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Microsoft Corporation Principal Software Engineering Manager in Redmond, Washington
Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.
Copilot for Security, the first security focused generative AI product, is at the forefront of Microsoft’s AI revolution and reimagines how security gets done and how we do security. It empowers security and IT teams to protect at the speed and scale of AI making them more productive and skilled. Copilot for Security is also an AI platform, tailored to the security space, that enables GAI capabilities to be integrated in the existing 1st party and 3rd party security products and services. As pioneers in the field, we are committed to addressing the evolving challenges and opportunities within the realm of cybersecurity and continue to be the market leaders when it comes to GAI and Security.
As the Principal Software Engineering Manager , you will lead a team of engineers responsible for building and maintaining secure, scalable, and compliant infrastructure. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate security and compliance frameworks within the development lifecycle, ensuring adherence to industry standards and best practices. This role involves strategizing, developing, and enforcing security, governance, and compliance protocols while promoting operational efficiency.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Responsibilities
Lead and manage a team of engineers focused on DevOps, security, and compliance across the infrastructure and development lifecycle.
Implement and enforce DevOps best practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, automation, and monitoring.
Develop and oversee security policies, compliance protocols, and governance frameworks to ensure adherence to regulatory standards (e.g., SOC2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA).
Collaborate with engineering and product teams to integrate security, compliance, and operational standards into development workflows.
Drive initiatives that promote the adoption of DevSecOps practices and security automation.
Oversee the development and maintenance of scalable, resilient infrastructure and ensure alignment with security and compliance requirements.
Mentor and guide the team, providing career development, performance feedback, and technical leadership.
Stay up-to-date with emerging security threats, compliance regulations, and industry trends to ensure that our technology remains at the forefront of innovation.
Develop KPIs to measure success and ensure adherence to organizational objectives for security, compliance, and DevOps standards.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
OR equivalent experience.
Experience in DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or Security roles with experience in a managerial position.
Experience with Azure cloud and containerization technologies.
Deep understanding of security frameworks and compliance standards (e.g., SOC2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, GDPR).
Experience with infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines.
A solid understanding of monitoring, alerting, and logging systems.
Excellent leadership, communication, and collaboration skills.
Other 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.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity with AI/ML model management frameworks and integration of security standards within AI pipelines.
Software Engineering M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $180,400 - $294,000 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 22, 2024.
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 (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/accommodationrequest) .
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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 (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .