Senior Technical Program Manager - Security Incident Response - Microsoft Corporation

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. 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 secure cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization is looking to hire a Senior Technical Program Manager who can help accelerate 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. Aligning with Microsoft's mission and the focus of the Microsoft Security organization, this role is an integral part of a larger team dedicated to delivering world-class security operations that contain and evict threat actor activities. **Responsibilities** Incident response + Incident commander focused on containment and eviction for large or complex security incidents + Leads incident stakeholders including security architects, service engineers, investigators, and domain specific security engineering teams + Drives the planning and execution of a containment and eviction plan of record + Builds on existing systems, applies automation, and establishes self-service capabilities to scale response + Briefs executive stakeholders on containment and eviction plans and associated status + Maintains hands-on knowledge of mitigation steps for various asset types and contributes to self-service guidance for impacted engineering teams + Participate in an on-call rotation Technical program manager + Maintains an inventory of containment and eviction capabilities + Applies systems thinking to identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce time to mitigate, and reduce toil of containment and eviction activities + Generates lean business cases to garner support for initiative prioritization and engineering investment + Serves as the business stakeholder for engineering efforts and assists with operationalization of said capabilities + Drives continuous improvement in process and tooling **Qualifications** **Required/Minimum Qualifications** + 5+ years of experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, anomaly detection, Security Operations Center (SOC) detection, threat analytics, security incident and event management (SIEM), information technology (IT), and operations incident respon + OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field. + 3 or more years of experience working in incident response + Hands-on experience with incident response in cloud environments - Azure/M365 or competitive equivalents **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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. **Additional or Preferred Qualifications** + 7+ years of experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, and anomaly detection + OR Master's Degree or Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field. + CISSP, CISA, CISM, SANS, GCIA, GCIH, OSCP, and/or Security+ certification + Effective communication and interpersonal skills + Detail oriented and an ability to apply critical thinking + Ability to work under pressure + Ability to structure unstructured problems and provide clarity where ambiguity exists + Ability to operate with autonomy + Ability to influence others + Bias for action + Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field + Proficient with data query languages Security Operations Engineering 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 November 22, 2024. \#MSSecurity #MSFTSECURITY 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) .