# Principal Security Engineer Manager

OverviewThe Windows Attack Research & Protection (WARP) team is looking for a learn-it-all engineering leader that will help secure Microsoft products and devices. The WARP team is responsible for securing the Windows client and server operating systems, used by more than a billion customers every day in businesses and across Azure. This team performs security design reviews, code reviews, and penetration testing on key features of Windows to make sure they meet the highest possible security standards. In this Principal Security Engineer Manager role, you will manage a team of security engineers tasked with building cutting-edge automation for vulnerability discovery and remediation. The candidate will have hands-on experience with native code (C/C++), building agentic systems and tools, a clear understanding of OS security fundamentals, solid computer science skills, and a passion for keeping Microsoft customers safe. 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 respe

- **Id**: 3972709
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/microsoft-principal-security-engineer-manager-2>
- **Role**: Security
- **Role family**: Security
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T18:21:08Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T22:10:22Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4204
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Office & Productivity Software, Gaming Consoles, Developer Tools

## Company

- **Id**: 18
- **Name**: Microsoft
- **Domain**: microsoft.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/microsoft>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Eightfold

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 84
- **Open postings**: 438
- **Ghost share**: 0.007
- **Stale share**: 0.594
- **Repost share**: 0.039
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 29
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 165600
- **Max**: 296400
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 296400

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Windows** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Management years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T16:40:43Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 6,957 · green card filings: 2,767; Filings 12m: 6957

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 4
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T01:50:33Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 296400
- **Is top pay**: yes

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