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Posted date: Sep 25, 2025
Category: Security Engineering
Location: Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations
Estimated salary: $222,050
Range: $139,900 - $304,200
Employment type: Full-Time
Travel amount: 25.0%
Work location type: 0 days / week in-office - remote
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
Microsoft runs on trust, and our trusted cloud was built on the foundational principles of security, privacy, compliance, and transparency. We’re looking for people to help us keep that promise every day. Do you have a passion for security and excitement about impacting some of the largest and most complex security challenges Microsoft is involved with? Want to help us protect Microsoft customers and their data from adversaries? We are looking for someone to help protect our customers and services from those who try to abuse and misuse our services. In this role, you will leverage a mix of policy and compliance expertise, technical background, fraud prevention experience, and collaboration skills to help create strategic policies and standards to protect our cloud services from those who try to abuse them.As a Principal Fraud Governance Specialist on the Governance team within Centralized Fraud Abuse Risk (CFAR), you will manage major policy initiatives across Microsoft. We are seeking a collaborative and highly engaging individual for this role, someone who can effectively work with various cross-functional stakeholders to address high-priority fraud and abuse issues through policy and governance strategy alignment. Additionally, you will interact with leadership, legal and other stakeholders to report on the progress of policy initiatives, ensuring all parties are informed and aligned on the strategic objectives and outcomes. Identify problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
This role provides an opportunity to utilize your expertise in policy development and governance, process development, and collaboration skills to effectively manage and mitigate fraud and abuse to a sustainable level.
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.
Oversee and lead fraud prevention policy strategy and development Microsoft-wide.Develop and implement processes to support policy compliance enforcement across Microsoft.Helps to make connections and assist in developing agreements among groups to clarify priorities, dependencies, and provide coordination across groups.Develops and promotes effective feedback channels with partners, legal and leadership to ensure alignment and appropriate signoffs are completed.Provide Governance GC support for at least one major fraud and abuse program (M365, Partner Center, XBOX, GitHub, etc.).Represent Governance initiatives you own in monthly business reviews with various organizational levels (SLT, cross-functional teams, etc.). Share insights and lessons learned with the Governance team to drive continues improvements.Leverage AI and continues improvement to minimize manual workloads and repetitive tasks.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or related field AND 4+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or related field AND 6+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection.OR equivalent experience.2+ years experience managing policy development and/or compliance.
Other Requirements:
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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Preferred Qualifications:
Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or related field AND 8+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection (enterprise experience).OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Risk Management, Cyber Security, or related field AND 12+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large scale computing, threat modeling, cyber security, or anomaly detection (enterprise experience).OR equivalent experience.1+ years experience with JavaScript, JSON concepts, and other web and database technology. Experience in leveraging AI to increase productivity.Cross-team collaboration skills with a results-driven attitude.
Security Assurance IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 1, 2025.
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