Senior Security Engineer, Microsoft Stack

Southern New Hampshire University; El Paso (TX); Remote; USD 107,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental and vision plans

Paid time off

Employer-funded retirement

Free tuition program

Parental leave

Mental health resources

Job summary

Southern New Hampshire University is seeking a Senior Security Engineer, Microsoft Stack, to own and drive security controls across Defender XDR, Entra ID, Intune, and Purview. You will automate, integrate telemetry, and partner with teams to close gaps in a hybrid Azure/M365 environment.

You will work 100% remotely from approved states, with a focus on reducing risk, automating configuration, and providing audit-ready evidence for FERPA, GLBA, and PCI DSS controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT, CS, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years in cybersecurity, cloud engineering, or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Engineer and implement integrated security controls across Microsoft Defender XDR, Entra ID, Intune, and Purview.

Skills

Cybersecurity fundamentals

Security architecture

Incident response

Communication

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in information technology or related

Tools

Microsoft Defender XDR

Microsoft Entra ID

Intune

Purview

PowerShell

Microsoft Graph

KQL

Terraform

Bicep

Job description

Southern New Hampshire University is a team of innovators. World changers. Individuals who believe in progress with purpose. Since 1932, our people-centered strategy has defined us — and helped us grow a team that now serves over 180,000 learners worldwide.

Our mission to transform lives is made possible by talented people who bring diverse industry experience, backgrounds and skills to the university. And today, we’re ready to expand our reach. All we need is you.

At SNHU, you'll have the option to work remotely in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

We ask that our remote employees have access to a reliable internet connection and a dedicated, properly equipped workspace that is free of distractions. Employees must reside in, and work from, one of the above approved states.

The opportunity

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, using platforms to reduce identity, endpoint, application, cloud, and data risk through secure configuration, attack-surfacereduction, 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.

What we're looking for

• 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

We believe real innovation comes from inclusion - where different experiences, perspectives and talents are celebrated.

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Compensation

The annual pay range for this position is $106,684.00 - $170,727.00. Actual offer will be based on skills, qualifications, experience and internal equity, in addition to relevant business considerations. We expect this position to be hired in the following target hiring range $117,887.00 - $159,493.00.

Exceptional benefits (because you’re exceptional)

• High-quality, low-deductible medical insurance
• Low to no-cost dental and vision plans
• 5 weeks of paid time off (plus almost a dozen paid holidays)
• Employer-funded retirement
• Free tuition program
• Parental leave
• Mental health and wellbeing resources