Cyber Security Engineering Manager

As a Cyber Security Engineering Manager you will drive our organizational strategy, lead by example, and support team members on their learning journey. You will manage the team that implements and operates 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 and engaging with leadership to enable shared understanding and commitment to mission.

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. 

Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a Cyber Security Engineering Manager 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. As a group, CO+I is focused on the 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 200 datacenters in 32 countries and millions of 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.

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. 

Required Qualifications: 

• 5+ years of experience in cyber security, anomaly detection, Security Operations Center (SOC) detection, threat analytics, and security incident and information technology (IT) operations
  
  
  • OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in large scale computing, modeling, cyber security, and anomaly detection
  • OR Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field.
• 2+ years people management.
• 1+ year(s) leading a security function (e.g., Security Operations Center [SOC], threat and vulnerability management [TVM]).
• 1+ year(s) leading multi-disciplinary team.
• CISSP, CISA, CISM, SANS, GCIA, GCIH, OSCP, and/or Security+ certification.

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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People Management

• Deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring.

Network Security Delivery

• Direct team to address identified security strategy, ensuring proper team resources are available to accomplish goals, and coordinate with partner teams to remediate control failures.
• Drive team to implement and manage new automation for greater efficiency in security operations while ensuring measurable business impact and solutions across the organization.
• Escalate potential gaps in security policy, provide guidance on current security policies, recommend changes, and drive adoption for new policies.
• Guide team to meet threat mitigation service levels with internal and external partners and manage relationships with third-party account management.
• Support end to end security breach protocol by guiding team in responding, investigating, communicating with stakeholders, resolving, and running post-mortem analysis for any security breaches. Coordinate with partner teams to secure data and maintain chain of custody.
• Guide team to develop monitoring and detection capabilities to identify threats and malicious activity, ensuring adequate resources for mitigation, while also collaborating with internal and external partners to leverage and evangelize best practices.

Other

• Embody our culture and values.