Empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. That’s what inspires us,

drives our work and pushes us to challenge the status quo every day. The Identity division in

Cloud + AI delivers world class authentication services for the Microsoft cloud. Azure Active

Directory is the identity platform for Azure and Office 365. By using Azure Active Directory,

organizations are empowered to offer their employees and partners access to applications (like

Office 365), data and resources in a secure and controlled way. Microsoft’s Identity division is at

the center of Microsoft’s cloud strategy, we build and operate authentication and authorization

services that are used by the millions of Windows, Office, XBOX and Azure users worldwide. The

identity division is a customer focused organization with an emphasis on security, a great user

experience and high reliability.

The Secure Cloud Engineering team within the Identity division is looking for a talented

engineering manager who is passionate about large scale problems and can help us drive the

next wave of innovation within our secure cloud services team. A successful candidate must

have the skills of a manger and the proven experience of an individual contributor. As a

manager, the candidate should be able to attract new talent to the organization, have

experience leading a team, and a record of delivering results. As a proven individual

contributor, the candidate should be hands-on with code and data analysis with a strong sense

of ownership. #identityjobs

Responsibilities

Your core responsibilities include leading a team of engineers to deliver the next set of features

and optimizations. You would have opportunities to deliver significant customer and business

impact, lead the team in an agile way, and be hands on with technical problems. You would

collaborate with teams across Identity division and Microsoft to achieve common goals and to

drive impact across the entire Microsoft cloud, as authentication and identity are core to Azure

and Office 365. Successful candidates are decisive leaders that are capable of driving through

ambiguity amidst evolving requirements, environments, topologies, and workloads.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Technical leadership, experience in high performing, agile teams

• 5+ years of industry experience developing commercial software applications or services

• 2+ years of people management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with public government organizations and secure environments.

• Undergraduate or Graduate degree in Computer Science or related Engineering discipline

• Great communication skills to collaborate across groups and work effectively within the team

• Expertise in any modern continuous delivery/deployment systems

• Working experience in online services/large scale systems is a plus

• Working experience in system architecture and design

• Coding and problem-solving skills

• Able to ramp up new technologies fast

Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able 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:

Candidates must have an active TS (preferably TS/SCI) or be willing to upgrade to TS/SCI (with

full scope polygraph) or have an active TS/SCI and be willing to upgrade to TS/SCI (with full

scope polygraph). This role will require candidates to maintain the TS/SCI (with full scope

polygraph) clearance.

Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Candidates selected for this position must comply with Federal Executive Order 14042 mandating that federal contractors and subcontractors receive the COVID-19 vaccine by being fully vaccinated before their date of hire, or work with Microsoft to receive an approved religious or medical accommodation.

Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of US Citizenship to meet federal

government security requirementsMicrosoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.