Senior Security Engineering Manager

Do you want to lead a team of highly motivated world-class security engineers responsible for researching security issues across Microsoft products. You'll lead the Microsoft Security Response Center Vulnerabilities and Mitigations Team (MSRC V&M) Team as a Senior Security Research Manager, exploring new ways to find, eradicate, and prevent security flaws in our codebase. You'll have the opportunity to work across Microsoft with developers, pen testers and security personnel to get ahead of those that wish to do harm to our customers. This is a unique opportunity to impact every major product that Microsoft has running and learn to solve security at the scale and complexity of Microsoft.Responsibilities

• Manage and retain direct reports who deliver results that measurable improve the security of Microsoft online services.
• Develop new ways to prioritize projects within the security space, with a specific focus on finding and getting fixed the worst security flaws in the most places.
• Create tools, services, or whatever is necessary so that developers and teams discover and address security vulnerabilities.
• Collaborate with teams across Microsoft to help perform and validate root cause analysis of failures and understand different technology stacks.
• Find and recruit talented developers to contribute to our goal of more secure platforms.
• Plan and manage an expanding portfolio of security areas and track associated metrics and external cases and research.
• Create and represent plans to management for driving security improvements across Microsoft products and services.
• Any other reasonable activity directed by management.

Qualifications Required Qualifications: These are REQUIRED qualifications. Candidates will be dispositioned out if they do not have these qualifications. These MUST be quantifiable.

• 5+ years Security Software Development Experience
• 2+ years People Management Experience
• Demonstrated experience with systems security assessmentpenetration testing.
• Ability to explain and advise on security design and implementation of complex security problems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Public track record of vulnerability research and discovery
• Understanding of security issues that may arise in managed and native server code components and their security implications.
• Ability to understand C and/or C++

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.
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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