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Posted date: Feb 17, 2026
There have been 2 jobs posted with the title of Senior Resilience Lead all time at Microsoft.Category: Security Research
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo-to
Employment type: Full-Time
Travel amount: 50.0%
Work location type: 0 days / week in-office – remote
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
OverviewMicrosoft’s Detection and Response Team (DART) is seeking a skilled and highly organized Senior Resilience Lead to design, contribute to, and maintain proactive offerings that increase our customer’s security cyber resilience in the face of evolving threats. This role combines deep technical expertise with development of security-focused offerings, as well as leadership and collaboration across global teams.
You’ll be part of a globally distributed, mission-driven team that responds to some of the most complex and high-impact cybersecurity incidents in the world. You’ll work alongside experts in threat hunting, reverse engineering, infrastructure containment and recovery, helping to shape the future of Microsoft’s incident response capabilities.
Join a world-class security team dedicated to helping organizations stay ahead of cyber threats. As a Senior Resilience Lead, you’ll design and deliver cutting-edge resilience and incident response offerings that empower customers to anticipate, withstand, and recover from attacks. This is a role for someone passionate about proactive security, innovation, and customer success. Additionally, as a Resilience Lead you will also oversee customer relationships, ensuring that delivery processes align with business objectives and maintaining high standards of service delivery.
This role is for professionals who not only excel in technical acumen and are passionate about cybersecurity, but also demonstrates robust capabilities in engaging with clients and want to make a global impact by helping organizations improve their cybersecurity resilience. Should you possess the requisite skills and feel prepared to embrace this opportunity, we would be eager to review your candidacy.
Up to 75% travel to deliver onsite with customers may be required.
Responsibilities
Lead Proactive Security Initiatives
Develop and launch advanced resilience programs, readiness assessments, and threat modeling engagements.
Drive continuous improvement and measurable risk reduction.
Support Reactive Security Initiatives
Provide infrastructure tooling deployment support on reactive customer engagements
Provide support of deep technical conversations in Japanese and English.
Elevate Incident Response Readiness
Deliver tabletop exercises, cyber range simulations, and playbook development to prepare customers for real-world threats.
Align offerings with global best practices and compliance standards.
Inspire and Collaborate with a High-Performing Team
Engage with peers and internal partners for development and delivery
Mentor security professionals, foster growth, and maintain a culture of collaboration and excellence.
Ensure operational rigor and quality across all engagements.
Be a Trusted Advisor
Engage directly with enterprise customers and executive stakeholders.
Translate technical insights into actionable strategies that strengthen resilience.
Collaborate Across the Ecosystem
Partner with delivery, analyst, engineering, threat intelligence, and operations teams to enhance service capabilities.
Influence offerings roadmaps through customer feedback and field insights.
Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications
Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field
OR 5+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection.
Ability to travel up to 75% to deliver onsite with customers.
A minimum of 3+ years of experience in development and delivery of workshops and tabletops
Developed and delivered workshops and tabletops
Other Qualifications:
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.
Ability to support Business Level conversations in Japanese
Ability to support Business Level conversations in English
Additional or Preferred Qualifications
A minimum of 3+ years of guiding stakeholders and achieving agreement among individuals at all levels of experience.
A minimum of 3+ years of professional experience in areas such as project management, operations, process enhancement, cybersecurity, or related sectors.
Effective interpersonal and communication abilities (in English and Japanese), conducive to productive collaboration within diverse team structures.
Proactive approach in initiating actions and advocating for improvements to establish more streamlined and effective development and delivery processes.
Familiarity with project management methodologies
Cloud security experience in hybrid environments.
Expertise in frameworks like NIST CSF, MITRE ATT&CK, ISO 27001.
Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or GIAC (GCIH, GCFA)
Desire to seek a clearance if not in possession of one
Background Check Requirements
The 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.
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
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