Principal Software Engineering Manager

Microsoft Azure Edge + Platform (E+P) is a globally distributed team of engineers, architects, program managers, product managers, business program managers, business administrators, user experience researchers and designers who are responsible for the platform for Microsoft and for delivering Microsoft’s edge vision. We create the most reliable and trustworthy OS and platform services to empower Microsoft and our customers to achieve more. We unlock the next wave of opportunity at the edge through an at-scale ecosystem driving widespread adoption of our Microsoft cloud services.

The edge workload security team has a mission to create a secure platform foundation for consistent Cloud/Edge experiences and support all services and applications running on top of the platform. The team builds platform security capabilities for workload running on K8 platform including authentication, authorization, secret management, and protection with a goal to provide consistent and convenient API experiences for developers

Our team is seeking a Principal Software Engineer Manager to join us and lead a team of engineers in developing and delivering innovative solutions for our customers. You will drive security strategies in collaboration with partner teams to secure services and customer workloads running on Microsoft-managed/supported K8s clusters. Additionally, you will lead the team in releasing critical security solutions to both Microsoft 1P services and Microsoft customers.

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.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of engineers to deliver secure, scalable and performant solutions while championing a growth mindset, diversity and inclusion.

• Managers deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring.

• Model – Live Microsoft culture; Embody Microsoft values; Practice Microsoft leadership principles.

• Coach – Define team objectives and outcomes; Enable success across boundaries; Help the team adapt and learn.

• Care – Attract and retain great people; Know each individual’s capabilities and aspirations; Invest in the growth of others.

• Collaborate with all stakeholders to create a platform technical strategy regarding security architecture and API experiences for the Microsoft-managed/supported K8s clusters.

• Support the creation of product roadmap for timely release and easy adoption utilizing customer data.

• Work across different time zones such as US/UK

Qualifications

Required qualifications.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND proficient years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or TypeScript OR equivalent experience.

• Deep knowledge about K8 platform including K8 security fundamentals.

• Experience successfully shipping services.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Deep people management experiences.

• Experience with Azure services, including containers (AKS) and AKV, and familiar with Microsoft Entra ID, ARM: Azure Resource Manager and other Azure RBAC

• Experience in design and build system features.

Background Check: 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. 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) .