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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Security Engineer, Microsoft Stack - **Company:** Southern New Hampshire University - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $106,684.0 - $170,727.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Active Directory, Authentication Protocols, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Online Services, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, Continuous Integration, Information Leak Prevention, Data Security, Identity and Access Management, Information Security Management, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Python (Programming Language), Kerberos (Protocol), Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows SDK, Microsoft Software, Networking Basics, OAuth, PCI Data Security Standards, Windows PowerShell, Openid Connect, Azure Active Directory, Kusto Query Language, Zero Trust Network Access, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Security Information and Event Management, Data Logging, Scripting, Cyber Threat Analysis, Microsoft InTune, Microsoft Fabric, Git Flow, Information Technology, Bicep, Restful APIs, Terraform, Software Version Control, Security Orchestration, Automation & Response - **Published:** November 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=6bed2e6f45d8dc51 ## About the Role * 7+ years of experience in cybersecurity, cloud engineering, identity, endpoint management, or infrastructure engineering. * 3+ year in the most recent Microsoft security platforms in an enterprise environment. * Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, information security or related discipline or equivalent years of experience acceptable. * Microsoft certifications: SC-200, SC-300, AZ-500, or SC-100 * Industry certifications: CISSP, CCSP, GIAC, or equivalent * Hands-on experience with Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Intune, or Microsoft Azure * Infrastructure as code using Bicep, ARM templates, or Terraform within a CI/CD pipeline * Python or a second automation or scripting language * Microsoft Entra ID, Conditional Access, and modern authentication protocols including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, and Kerberos * Microsoft 365 and Azure security configuration and governance controls * Windows, Active Directory, networking fundamentals, certificates, and encryption * Logging and telemetry pipelines, detection engineering, and incident response practice * Zero Trust, least privilege, defense in depth, and risk-based decision-making * PowerShell at a production scripting level * Kusto Query Language for detection authoring and investigation * Microsoft Graph and REST API integration * Version control and change management discipline, including Git-based workflows * Clear technical writing for runbooks, standards, and control evidence ## Description The Senior Security Engineer, Microsoft Stack will report to the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer. In this role, you will be a hands-on engineering role accountable for implementing, operating, and continuously improving SNHU's Microsoft security platforms. The role is the primary technical owner of Microsoft Defender XDR and contributes Microsoft platform expertise to Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Entra ID, Intune, and Purview in partnership with the teams that own them. The position exists to turn SNHU's security requirements and Zero Trust strategy into working, measurable controls protecting learners and employees across Azure, Microsoft 365, and hybrid infrastructure. The work divides roughly into driving use of Microsoft tools, automation that removes repetitive operational effort, and partnership with other teams on addressing security control gaps. SNHU is a nonprofit university whose mission is to expand access to high-quality, affordable education. Protecting student records, financial aid systems, and the academic platforms our learners depend on is a direct contribution to that mission. You will work 100% remotely from any of our approved states. #LI-Remote What you'll do: * Engineer and implement integrated security controls across Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Entra ID Protection, App Governance, Intune, and Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management, Data Loss Prevention, and Data Security Posture Management. Uses these platforms to reduce identity, endpoint, application, cloud, and data risk through secure configuration, attack-surface reduction, automated response, and continuous validation of control effectiveness. * In partnership with IAM, engineers identity security controls in Microsoft Entra ID, including Conditional Access, Identity Protection, Privileged Identity Management, access reviews, workload identities, and hybrid identity protections. Test every policy change in a non-production tenant before promoting it to production. * Build production-quality security automation using PowerShell, Microsoft Graph, KQL, and REST APIs, and deploys repeatable configurations as code through Bicep or Terraform in CI/CD pipelines, to reduce manual effort, configuration drift, and time to remediate. * Integrate Microsoft security telemetry with SNHU's SIEM, SOAR, IT service management, and threat intelligence platforms; troubleshoots cross-platform issues through to permanent resolution; and serves as the security engineering point of contact with Microsoft, assessing roadmap changes, feature releases, and deprecations for their impact on SNHU controls. * Support partner-owned Microsoft platforms by supplying configuration expertise, review, and testing: Defender for Cloud and Azure Policy with Cloud Engineering, Intune baselines and attack surface reduction with Endpoint Engineering, and Purview sensitivity labels and data loss prevention with Data Security Posture Management (DSPM). * Document every implementation as diagrams, configuration standards, runbooks, test results, and as-built records, and provides control evidence supporting audit, control testing, and FERPA, GLBA Safeguards Rule, and PCI DSS compliance activities. * Mentors engineers through configuration review, pair troubleshooting, and design feedback, and escalates material control deficiencies to Security Architecture and leadership for prioritization. This role carries no formal people-management responsibility. * Other duties and responsibilities as assigned. Job responsibilities can change at any time, with or without notice.