Principal Program Manager, Azure Active Directory The Digital Transformation is upon us! Applications and data are moving to the cloud; employees want to be productive on devices they love from locations of their choice; organizations want to give seamless access to partners; self-service is in and helpdesks are pass . In the middle of all these exciting changes, security breaches are getting more sophisticated by the day. The single common factor in this journey that the IT world is undertaking is... Identity. This is your chance to join a specialized group within our exciting and diverse team that's deeply engaged in these changes and challenges to help guide our customers along this transformational journey. We are building an architecture team to help solve some of the harder problems in the Identity space and make the transition to the cloud smoother. The GTP ("Get To Production") team is a part of the identity engineering division within Microsoft's booming Cloud and Enterprise business
Day to day, our Program Manager Architects own a small set of enterprise customers with complex needs and they work to create clarity across the customer's business goals and technical requirements on their journey to the cloud: We help translate these requirements into a strong technical solution based on our Azure Active Directory technology stack. Identify patterns of challenges that need a broader architectural approach or a set of guidelines to address. Where we identify product gaps, we then engage directly with the feature teams, sharing requirements, participating in the design of the feature
Bachelor's degree in computer science (or related field) or equivalent work experience 5+ years of work experience designing, building and/or implementing software products. The role has a requirement for regular travel (up to 50%) Preferred Qualifications: Having 2+ years of recent experience with cloud service development, design and/or deployment is a plus. Extra credit for existing experience as a solutions architect. Passion for understanding things deeply, whether it's customer requirements or product technologies. Passion for writing and authoring thoughtful guidance, established blog or