Microsoft 365 Security Engineer Full Time

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia is one of the 12 regional Reserve Banks that, together with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., make up the Federal Reserve System. It helps formulate and implement monetary policy, supervises banks and bank and savings and loan holding companies, and provides financial services to depository institutions and the federal government. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia serves eastern and central Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware.

When you join the Federal Reserve-the nation’s central bank-you’ll play a key role, collaborating with leading tech professionals to strengthen and protect our economic, financial and payments systems. We dedicate more than $1 billion to technology each year to support the Federal Reserve and our economy, and we’re building a dynamic and diverse team for our future.

Bring your passion and expertise, and we’ll provide the opportunities that will challenge you and propel your growth-along with a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health, wealth, and life. In addition to competitive compensation, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes tuition assistance, generous paid time off, top-notch health care benefits, child and family care leave, professional development opportunities, a 401(k) match, on, and more. All brought together in a flexible work environment where you can truly find balance.

What You Will Do:

• Develop conceptual, logical and physical IT engineering designs, that support the infrastructure requirements of varying levels of technical and business application projects.
• Analyze our requirements, as it relates to technical infrastructure design, and ensure traceability of the design to our requirements. Assess testing requirements and prepare testing strategies and prepare implementation and transition plans.
• Attend and participate in agile ceremonies supporting EUS and Digital Workplace priorities.
• Support product owner in assessing backlog, capacity and completing work assignments.
• Representing End User Services (EUS) and Digital Workplace area(s) well and interacting with stakeholders and customers in a professional and consistent manner.
• Ensure assigned tasks are completed, JIRA cards are updated, and timesheets are submitted in a timely manner.
• Perform resolution of complex hardware, environmental software operating systems and subsystems.
• Oversee problem avoidance actions.
• Analyze and revise existing system logic and documentation.
• May authorize risk level changes and recommend solutions to minimize and prevent system interruption.
• Recommend and select new software/hardware.
• Perform change and problem management using standard tools.
• Ensure conformance and compliance with existing system standards.
• Measure performance to ensure operation.
• Lead technical/complex projects using FRIT/System staff and resources.
• Follow and ensure adherence to technical standards for programming and design techniques.
• Train System technical staff on use of software/hardware tools following required standards and procedures.
• Monitor compliance with internal audit requirements and Information Security Manual guidelines.

What You Have:

Familiar with Microsoft 365 security products and services:

• Data Loss Prevention
• Information Rights Management
• Microsoft Defender for Office 365
• Privileged Identity Management
• Entra ID

• Experience with Microsoft Purview features:
• Information Protection
• Records Management
• Insider Risk Management
• Data Lifecycle Management
• Sensitive Information Types
• Trainable Classifiers
• Administrative Units

• Comprehensive knowledge about concepts and principles in functional area.
• General knowledge of department/business lines, Reserve Banks, and System operations, policies, procedures and technologies.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, creativity, attention to detail, and oral and written communications skills tailored for the intended audience.
• You are responsible for understanding and applying risk management discipline in decision-making and contributing to your function’s risk management.
• Work under the direction and guidance in planning details of procedures and methods to attain definite goals.
• Makes decisions within established or widely accepted standards.
• Achieve assigned/planned results by decisions and actions based on professional methods, training, business principles, and practical experience.

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience with a minimum of 6 years of relevant work experience.

Other Requirements:

Working Conditions: Will require the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers.

Physical Demands:

Requires some degree of sitting (for prolonged periods of time), standing, lifting carrying, pushing, pulling more than 20 lbs.

Hours of Work: May require extended work hours.

Occasional travel including overnight stays may be necessary.

May be subject to on-call and call back as needed. May work with moderate noise from equipment.

This posting is a dual grade job posting. Candidates who have a slightly lower level of experience, education, or qualifications may also be considered.
The salary grade for this position is: 15/16. Final salary and offer will be determined by the applicant’s background, experience and skills, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

We offer a great benefits package that features:

• Medical (4 options), Prescription, Dental (3 options), and Vision Insurance with no waiting period
• 401k/Thrift Plan with generous employer match
• Employer-funded Pension Plan
• Paid Vacation/Sick Time & Holidays
• Monthly $200 Commuter Allowance
• Flexible Spending Accounts and Healthcare Spending Accounts
• Flexible Work Schedule available in most departments
• Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement (undergraduate and graduate)
• Parental Leave
• Free onsite 24/7 Fitness Center including training classes, Peloton bikes and locker room / shower facilities
• Onsite Cafeteria & Coffee Shop
• Additional Convenience Benefits, Discounts and More…

Additional Information:

• The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia takes your information privacy seriously. Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia staff will only email you from the “@phil.frb.org” domain or through the Workday system “”. If you are initially contacted by phone, feel free to request that the caller provide you with their email address to validate their identity. If you have any questions about the validity of someone who contacts you regarding this position, please email the Talent Acquisition team at .
• We are an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring the best candidates and to providing equal employment opportunity to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, military service, or any other basis protected by law.
• We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job responsibilities, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at
• All Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia employees must comply with the Bank’s ethics rules, which generally prohibit employees, their spouses/domestic partners, and minor children from owning securities, such as stock, of banks or savings associations or their affiliates, such as bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies. If you or your spouse/domestic partner or minor child own such securities and would not be willing or able to divest them if you accepted an offer of Bank employment, you should raise this issue with the Recruiter for this posting, who can provide you contact information for our ethics officer if necessary. You should review the Bank’s Employee Code of Conduct to ensure compliance with conflict of interest rules and personal investment restrictions.
• You will be required to complete a background investigation including drug testing as a condition of employment, after the job offer is made. Candidates for positions deemed as “safety sensitive” will also be drug screened for the presence of marijuana. Any hiring decision based on a background investigation will be made following an individualized assessment that is job-related and consistent with business necessity and applicable law. Employment may not begin until the Bank accepts the results of the background investigation.
• Due to the nature of the information you will have access to, we require that you also complete a more in-depth enhanced background screening (Peraton high).
• All employees will be subject to FBI fingerprint / criminal background and Patriot Act/ Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) watch list checks at least once every five years.
• This position requires access to confidential supervisory information and/or FOMC information, which is limited to “Protected Individuals” as defined in the U.S. federal immigration law. Protected Individuals include, but are not limited to, U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. permanent residents who either are not yet eligible to apply for naturalization or who have applied for naturalization within the requisite timeframe. Candidates who are permanent residents must sign a declaration of intent to become a U.S. citizen when eligible to do so and pursue a path to citizenship. Candidates who are not U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents may be eligible for the information access required for this position if they sign a declaration of intent to become a permanent resident and a U.S. citizen and meet other eligibility requirements. In addition, all candidates must undergo an applicable background check and comply with all applicable information handling rules.
• The above statements are intended to describe the general nature, level of work and the requirements of this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities associated with this position or the personnel so classified. While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of this position, management reserves the right to revise this or any job description at its discretion at any time.
• By applying to this position, you agree you will be available to work on-site in a full-time capacity.
• Learn more about the Philly Fed and its culture. Learn more about working for the Philly Fed.

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Full Time / Part Time
Full time

Regular / Temporary
Regular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)
Yes

Job Category
Information Technology Family Group

Work Shift
First (United States of America)

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