Senior Security Design Manager

Cloud Operations + Innovation Physical Security Project Manager

Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers Microsoft's cloud platforms and services that millions of people use every day. With more than 95% of Fortune 500 business on Azure, 180 million using Office 365, and millions using other services all running on Microsoft's cloud infrastructure CO+I builds and operates the foundation upon which Microsoft's mission to empower every person and organization comes to life. The CO+I Physical Security team is organized within Cloud +AI and 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, meticulous, and trusted industry provider of hyperscale cloud physical security. We are accountable, effective, and efficient stewards of the awesome responsibility we hold. We innovate to meet challenges. We automate and simplify to scale efficiently. We constantly create and maintain a collaborative ecosystem. We appreciate and act on opportunities to improve. CO+I Physical Security is looking for a motivated individual to lead high-profile and business critical projects involving physical security systems design, specification, and technical oversight for our worldwide critical infrastructure including datacenters, leased collocations, and other types of facilities. This position is responsible for working directly with numerous internal and external teams, including architects, engineers, numerous security vendors, construction / project managers, and customers to ensure accurate and timely delivery of services across a wide array of stakeholders and priorities. The Senior Security Project Manager position reports to the CO+I Physical Security Delivery Director. You should be an experienced team player, possess demonstrated communication, organizational and collaboration skills, have the ability to determine the appropriate security systems solutions, and manage a demanding workload in the execution of multiple concurrent projects across geographic and organizational boundaries.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for implementing the design and specification of physical security, alarm systems, access control, video surveillance, burglary, radio systems and all other types of physical security equipment to achieve security program goals for special projects and initiatives.
• Review, provide feedback, and approve physical security design documentation produced by Architecture & Engineering (A&E) firms.
• Oversee projects to ensure they are delivered in accordance with established baseline requirements and deadlines and within budget.
• Participate in project estimating processes as well as contribute to others budgeting processes for physical security system needs in other groups.
• Partner and collaborate closely with peer leaders and stakeholders, focused on maintaining a One Microsoft, one team environment.
• Continuously improve the efficiency and maturity of the overall physical security program.
• Receive escalations / notifications of physical security and business impacting incidents / events and appropriately triage, ensuring that leadership is made initially and continuously aware when appropriate and that the appropriate personnel are managing the incident response effectively.
• Collaborate with peer teams and organizations to ensure their team is aligned with broader strategy and initiatives, fully supporting leadership priorities, being good partners, helping reduce costs, time burden, and complexity, and being responsive trusted advisors.
• Continuously seek data and recommend strategies and ideas to reduce churn, optimize, implement a creative solution to a problem, scale, automate, and simplify.
• Deliver assigned projects in accordance with established requirements, deadlines, and applicable employment law and company policy.
• Engage with internal and external customers as appropriate to evangelize and represent Microsoft's datacenter physical security programs.
• Maintain confidentiality, discretion, and protection of Microsoft information.

Qualifications

Required / minimum qualifications

Additional / preferred qualifications

Background Check Requirements : 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 :

Security IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $96,500 - $188,400 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 $123,500 - $206,400 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 25, 2025.