Microsoft Senior Technical Program Manager - CTJ TS/SCI 

United States, Washington 

304657845

We are the Security and Compliances (S&C) team within the Azure Databases pillar in the Azure Data organization and our mission is to offer the most secure database services on the planet – from on-premises data centers to the cloud. We focus on:

• Ensuring our customers have consistent security feature experience across Azure environments while developing and shipping industry-leading, differentiated security capabilities such as Always Encrypted or SQL Ledger;
• leading and enforcing standards across the threeprinciples;
• clarifying and ensuring that regulatory compliance, data privacy and secure development practices are prioritized and balanced to ensure the data our customers entrust to our services is safe and managed in a compliant manner, meeting even the most stringent federal customer requirements.

proven track record in managing multiple security frameworks and regulatory compliance processes and resulting certifications end-to-end. This role will be critical in ensuring our operational database cloud services meet the stringent security requirements set by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). The ideal candidate will have knowledge of implementing cloud computing, online services, enterprise software development, engineering and/or operations at scale. You will collaborate toensure our portfolio of operational data stores are delivered with consistency and in a compliant manner across all clouds. You will use your experience and skills to identify and resolve complex opportunities and gaps in the implementation of compliance features and processes across offerings. Partner with software engineering, legal, Azure compliance, Azure security and other divisions to design scalable, secure, and compliant solutions that meet even the most stringent requirements of both public and private sectors. You will develop and manage governance programs and processes to ensure that specific compliance requirements and standards are met throughout the development lifecycle. You will define success criteria and performance metrics and lead teams to partner with others to collect performance metrics.

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years’ experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
  • or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years’ experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects
• Professional experience in software development compliance, information protection, data security/privacy, or data governance.
• Demonstrated knowledge of security frameworks such as NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Cybersecurity Framework (including v 2.0), ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 27001/27002, SOC (Service Organization Control) 2, CMM (Capability Maturity Model) and FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program)
• Direct experience with software engineering requirements to pass the FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) Authorization Process.

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 customer 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

Preferred/Additional Qualifications

• 1+ years data analysis and data analytics experience.
• 1+ years of programming experience, for example, in TSQL, Powershell, RUST, Java, C++, Python.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) or CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional) are highly desirable.
• Demonstrated leadership experience across various business functions in a highly matrixed organization structure.
• Proven ability to engage with various business functions from engineering to executive levels.
• Experience in cloud service engineering lifecycle and live site operation at cloud scale.
• Demonstrated stakeholder management including identification, managing expectations, prioritizing concerns and planning.
• Knowledge of risk management, the process of measuring, or assessing risk and then developing strategies to manage risk.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until January 11, 2025.

• Analysis of Customer and Market Signals –
  • Collaborate across product offering teams, sales, compliance teams, and legal to understand and specify compliance experiences across multiple groups or divisions.
  • Establish clarity of patterns of root problems and how it relates with previously seen trends across customers; determine the customers/sectors (internal and external) impacted and provides research evidence to recommend priorities.
  • Ensures alignment between the customer (internal and external), compliance, internal stakeholders, and the goals of and strategy of Microsoft.
• Product/Service Definition –
  • Partner with engineering, compliance and legal teams to design architecture and integrate customer solutions that address priority customers and regulatory compliance needs.
  • Engages in active risk management (proactive and reactive) to identify risks and propose mitigations for risks using data (e.g., telemetry, usage, net satisfaction, customer satisfaction).
• Product/Service Development –
  • Collaborates and coordinates across organizations to ensure alignment on product management and release, including tradeoffs, adjustments, and improvements as feasible.
  • Manages governance programs and processes to ensure that specific performance requirements and standards are met throughout the development lifecycle (e.g., quality, compliance, privacy, security, safety, accessibility).
• Product/Service Performance –
  • Leverages customer listening systems, telemetry, engagements, etc., to develop insights into service performance, customer needs, and/or compliance adherence.
  • Forms hypotheses to complex technical needs, performs experiments, and iterates to drive improvement in specific performance metrics.

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