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Principal Security Operations Engineering Manager

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time💰 $142,800–$142,800🗓 2026-07-24 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead the Incident Response function to defend Microsoft's cloud environment against emerging threats, investigating complex security events and developing innovative solutions for detection and resilience.

Role type

Principal Security Operations Engineering Manager (People Management & Strategy)

Builds

World-class incident response, threat investigation, and security operations capabilities for Microsoft's cloud ecosystem.

Domain

Cloud Security / Cybersecurity Operations

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure | client delivery

Required skills

Incident response leadership, threat investigation, security operations management, cross-functional partnership, strategic planning, team coaching, risk communication, talent acquisition, data-driven decision making, automation strategy, AI innovation.

Preferred skills

Leading security functions (SOC, TVM), leading multi-disciplinary teams, CISSP, CISA, CISM, SANS, OSCP, Security+, Azure Security.

Responsibilities

Lead a team responsible for protecting Microsoft's cloud ecosystem through incident response and threat investigation. Drive strategic investments to improve detection, response, and recovery from sophisticated security threats. Partner across engineering and security organizations to solve complex security challenges. Represent the organization with senior leadership to communicate security risk and strategic priorities. Attract, develop, and retain exceptional security talent.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with people management

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