Software Engineer II (Escalation /Support Engineer)
Quick Summary
You will join the Email Protection organization focused on Impersonation Protection andIncident Response (IPIR) for Microsoft 365.
Responsibilities
~1 min readAs a Software Engineer II (Escalation Engineer), you will serve as a key engineering owner for customer escalations, production reliability, and operational excellence. You will work closely
with Support, Product, QA, and Engineering teams to diagnose complex customer
issues, drive root-cause analysis, and build long-term solutions that improve customer
experience and platform stability. This role provides a unique opportunity to work at the
intersection of engineering, customer impact, and product quality.
- →Own high-priority customer escalations from investigation through resolution.
- →Influence product reliability and operational excellence.
- →Work directly on security workflows including Microsoft Quarantine, Incident
Response, Threat Detection, and Remediation. - →Partner closely with customers, support teams, product management, and
engineering leadership. - →Develop deep expertise in Microsoft 365 security ecosystems and cloud-scale
SaaS platforms.
- Act as the engineering owner for critical customer escalations.
- Investigate complex production issues affecting customer environments.
- Partner with Support and Customer Success teams to understand customer
impact and urgency. - Provide timely technical updates and resolution plans.
- Drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
- Analyze logs, telemetry, audit trails, and monitoring data.
- Investigate performance, scalability, and reliability concerns.
- Identify recurring customer pain points and drive long-term improvements.
- Improve service observability and operational readiness.
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Support Engineers, QA Engineers, and
Software Developers. - Participate in incident reviews and release readiness activities.
- Influence product roadmap discussions through customer feedback and
escalation trends. - Drive alignment across globally distributed teams.
Requirements
~1 min read- Experience supporting customer-facing SaaS products in production
environments. - Experience in Email Security, Cybersecurity, or Security Operations products.
- Good understanding of distributed systems and microservice architectures.
- Experience analyzing logs, metrics, and traces using modern observability
platforms. - Experience participating in incident response and postmortem processes.
- Experience building internal troubleshooting tools and automation.
- Familiarity with AI-powered security or threat-detection systems.
Location & Eligibility
Listing Details
- Posted
- August 17, 2026
- First seen
- August 27, 2026
- Last seen
- September 23, 2026
Posting Health
- Days active
- 0
- Repost count
- 1
- Trust Level
- 23%
- Scored at
- August 27, 2026
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