Director, Security Architecture

Digital Security & Resilience

The mission of Microsoft Digital Security & Resilience (DSR) is to enable Microsoft to build the most trusted devices and services, while keeping our company safe and our data protected. ​As part of Microsoft’s Security, Compliance, Identity, and Management organization, and a steward of Microsoft and our customer’s data, a core function of Microsoft DSR is ensuring the security of every aspect of the business. Microsoft DSR is responsible for company-wide information security and compliance, with a strategic focus on information protection, assessment, awareness, governance, and enterprise business continuity. As customer zero, we deploy and secure these services inside Microsoft and then share best practices with enterprise customers at scale across the globe. We have exciting opportunities for you to innovate, influence, transform, inspire and grow within our organization and we encourage you to apply to learn more!

The Office of the CTO in this division has a charter to drive strategy, vision, definition & implementation of security architectures that make step-function improvements in Microsoft’s security posture. While this team is deeply technical, our success relies on a strong culture and the ability to influence feature development teams, SecOps teams and partner organizations.

Do you want to lead Microsoft into the future as the shining enterprise example for security done right? Are you passionate about driving a vision and strategy and making sure Microsoft’s security posture stays well out in front of its reputation and market value? Are you looking to join a fast-paced, dynamic, and diverse team, and interested in a high-impact and fast-moving environment?

We are looking for a growth oriented people manager who can lead a team of PMs and Architects with a balanced set of incubation, design, data informed decision making, partner engagement, and execution skills who embraces the cultural values of inclusion and belonging and embraces the opportunity to do the following:

Coach – Work with each person on your team to help them to do their best work and grow. Define and foster an identity for the team that includes a reputation for high quality, reliability, and inclusivity.

Guide –   Define the business goals for the team then create and execute on a plan to meet those goals. Build a vision for changing the underlying technology of the service and guide the team through landing it.

Collaborate – Strive to understand the motivations and goals of the teams we’re working with and work towards a better solution together.

Innovate – Care deeply about various aspects of Enterprise Security such as Identity & Access Management, high risk environments, admin protection and endpoint protection.

Preferred work locations:

Atlanta, Georgia

Austin, Texas

Redmond, Washington

Reston, Virginia

Remote in the U.S.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

Manage a team of strong senior architects and technical program managers with deep security expertise

Set the vision and strategy for the DSR organization as part of the DSR CTO office

Drive both short-term and long-term security initiatives that are top-priority for Microsoft’s security posture – such as Zero Trust, Conditional Access, Passwordless, Secure Administration Services, Sovereign clouds etc.

Engage with product groups in the Identity & Security spaces to shape their roadmaps while being the voice of customer zero (Microsoft Digital).

Drive the development and maintenance of security reference architectures that showcase best practices to internal and external customers

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications: 

A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Software Design, or a related field, or equivalent alternative education, skills, and/or practical experience is required

15+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Software Development or Technical Program Management

5+ years of People Management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

In-depth knowledge and understanding of cloud security, as well as security architectures.

Prior experience and working understanding of cloud-scale technologies.

Proven competency in strategic leadership, organizational agility, cross-team collaboration, drive for results, and written and verbal communications

5+ years of information security experience

A strong desire to learn-it-all, while fostering an inclusive environment

10+ years managing people, including engineers.

Experience driving security requirements across multiple teams and products

5+ years managing PMs and/or architects

5+ years of cloud services experience, including building and deploying products at scale

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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