Identifies and addresses underlying causes of security shortcomings. Develops security guidance to address shortcomings and to build best practices. Ensures identified vulnerabilities are resolved correctly. Leverages latest tools and technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence) to identify and mitigate security issues with minimal guidance.

• Investigates, diagnoses, and triages security incidents with minimal guidance, deepening trust through proactive customer connection and crisis and incident response. Contributes to postmortem and root cause analyses for security incidents. Collaborates with others to create repair items, tools, and/or systems to support incident management. Begins to leverage Incident Management System(s) to update stakeholders during and after incidents as directed.

• Leads security reviews, including architectural and design reviews, and documents findings in analysis reports. Applies best practices in security architecture, design, and development across feature areas. Identifies security risks and potential impact and collaborates with others to mitigate risks, escalating when needed. Helps monitor and respond to security events, potential vulnerabilities, exposures, and policy compliance issues, escalating as needed.

• Contributes to efforts to ensure the correct processes are followed to achieve a high degree of security, privacy, safety, and accessibility. Checks for visible evidence (e.g., audit trail) to demonstrate compliance for product areas. Develops and holds an understanding of the implications of onboarding new technologies following expectations of compliance at Microsoft. Demonstrates and maintains an up-to-date understanding of both global and local regulations for technologies and system applications to ensure regulations are met.

• Uses appropriate artificial intelligence (AI) tools and practices across the software development lifecycle (SDLC) in a disciplined manner. Takes responsibility for the content of their AI-generated changes to artifacts, reviewing all changes and applying appropriate tooling and processes with minimal guidance.

• Exhibits subject matter expertise in class or set of security issues, tools, mitigations, and processes (e.g., architecture, failure modes, attack chain, threat modeling, vulnerabilities). Provides guidance to others in areas of expertise. Maintains current knowledge by investing time and effort. Proactively seeks opportunities to learn.