opportunities. Contribute to process documentation and best practices for MSS governance. Participate in retrospectives and feedback loops to improve team operations.Enablement and Guidance: Support internal teams in understanding MSS expectations. Help develop and maintain guidance materials, FAQs, and onboarding resources. Respond to questions and feedback from stakeholders with support from senior team members.Other
Embody our culture and values
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or related field AND 2+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection
OR a Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or related field AND 1+ year(s) experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detectionOR equivalent experience.2+ years of experience working with structured content platforms (e.g., Liquid, ServiceNow)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 Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.Preferred Qualifcations:
Familiarity with security frameworks, control libraries, or risk management principlesEffective organizational and communication skills, with attention to detailAbility to collaborate across teams and take initiative in a dynamic environmentEnthusiasm for learning and developing expertise in Microsoft Security Standards and security assuranceSecurity Assurance IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until July 08, 2025.
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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