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Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Sovereign Cloud Security is looking for highly motivated candidates that can thrive in a non-traditional, agile environment at the cutting-edge of the security market. Our group is responsible for providing organizations with the best security solution for their cloud environment, allowing for visibility, governance, and protection over their infrastructure, platforms, and application solutions. 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.
Job Responsibility:
Lead security architecture and policy strategy for government and sovereign cloud environments, ensuring alignment with regulatory, contractual, and national security requirements
Translate government security policy and compliance obligations into clear architectural patterns, guardrails, and technical requirements that can be consistently implemented across products and services
Collaborate on product‑level security design decisions, resolving tradeoffs between security, compliance, scale, performance, and engineering velocity
Drive cross‑organization alignment by working closely with Azure engineering teams, security partners, compliance and legal stakeholders, and external government entities
Identify systemic security risks and gaps across interconnected services and lead initiatives to remediate them at scale
Influence multi‑year security strategy and roadmaps, ensuring long‑term resilience and parity with modern commercial cloud security capabilities where appropriate
Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
Active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph
Verification of U.S. citizenship
Must pass Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Nice to have:
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
Experience supporting sovereign, government, or national security cloud offerings
Familiarity with Microsoft security platforms and cloud services (e.g., Azure, Entra, Defender, Purview)
Experience engaging directly with government customers, regulators, or auditors
Background in driving cross‑product or cross‑platform security initiatives at scale