Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all.

We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft's mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers' heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day.

In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.The Microsoft Identity Standards team is looking to hire a Principal Standards Architect. This team works globally to create and adopt standards that are foundational to a secure, interoperable and scalable Identity and Access Management eco-system.

We are looking for an Identity Standards Architect to cover critical areas of innovation in both external standards bodies and in our product. You will have the opportunity to be part of an experienced and accomplished team, and to see your standards work implemented in products that impact the entire world. In this role, you will work with our engineering teams and with external engineers from companies all over the world to create and adopt identity specifications that meet our guiding principles for technology and that forward secure and innovative identity practices.

?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.

Required/Minimum QualificationsBachelor's Degree AND 6+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product developmentOR equivalent experience.3+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.Other RequirementsAbility 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.Additional or Preferred QualificationsBachelor's Degree AND 10+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product developmentOR equivalent experience.8+ years experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

1+ year(s) experience reading and/or writing code (eg, sample documentation, product demos).Technical knowledge of one of the following specification families or similar: IETF OAuth, OIDF OpenID Connect/OpenID4VC, W3C Verifiable Credentials, W3C WebAuthn/FIDO2, SAML, OIDF Shared Signals, IETF SCIM.Technical Program Management IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S.

is USD $133,600 - $256,800 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 $173,200 - $282,200 per year.Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

Find additional benefits and pay information here: Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.group participation in standards bodiesArchitecture and design of identity and security related protocols, endpoints, and surrounding technologyConsensus-making discussions among diverse constituentsInternal and industry representation of Microsoft's standards goalsContribution to a collaborative team environment across PM and engineering stakeholdersOwnership of programs and advancement of Microsoft standards strategyInternal and publicly facing blogs and whitepapersEmbody our culture and valuesEmployment typeFull-TimeWork siteUp to 100% work from homeRole typeIndividual ContributorDisciplineTechnical Program ManagementProfessionProgram Management.