Senior Technical Program Manager - CTJ - TS/SCI

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world.

Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture.

Within Azure Data, the databases team builds and maintains Microsoft's operational Database systems. We store and manage data in a structured way to enable multitude of applications across various industries. We are on a journey to enable developer friendly, mission-critical, AI enabled operational Databases across relational, non-relational and OSS offerings.

We are the Security and Compliances (S&C) team within the Azure Databases pillar in the Azure Data organization and our mission is to offer the most secure database services on the planet – from on-premises data centers to the cloud. We focus on:

• Ensuring our customers have consistent security feature experience across Azure environments while developing and shipping industry-leading, differentiated security capabilities such as Always Encrypted or SQL Ledger;
• leading and enforcing standards across the three Secure Future Initiative principles;
• clarifying and ensuring that regulatory compliance, data privacy and secure development practices are prioritized and balanced to ensure the data our customers entrust to our services is safe and managed in a compliant manner, meeting even the most stringent federal customer requirements.

The Azure Databases pillar is part of the Azure Data organization and oversees all the operational data management services including Azure SQL Database, CosmosDB, as well as the services based on open-source relational database engines such as PostgreSQL and MySQL. Our services are a top choice for governments, enterprises, ISVs, and application developers looking to disrupt markets and transform their existing business. 

The Azure Databases pillar along with all of Azure is expanding our footprint in the Government space with our mission-critical cloud, delivering breakthrough innovation and security to government customers and their partners. With world-class security, protection, and compliance, agencies can accelerate cloud adoption with confidence, in a consistent hybrid environment designed for flexibility and scale. Azure 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.  

We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served.

The S&C team is looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager with a proven track record in managing multiple security frameworks and regulatory compliance processes and resulting certifications end-to-end.  This role will be critical in ensuring our operational database cloud services meet the stringent security requirements set by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). The ideal candidate will have knowledge of implementing cloud computing, online services, enterprise software development, engineering and/or operations at scale.  You will collaborate to ensure our portfolio of operational data stores are delivered with consistency and in a compliant manner across all clouds.  You will use your experience and skills to identify and resolve complex opportunities and gaps in the implementation of compliance features and processes across offerings. Partner with software engineering, legal, Azure compliance, Azure security and other divisions to design scalable, secure, and compliant solutions that meet even the most stringent requirements of both public and private sectors.  You will develop and manage governance programs and processes to ensure that specific compliance requirements and standards are met throughout the development lifecycle. You will define success criteria and performance metrics and lead teams to partner with others to collect performance metrics. 

Security, compliances, and data privacy are top concerns for our customers and the S&C team plays a pivotal role in drawing new businesses to our platform by being “built on trust”.

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.