Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the team behind one of the World’s largest Cloud Infrastructures, responsible for powering all Microsoft online Products and Services as well as powering Microsoft’s “Cloud First” mission. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide, and we are looking for passionate program managers to help achieve that mission.
The CO&I Physical Security team is organized within CO+I and falls under its Core Operations Functions (COF) team. The CO+I Physical Security team is dedicated to delivering the most trustworthy and efficient physical security services to protect the personnel, infrastructure, data and confidential information foundational to the Microsoft Cloud. Our vision is to be the most reliable, rigorous and trusted industry provider of hyperscale cloud physical security.
We are looking for a dedicated, mission-driven leader to take on the role of Principal Program Manager- Regional Physical Security Operations Center (PSOC) within the Data Center Physical Security (DCPS) team at Microsoft. This pivotal role involves overseeing a regional physical security operations center. It will remotely support data center security operations managers and regional managers with off hours monitoring, edge site monitoring and incident response, high severity incident management, and other operational support as required. The Regional PSOC is staffed by a seasoned vendor team dedicated to Microsoft's security operations.
The successful candidate will be instrumental in managing all aspects of security operations and reporting in the PSOC, from security incident management to threat level changes, and security posture changes. This will include the intake, triage and escalation of security incidents, ensuring that each incident is managed to resolution promptly and to the established SLAs. The Principal Program Manager - Regional Physical Security Operations Center will also be responsible for shaping the PSOC’s Site Specific Post Orders (SSPOs) and contributing to global standards and governance, ensuring seamless coordination with DCPS partners in Threat and Incident Management, Investigations, Business Operations, and Physical Security Operations Managers in the field —as well as DCPS leadership.
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Responsibilities
- Operational Leadership: Oversee the PSOC's daily operations, focusing on remote physical security operations support. Ensure efficient intake, triage, escalation, and notification of high-severity incidents.
- Communication and Reporting: Act as the main contact for high-severity or off-hours incidents, providing real-time decisions and comprehensive incident data driven reports to senior leadership. Implement effective communication strategies and reporting mechanisms for incident sharing across the organization.
- Program Management: Integrate PSOC activities with broader CO+I program, including Data Center Incident Management (DCIM). Develop requirements for incident management software and tools, ensuring they meet security needs and operational excellence. Develop and maintain comprehensive incident management procedures and strategies.
- Training and Development: Assist in developing training material and programs for the PSOC team, enhancing readiness and response capabilities. Conduct assessments and knowledge checks to ensure top PSOC performance.
- Vendor and Stakeholder Management: Manage relationships with vendors, driving program governance development and ensuring compliance. Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to embed security operations within the broader business strategy.
- Performance Metrics: Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), objectives, and/or key results (OKRs) to measure the PSOC team's effectiveness. Ensure that operational standards and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are consistently met.
- Risk Management: Maintain awareness of regional security threats, applying intelligence provided by partner teams to adjust security postures as necessary. Make critical real-time decisions during security incidents to ensure the protection of data centers.
- Exercise and Evaluation: Lead and develop security exercises and evaluations, focusing on testing the PSOC team's response to incidents. These activities are critical for maintaining operational readiness and improving the organization's response to real-world threats. Participate in crisis management exercises to improve the organization's overall security
- Embody our culture and values.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years experience in Security Program or Program Management or related field.
- Experience in partner crisis and incident management
- Experience managing, maintaining, and upholding confidentiality, data protection and privacy requirements, to include supporting investigative tasks and evidence collection.
- Working knowledge of Access Control Systems (ACS), specifically Lenel and Milestone, to include alarm monitoring, access control, system administration and camera surveillance systems.
Other Requirements:
The 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:
- Experience developing and documenting standard operating plans, procedures and processes
- Experience with or exposure to regulatory and industry compliance frameworks and audits
- Ability to change plans, goals, actions and priorities in response to an evolving business environment with awareness to operate as a champion for course corrections when necessary
- 5+ years managing people in high performing teams
- Oversee deliver of physical security services to Microsoft data center security operations, including oversight of contract guard operations, alarm investigation and incident reporting and coordination with regional security disciplinary specialists on projects, expansions and other security-related efforts
- Evaluate and drive continuous improvement of contract guard operations through the use of key performance indicators and collaborative improvement plans
- Close coordination with security vendor management to ensure continuous improvement of security team skills through targeted training, practical exercises and the documentation and application of lessons-learned
Security M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $124,800 - $266,800 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 $159,000 - $292,200 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 May 13, 2024
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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