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In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day and we need you as a **Senior Network Security Automation Engineer** .
Microsoft's Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a Senior Cyber Security Engineer, you will perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's online services including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform. You will drive our technology strategy, lead by example, and support team members on their learning journey. You will implement and operate modern cloud and on premises cybersecurity controls to defend Microsoft datacenter critical infrastructure from threat actors. Leveraging multiple solutions and partnering with internal and external teams, you will be at the forefront of advancing industrial network cybersecurity capabilities.
Through on the job learning and bi-directional mentorship, this opportunity will allow you to gain cyber defense, automation, and networking skills and experiences that are rare in both networking and security organizations, and in high demand across multiple industries. This is a flexible work opportunity for you to work from home partially or fully if desired.
As a group, CO+I is focused on personal and professional development for all employees and offers trainings and growth opportunities including Career Rotation Programs, Diversity & Inclusion trainings and events, and professional certifications.
Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 100 datacenters and 1 million servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide.
With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, we continue to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing business demands that hold Microsoft as a world-class cloud provider.
Do you want to empower billions across the world? Come and join us in CO+I and be at the forefront of the action!
**Responsibilities**
**Responsibilities:**
+ Manage and optimize network security infrastructure including NGFWs (e.g., Palo Alto Networks, Checkpoint), IDS/IPS, and segmentation.
+ Develop and maintain secure Azure cloud environments using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or ARM templates.
+ Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps with integrated security controls.
+ Document automation workflows, APIs, scripts, and system designs.
+ Proactively identify and investigate potential issues and patterns in security controls and drive mitigation strategies, while also implementing automation to improve efficiency and effectiveness across the network.
+ Install, upgrade, and maintain security hardware, operating system and software.
+ Identify gaps in security policy and administration, recommend solutions, and implement new and revised security standards, while working with partner teams to drive consistency and awareness.
+ Maintain standards and drive improvements for our customer and partner experience, responding appropriately to emerging issues and advocating for our customer experience through development and analyzation of key metrics, performance indicators, and other data sources (e.g. bugs, unhealthy data pipeline). Respond to escalations and recommend improvements as appropriate to address gaps.
+ Participate in on-call rotation to support security services.
+ With minimal guidance, analyze attempted or successful efforts to compromise systems security and, alongside partner teams, create recommendations to limit exposure, implement response plans, and take action.
+ Analyze potential or actual intrusions identified from monitoring activities and create detections based on available data (e.g., Indicators of Compromise (IOC) and Tools Tactics Procedures (TTP)).
**Other**
+ Embody our culture ( and values ( .
**Qualifications**
**Required Qualifications:**
+ 4+ years of experience in Network Security Engineering (multi-vendor next-gen firewall experience, IDS/IPS, network engineering (routing/BGP) and network/infrastructure automation (Python, Ansible etc).
+ OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
+ Strong background in Firewalls or Intrusion detection or prevention systems.
+ High proficiency in Python
+ Hands-on experience with Ansible for network automation and configuration management.
+ Ability to design, develop, and integrate RESTful APIs
+ Networking & Security Fundamentals: Solid understanding of routing, IPSec, firewall policies
+ Proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows
**Background Check 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.
While not required, we also look for the following **Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Cyber security, anomaly detection, Security Operations Center (SOC) detection, threat analytics, security incident and event management (SIEM), cloud security, and operations incident response.
+ CISSP, CISA, CISM, SANS, GCIA, GCIH, OSCP, PCCSE, PCNSE, PCSAE, CCNP Security, CCIE Security and/or Security+ certification.
+ Any experience with industrial control systems is preferred (not mandatory).
+ Experience with Nautobot for network source-of-truth alignment, and Django would be considered highly beneficial
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 ( .

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day and we need you as a **Senior Network Security Automation Engineer** .
Microsoft's Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a Senior Cyber Security Engineer, you will perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's online services including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform. You will drive our technology strategy, lead by example, and support team members on their learning journey. You will implement and operate modern cloud and on premises cybersecurity controls to defend Microsoft datacenter critical infrastructure from threat actors. Leveraging multiple solutions and partnering with internal and external teams, you will be at the forefront of advancing industrial network cybersecurity capabilities.
Through on the job learning and bi-directional mentorship, this opportunity will allow you to gain cyber defense, automation, and networking skills and experiences that are rare in both networking and security organizations, and in high demand across multiple industries. This is a flexible work opportunity for you to work from home partially or fully if desired.
As a group, CO+I is focused on personal and professional development for all employees and offers trainings and growth opportunities including Career Rotation Programs, Diversity & Inclusion trainings and events, and professional certifications.
Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 100 datacenters and 1 million servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide.
With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, we continue to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing business demands that hold Microsoft as a world-class cloud provider.
Do you want to empower billions across the world? Come and join us in CO+I and be at the forefront of the action!
**Responsibilities**
**Responsibilities:**
+ Manage and optimize network security infrastructure including NGFWs (e.g., Palo Alto Networks, Checkpoint), IDS/IPS, and segmentation.
+ Develop and maintain secure Azure cloud environments using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or ARM templates.
+ Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps with integrated security controls.
+ Document automation workflows, APIs, scripts, and system designs.
+ Proactively identify and investigate potential issues and patterns in security controls and drive mitigation strategies, while also implementing automation to improve efficiency and effectiveness across the network.
+ Install, upgrade, and maintain security hardware, operating system and software.
+ Identify gaps in security policy and administration, recommend solutions, and implement new and revised security standards, while working with partner teams to drive consistency and awareness.
+ Maintain standards and drive improvements for our customer and partner experience, responding appropriately to emerging issues and advocating for our customer experience through development and analyzation of key metrics, performance indicators, and other data sources (e.g. bugs, unhealthy data pipeline). Respond to escalations and recommend improvements as appropriate to address gaps.
+ Participate in on-call rotation to support security services.
+ With minimal guidance, analyze attempted or successful efforts to compromise systems security and, alongside partner teams, create recommendations to limit exposure, implement response plans, and take action.
+ Analyze potential or actual intrusions identified from monitoring activities and create detections based on available data (e.g., Indicators of Compromise (IOC) and Tools Tactics Procedures (TTP)).
**Other**
+ Embody our culture ( and values ( .
**Qualifications**
**Required Qualifications:**
+ 4+ years of experience in Network Security Engineering (multi-vendor next-gen firewall experience, IDS/IPS, network engineering (routing/BGP) and network/infrastructure automation (Python, Ansible etc).
+ OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
+ Strong background in Firewalls or Intrusion detection or prevention systems.
+ High proficiency in Python
+ Hands-on experience with Ansible for network automation and configuration management.
+ Ability to design, develop, and integrate RESTful APIs
+ Networking & Security Fundamentals: Solid understanding of routing, IPSec, firewall policies
+ Proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows
**Background Check 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.
While not required, we also look for the following **Preferred Qualifications:**
+ Cyber security, anomaly detection, Security Operations Center (SOC) detection, threat analytics, security incident and event management (SIEM), cloud security, and operations incident response.
+ CISSP, CISA, CISM, SANS, GCIA, GCIH, OSCP, PCCSE, PCNSE, PCSAE, CCNP Security, CCIE Security and/or Security+ certification.
+ Any experience with industrial control systems is preferred (not mandatory).
+ Experience with Nautobot for network source-of-truth alignment, and Django would be considered highly beneficial
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 ( .

**About the Role**
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated **Automation** **Test Engineer** to lead the testing efforts for our cutting-edge project. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of data engineering and quality assurance, driving excellence in testing strategy, execution, and automation. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring the reliability and performance of our data platform by leveraging modern tools and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
**Responsibilities**
+ Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test strategies and plans tailored to the project architecture.
+ Lead and coordinate all phases of testing including functional, integration, and regression testing.
+ Perform extensive API testing using **Postman** , ensuring thorough coverage and accurate validation.
+ Develop and maintain automated test scripts using **Python** , focusing on efficiency and scalability.
+ Track testing progress, manage defects, and report issues using **Azure DevOps (ADO)** or **Jira** .
+ Collaborate with developers, product owners, and other stakeholders to identify, document, and resolve issues.
+ Provide clear and concise reporting on test results, quality metrics, and potential risks to project leadership.
+ Contribute to the continuous improvement of testing processes, tools, and standards.
**To Be Successful in This Role, Your Skills and Experience Should Include:**
+ **Postman** : Proven hands-on experience with Postman for API testing. High proficiency is strongly preferred.
+ **Python** : Solid experience with Python scripting. Intermediate proficiency is ideal to support automation and test development.
+ **Azure DevOps (ADO) or Jira** : Familiarity with either tool for test management, issue tracking, and reporting.
+ Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen attention to detail.
+ Excellent communication and collaboration abilities in a fast-paced, agile environment.
**Benefits**
Joining Cognizant will give you the opportunity to learn and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry, while having your finger on the pulse of emerging industry trends and working on the cutting edge of technology in your field of expertise.
We recognize that our people perform at their best when they feel valued as significant contributors and that is why at Cognizant, taking care of our employees is a priority:
+ You can pursue innovative career tracks and opportunities here
+ You can enhance your professional development through education and dedicated training
+ We'll give you the skills you need to keep pace with the changing workplace while our compensation, benefits and wellness packages help you stay healthy and plan for the future.
Please reach out to our friendly and welcoming team today to apply and register your interest for this full-time hybrid Automation Test Engineer position.
At Cognizant, we engineer modern businesses to improve everyday life because we're dedicated to making a lasting impact. Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) engineers modern businesses. We help our clients modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences so they can stay ahead in our fast-changing world. Together, we're improving everyday life. See how at or @cognizant.
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

**Job Description**
**Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?**
**Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It With Pride.**
Mondelēz International empowers people to snack right in over 150 countries around the world. We're leading the future of snacking with iconic global and local brands such as _Oreo, Cadbury, Philadelphia, Pascall, The Natural Confectionery Company, Belvita, Ritz and Toblerone with global revenues exceeding $31 billion USD._
For over 50 years, our iconic Cadbury factory in Ringwood has been home to Cherry Ripe bars, Picnic bars & Cadbury Easter products. Each Easter, Ringwood produces more than 450 million Easter Eggs & 15 million bunnies for chocolate lovers in Australia and New Zealand.
**How you will contribute**
Reporting to the Capital Engineering Manager, the Capital Project Engineer will lead and execute critical capital projects. This involves:
+ Successfully scoping, designing, and implementing upgrades, expansions, and new installations.
+ Managing multiple capital project executions concurrently.
+ Ensuring all project development and execution adheres to local and Mondelēz standards and expectations.
**What you will bring**
Qualifications & Experience:
+ 10+ years of industry experience (food industry experience preferred).
+ Technical expertise across multiple engineering disciplines, with specific expertise in electrical and automation.
+ Proven experience in contractor management.
+ Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing / Continuous Improvement principles
+ Significant project engineering and design experience.
+ Experience in people management, leadership, and development.
+ Demonstrated ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders.
+ Strong communication skills (written and verbal).
+ Proficiency in strategic prioritization.
+ Proficiency in AutoCAD and MS Office Suite.
+ SAP proficiency (highly desired).
**More about this role**
**What extra ingredients you will bring:**
+ Passionate and driven for continuous improvements and excellence
+ Diligent and team-minded, comfortable in an agile and complex environment
**Education / Certifications:**
+ An engineering degree recognised by the Engineers Australia Institute is required to be considered for this position.
No Relocation support available
**Business Unit Summary**
At Mondelez International, our mission is to provide consumers with the right snack, for the right moment, made in the right way. We are one of the largest snack companies in the world, with global net revenues exceeding $31 billion USD.
We have operations in more than 80 countries and employ approximately 91,000 diverse and talented employees in our factories, offices, research & development facilities and distribution activities around the world.
In Australia and New Zealand, we have 6 factories, and both global and local brands, employing over 2,000 people; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Oreo, Toblerone, Philadelphia, belVita, Pascall, The Natural Confectionery Company, Sour Patch Kids and Ritz.
Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
**Job Type**
Regular
Project Engineering
Science & Engineering
At Mondelēz International, our purpose is to empower people to snack right through offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broader range of delicious, high-quality snacks that nourish life's moments, made with sustainable ingredients and packaging that consumers can feel good about.
We have a rich portfolio of strong brands - both global and local. Including many household names such as Oreo, belVita and LU biscuits; Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka and Toblerone chocolate; Sour Patch Kids candy and Trident gum. We are proud to hold the number 1 position globally in biscuits, chocolate and candy as well as the No. 2 position in gum
Our 80,000 Makers and Bakers are located in our operations in more than 80 countries and are working to sell our products in over 150 countries around the world. They are energized for growth and critical to us living our purpose and values. We are a diverse community that can make things happen, and happen fast.
Join us and Make It An Opportunity!
Mondelez Global LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact for assistance.