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Security Assurance Engineering Manager

Microsoft

Microsoft

Software Engineering, Other Engineering
USD 163k-296,400 / year
Posted on Jul 9, 2025

Security Assurance Engineering Manager

Multiple Locations, United States

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Date posted
Jul 08, 2025
Job number
1844250
Work site
Up to 100% work from home
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
Individual Contributor
Profession
Security Engineering
Discipline
Security Assurance
Employment type
Full-Time

Overview

Team Description:

Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. 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.

The Security Engineering team within Microsoft Security helps to identify threats and gaps in the very tools that protect the planet's largest, most influential organizations from cyberattacks.

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.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

9+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, modeling, cyber security, anomaly detection

  • OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or related field
  • OR equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years people management.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security,

OR related field

OR 8+ years' experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, modeling, cyber security, anomaly detection OR equivalent experience.

2+ years people management.

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certification, Security+ Certification, or relevant certification.

Security Assurance M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 - $296,400 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 $220,800 - $331,200 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 and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.

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"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."

Responsibilities

Leads a team of technical experts to uphold and evolve standards in security architecture, analysis, design, and assurance. This role provides thought leadership across teams, proactively identifying and addressing complex security challenges while influencing security standards both within and beyond Microsoft. The Security Assurance Manager drives the creation of scalable mechanisms for best practice sharing and ensures Microsoft remains a visible leader in security expertise.

This role oversees architectural and security design reviews across a suite of features, ensuring work is properly resourced, prioritized, and aligned with strategic goals. Responsibilities include real-time reprioritization, cross-team collaboration, and the orchestration of efforts across diverse specialties. The manager also plays a key role in people development—driving employee growth, managing performance, and executing high-impact projects. A critical aspect of the role is anticipating emerging security risks and closing gaps through innovation and deep technical insight.

Other


Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.