Datacenter Security Operations Manager

Microsoft Microsoft · Big Tech · Quincy, WA +1 · Security

This role manages physical security operations for Microsoft datacenters, focusing on protecting personnel, infrastructure, and data. It involves implementing security policies, analyzing threats, managing incidents, and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure secure and continuous operations. The role requires experience in security program management and risk analysis, with an emphasis on continuous improvement and automation.

What you'd actually do

  1. Oversee the implementation of physical security policies and procedures at applicable datacenters, ensuring Microsoft’s physical security vendor guard force has the resources and information to deliver physical security services that meet Microsoft and customer requirements to protect people, information, and critical infrastructure.
  2. With minimal assistance, performs analysis to detect security threats, alerts, or risks and escalates to critical incident response team and/or external authorities, if necessary.
  3. Continuously improve the efficiency and maturity of the overall physical security program at Microsoft datacenters, seeking data and recommending strategies and ideas to reduce churn, optimizing resources including budget management and forecasting, implement creative solutions to problems, scale, automate and simplify process whenever possible.
  4. Receive escalations/notifications of physical security and business impacting events and appropriately triage, ensure that regional leadership is kept informed through regular communication as appropriate and that the necessary personnel for managing an incident respond effectively.
  5. Supports risk identification for datacenter insecurity and security disruption (e.g., life safety, business operations, reputation) to assist decision-makers in mitigating risks and responding to residual risks.

Skills

Required

  • Security Program Management
  • Program Management
  • Risk Analysis
  • Incident Response
  • Stakeholder Collaboration
  • Budget Management
  • Forecasting
  • Process Improvement
  • Automation

Nice to have

  • Physical Security Systems
  • Global Security Program Management
  • Life Safety
  • Business Operations Protection
  • Reputation Management

What the JD emphasized

  • physical security vendor guard force
  • security threats
  • critical incident response
  • physical security program
  • risk analysis
  • security disruption
  • mitigating risks
  • responding to residual risks
  • risk analysis