Microsoft Azure is undergoing explosive growth (150% y/y) as customers around the world realize the benefits of moving their services and applications on to the cloud. Security is the foremost concern for our customers as they move their services outside their datacenter. The charter of the Windows Azure Security group is to ensure that Azure is the most secure and resilient cloud platform. We are responsible for identity and access control management, secrets/key management, encryption and data protection, security monitoring agent, anti-malware protection, fraud detection automation, and other security capabilities for the Azure platform. We are looking for a manager to lead, define, and design cloud scale platform security services in these areas. This is a unique opportunity building and owning core security technologies and applying them to the cloud scale. In this position, you will be responsible for all aspects of building and running highly available secure distributed services providing mission critical functionality for Azure. These are high visibility projects which are of the highest priority for Azure.
Qualifications include:
Strong design and development experience, preferably with distributed programming models.
Demonstrated problem solving and debugging skills.
Experience managing at least 3-5 developers and leading them through at least one ship cycle.
Passion in building and designing very large scale systems; prior experience in building large scale online systems is a big plus.
The ability to multi-task while balancing short term and long term needs is essential.
Knowledge of security technologies is highly desirable but not required.
8+ years of software development experience in a product group.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected status.
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