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Microsoft Corporation Senior Technical Program Manager - Hardware Security 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.
We are looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager to drive step-function improvements in Azure’s hardware security posture. 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. Are you passionate about securing cloud hardware and firmware? Do you love solving deep security problems with tough business requirements and direct customer impact? Do you want to enable the commercialization of the industry’s most secure cloud hardware on the planet? If yes, you’ve come to the right place! At our team, we are dedicated to enhancing Azure's hardware security posture. We work closely with hardware suppliers across the globe to drive Azure hardware and firmware security requirements and culture. Our mission is to ensure that our products meet the highest security standards and to protect our customers from emerging low-level threats. Join us in our journey to build the most secure cloud hardware and make a significant impact in the industry.
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. 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.
Responsibilities
Building deep security partnerships with our Hardware suppliers across the globe to drive Azure’s security requirements & culture. Educating them about improving security posture and ensuring they launch and maintain products with a high security bar.
Act as a General Contractor with Azure’s cross-functional teams to define, maintain and execute on our Hardware security roadmaps, and strategy.
Act as a Subject Matter Expert on emerging low-level threats that can affect cloud services. This includes partnering with security researchers and other security teams for proactive security analysis.
Drive security assurance practices such as threat modelling, fuzzing, static and analysis to track security assessments and resolving them internally within Azure and externally with our supplier base
Evangelize security investments and measure progress across the board by building metrics and reporting structures. Display passion for hardware security
Create an inclusive work environment where every team member can bring their full and authentic self, where all voices are heard, and the team can deliver their best work as a result.
Embody our Culture (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture) & Values (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values)
Qualifications
Required/minimum qualifications
Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years experience in technical program management
OR equivalent experience.
2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
2+ years of information security experience OR cloud hardware & firmware experience.
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:
Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
OR equivalent experience.
1+ year(s) of experience reading and/or writing code (e.g., sample documentation, product demos).
6+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
Understand hardware functions, usage, interaction with other component such as the OS, & hypervisors.
Understand security fundamentals such as SDL, Threat Modelling, vulnerabilities assessment and the ability to assess risk and partner with engineering teams to drive remediation plans Hands on experience working on reporting, bug tracking, triaging, and SCRUMs Good understanding of encryption, security protocols, HW communication APIs, Operating Systems including Linux and Windows Proven competency in cross-team collaboration, drive for results, written and verbal communications, and executive presence A desire to learn-it-all, while fostering an inclusive environment.
Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to “cut through the noise” using data-driven decisions. Growth Mindset – a desire to learn, improve, and show persistence in the face of setbacks.
Technical Program Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 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 $153,600 - $250,200 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 accept applications for the role until September 6, 2024.
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