Principal Security Research Manager (Microsoft Defender)

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

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About The Position

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. We are looking for an experienced leader in security research who is passionate about defending customers from today’s advanced threats. This role involves leading a team dedicated to stopping large-scale enterprise attacks. Our group manages Automatic Attack Disruption, a cutting-edge feature integrated into both Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel that proactively stops attacks. We are looking for a Principal Security Research Manager with security expertise to help ensure product quality, deliver fast detection and attack disruption solutions to our customers, as well as drive the development of our innovative protection features. 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.

Requirements

Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field AND 3+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis or modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, and/or anomaly detection.
OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field AND 4+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis or modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, and/or anomaly detection.
OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field AND 6+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis or modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, and/or anomaly detection.
OR equivalent experience.
1+ year(s) people management experience.
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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field AND 5+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis or modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, and/or anomaly detection.
OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field AND 8+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis or modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, and/or anomaly detection.
OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field AND 12+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis or modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, and/or anomaly detection.
OR equivalent experience.
3+ years people management and/or informal/indirect team leadership experience.
10+ years experience in Threat Protection OR Security Research.
Practical security knowledge on the Endpoint, Cloud and Identity spaces.

Responsibilities

Lead a research team focusing on threat detection and Attack Disruption across the XDR stack in diverse customer environments.
Manage threat detection and Attack Disruption quality at scale by leveraging AI and data-driven approach.
Develop fast and innovative solutions to address emerging threats and customer needs.
Represent the team in crisis-response events and provide technical guidance.
Collaborate with multiple product and research teams to implement detection and protection ideas, and validate their effectiveness using a data-driven approach.
Attract and retain great people; Know each individual’s capabilities and aspirations and invest in their growth.
Be involved in customer conversations in order to identify opportunities, gaps and concerns.

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