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Principal Security Assurance Engineering Manager

United States, Reston 139900.00 - 274800.00 USD / Year · Job Posted March 19, 2026
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Microsoft’s Specialized Cloud Team in the national security, classified, and high risk compliance portfolio has reached a level of operational scale and regulatory complexity that requires a Principal Security Assurance Engineering Manager. This role is critical to protecting Microsoft’s ability to perform classified work, maintaining trust with U.S. Government and defense partners, and enabling continued expansion into sensitive mission areas and secure cloud services. This position serves as a senior enterprise authority for industrial security, operating across Microsoft’s ecosystem of cleared programs, classified facilities, secure cloud environments obligations.

Job Responsibility

  • Enterprise Industrial Security Leadership: Interpret, operationalize, and govern requirements under NISPOM (32 CFR Part 117), SEADs, DoD Instructions, DFARS clauses, and customer specific security directives
  • Anticipate and mitigate enterprise level risks that could jeopardize Facility Clearances (FCLs), classified contracts, or customer trust
  • Cross Organizational Governance & Influence: Drive alignment across Engineering, Operations, Datacenters, Legal (CELA), HR, Physical Security, and secure/sovereign cloud teams
  • Establish clear governance models, accountability mechanisms, and escalation paths
  • Lead high risk decision making involving regulatory exposure, personnel adjudication, insider threat concerns, and facility accreditation
  • Facility Clearance & Classified Environment Management: Provide governance and oversight for the full lifecycle of classified facilities, including SCIFs and SAPF environments
  • Ensure accreditation readiness, material change management, and sustained compliance across facilities and business units
  • Protect Microsoft’s corporate and subordinate FCL posture through proactive risk management

Requirements

  • Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or related field AND 4+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or related field AND 6+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection OR equivalent experience
  • 1+ year(s) people management
  • 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

Nice to have

  • Experience supporting Special Access Programs (SAP), SCI, or highly sensitive classified environments
  • Background in secure cloud, mission systems, or large scale government services
  • Familiarity with DFARS, contract security clauses, and classified PWS requirements
  • Experience designing enterprise governance frameworks for compliance and risk management
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