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Do you have a passion for helping Microsoft’s clients defend themselves against targeted exploitation? Are you interested in being intimately involved in the latest, cutting-edge developments in the security industry, communicating with security industry leaders, and having a direct impact on the security of all Microsoft customers? Do you want to be on the front lines of helping our customers go toe-to-toe against advanced adversaries? If so, you might be a candidate for the Microsoft Global Hunting, Oversight and Strategic Triage (GHOST) team!

We are looking for a Principal Security Research Manager , who will be responsible for managing security research teams in the delivery, investigation, and remediation of advanced cyber-attacks for our worldwide commercial and public-sector enterprise customers.

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

• The management and leadership of security researchers and analysts.

• Developing Business Strategy and providing Technical Thought Leadership

• Innovating, partnering, delivering, and maintaining highly impactful, relevant, and profitable cybersecurity offerings and capabilities

• Fostering partnerships with the Cybersecurity leadership team, Microsoft Product Groups and internal security stakeholders.

• Resourcing and managing customer escalations to ensure profitability, high customer satisfaction, and operational excellence

• Ensuring strategic delivery coordination, capacity, and readiness planning against and beyond business plans

• Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection.

• OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.

• 1+ year(s) people management experience.

Other Requirements:

Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able 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:

• Candidates must have an active TS/SCI and be willing to upgrade to TS/SCI (with polygraph). This role will require candidates to maintain the TS/SCI (with polygraph) clearance. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.

• Clearance Verification : This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

• Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government clearance.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated people management and leadership, Operational Control (operating and budgeted expense)

• Experience leading both a services organization and product development function

• Developing Business Strategy and providing Technical Though Leadership

• Managing customer engagements escalations to ensure customer satisfaction

• Understanding of technology and security principles and possess knowledge of the cyber threat landscape

• Demonstrated history of leading teams of IR engineers to successfully investigate cases of advanced targeted exploitation or similar interactive hacking cases

• Proven experience in helping enterprises manage vulnerabilities, measure security and ensure compliance

• Recognized as a subject matter expert in IR with a deep understanding of real-world APT tools, tactics, and procedures. Be able to quickly determine if cases are criminal, commodity malware, or advanced persistent cases and chart the course of the team’s response appropriate for each type of case

• Cloud SaaS and PaaS experience and an understanding of investigations in those environments and leveraging cloud for investigation scale

• International consulting experience is a plus

Security Research M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $133,600 - $256,800 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 $173,200 - $282,200 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 be accept applications and process offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.

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