Microsoft Silicon Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Skype, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide.We are looking for a Senior Firmware Security Engineer to join our 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. ResponsibilitiesThe SCHIE HW Security team is responsible for the SoC security firmware of Microsoft Platform Root of Trust IP and as a set of end-to-end platform security functionalities across the firmware and software stack to deliver a trusted platform from the edge to the cloud. We write new systems level code as well as integrate and extend open-source components, to deliver high security platform solutions to customers’ workloads.Responsibilities:
Bring new perspectives to improve the security capabilities of a trusted platform with a mindset focus on customer needs and meet Azure Cloud Security Requirements.
Lead the design, and development of new firmware functionality to support new Hardware Abstraction Layer capabilities to expose SoC Security capabilities and IO interfaces.
Implement new feature work, debug issues, and implement fixes, with high quality designs and code that satisfy the unique constraints of platform root of trust and FW Secure Boot and Attestation environments.
Collaborate with teams across the organization and inside Microsoft, as well as externally such as silicon partners, to deliver new functionality for customers that spans multiple layers in the Azure Cloud Infrastructure stack and participate in product-wide initiatives.
Contribute to Dev-Ops support and initiatives to maintain high reliability and availability of the Cloud Services meeting the platform security requirements defined by Microsoft
Provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentoring to colleagues, including participating in code and design reviews.
Embody our Culture (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values) and Values (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/culture)QualificationsRequired Qualifications:· Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Pythono OR equivalent experience.4+ years of firmware design and development experience.4+ years of experience developing software using C, C, and working knowledge on firmware SoC drivers’ development.Experience developing firmware for SoCs boot loaders.Experience developing IoT firmware solutions with ARM and RISC-V core architectures.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 Qualifications:
Experience Embedded development on Rust
Experience on HSM product and FW/SW development
Experience on FIPS certification processes and validation
Experience on Platform Root of Trust firmware solutions and architectures
Experience in Security Development Lifecycle methodologies and security incident response support
Experience in contributing or maintaining OSS
Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 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 $153,600 - $250,200 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-payMicrosoft will accept applications until June 8, 2024.Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .