Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers Microsoft’s cloud platforms and services that millions of people use every day. With more than 95% of Fortune 500 business on Azure, 180 million using Office 365, and millions using other services – all running on Microsoft's cloud infrastructure – CO+I design, builds, and operates the foundation upon which Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and organization comes to life.

The CO+I Physical Security team is organized within the Core Operations Functions (COF) team and is dedicated to delivering the most trustworthy security program to protect the personnel, infrastructure, data, and confidential information foundational to the Microsoft Cloud. With more than 200 datacenters in 32 countries and millions of servers, our mission is to be the most reliable, rigorous, and trusted physical security provider of hyperscale cloud infrastructure. We are accountable stewards of the awesome responsibility we hold. We innovate to meet challenges and optimize to scale efficiently. We constantly create and maintain a collaborative ecosystem. We appreciate and act on opportunities to improve.

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.

Responsibilities

The selected candidate will collaborate with teams across Microsoft and Supplier partners to deliver and continuously improve security operations at Microsoft datacenters. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

Design and Project Management

• Designs end-to-end and supports the implementation of security systems. Manages security system integration and delivery. Ensures cost, schedule, quality, and standards are maintained for security systems.

• Identify, evaluate, and quantify (using established processes and procedures) physical security issues at proposed critical infrastructure sites. Participate in the collaborative process of selecting the most appropriate existing datacenter facility upon which to lease.

• Represent Physical Security in contract negotiations including third-party agreements, and audits related to physical security as well as contract compliance.

• Partner and collaborate closely with peer leaders and stakeholders, focused on maintaining a One Microsoft, one team environment.

• Continuously improve the efficiency and maturity of the overall physical security program.

• Receive escalations/notifications of physical security and business impacting incidents/events and appropriately triage, ensuring that leadership is made initially and continuously aware when appropriate and that the appropriate personnel are managing the incident response effectively.

• Collaborate with peer teams and organizations to ensure their team is aligned with broader strategy and initiatives, fully supporting leadership priorities, being good partners, helping reduce costs, time burden, and complexity, and being responsive trusted advisors.

• Continuously seek data and recommend strategies and ideas to reduce churn, optimize, implement a creative solution to a problem, scale, automate, and simplify.

• Deliver assigned projects in accordance with established requirements, deadlines, and applicable employment law and company policy.

• Engage with internal and external customers as appropriate to evangelize and represent Microsoft’s datacenter physical security programs.

• Maintain confidentiality, discretion, and protect Microsoft information without question.

• Responsible for implementing the design and specification of alarm systems, access control, video surveillance, burglary, radio systems and all other types of physical security equipment to achieve security program goals for special projects and initiatives.

• Oversee projects to ensure they are delivered in accordance with established baseline requirements and deadlines and within budget.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years experience in Security Program or Program Management or related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Risks, or related field AND 12+ years’ experience in Security Program or Program Management

• OR equivalent experience.

• Certified Protection Professional (CPP) or equivalent Protection certification

• OR Physical Security Professional (PSP)

• OR equivalent Physical Security Certification

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .