Are you a seasoned technology leader, who is passionate about cloud and the benefits it can bring to support the largest and most complex government customers in their journey to the cloud?  Azure is the fastest-growing business in Microsoft’s history and is the foundation of Microsoft’s Cloud Services. Continuing this success, Azure has expanded into the Government space with its mission-critical cloud, delivering breakthrough innovation and security to those customers and their partners. With world-class security, protection, and compliance, departments and agencies can accelerate cloud adoption with confidence, in a consistent hybrid environment designed for flexibility and scale. Azure for Government enables innovation with deeply integrated cloud services, advanced analytics, and an open application platform, that provides the building blocks to rapidly develop, deploy and manage intelligent solutions. Government customers can leverage the vast network of Microsoft’s technology partners and diverse marketplace offerings, to advance their mission and serve their citizens. 

As we drive to be the leading cloud platform in the world, Azure Global Government Engineering team is hiring an exceptional Government Expansion Director to help accelerate our most strategic government customers’ adoption of Microsoft Azure by connecting our technical experience, along with our customers’ vision and challenges directly to the engineering product teams, and as a result help to ensure Azure is the most compelling solution on the market. We work across the broad range of Azure technologies understanding customer mission scenarios, cloud patterns and adoption blockers.  

If so, the Azure Global Government (AGG) Team is looking for a seasoned and experienced engineering leader to help define and execute on our Government expansion strategy. You will partner closely with your colleagues, engineering, and infrastructure teams, as well as country leadership to drive adoption of Azure.   

We have exciting opportunities for you to innovate, influence, transform and grow within our organization and to shape the adoption of Azure.  We encourage you to apply to learn more. 

Responsibilities

Identify, collaborate with, and collect customer network connectivity requirements

Play a key role as the network SME within the in-country Azure customer interaction team

Deliver technical network and CDS presentations to in-country customers

Drive collaboration across Azure Global Engineering teams to ensure we deliver a secure and resilient hyperscale cloud

Represent the customers key requirements to help shape product roadmaps for both Azure networking and Cross Domain Solutions

Support in country accreditation activities for both network and Cross Domain Solutions

Qualifications

Singapore Citizenship

BS/MS Computer Science/Networking/Communications/Physics

Deep understanding of the OSI model

Knowledge and experience of delivering Network projects (areas include physical cabling and infra for DC builds, CWDM / DWDM, Telco circuits, DC network hardware, SDN)

5+ years’ experience in program management

Strong customer focus and data driven approach.

Ability to coordinate across numerous teams and stake holders to raise the security bar and drive accountability.

Significant experience of end-to-end delivery and Innovation

Agility in fast paced environment

Experience working across the Defense and Security communities

Desired Attributes:

Recognized networking certification (CompTIA, Cisco etc.)

10+ years of secure networking design and configuration

Experience in developing security hardening procedures, best practices, and policy implementation to meet Government requirements.

Understanding of Cross Domain Solutions (CDS), types of CDS, deployment scenarios and accreditation activities within a secure environment.

Extensive experience in working with Government encryption standards and operational management of equipment

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.

Microsoft 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. 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.