Data Center Program Manager, Compliance

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day and we need you as a Datacenter Program Manager, Compliance.

Microsoft's Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a CO+I Datacenter Program Manager, Compliance, you will perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's online services including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform. As a group, CO+I is focused on the personal and professional development for all employees and offers trainings and growth opportunities including Career Rotation Programs, Diversity & Inclusion trainings and events, and professional certifications.

Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 100 datacenters and 1 million servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide.

With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, we continue to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing business demands that hold Microsoft as a world-class cloud provider.

Do you want to empower billions across the world? Come and join us in CO+I and be at the forefront of the action!

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.

Responsibilities

Data Center Operations

• Ensures compliance with data center business units and service-level policies. Exercises judgment and discretion to provide input on service level and improvement plan components. Abides by all Service Level and Organizational Level Agreements (SLA/OLAs) to meet compliance and service requirements. Suggests changes for improvements based on experience; investigates root cause of service level degradation and suggests improvement plans. Ensures third parties are compliant with security, safety and all other guidelines.

• Engages with appropriate teams and resources to execute tasks or projects. Manages programs associated with area of responsibility. Ensures the right resources and technical requirements are aligned to projects and that projects are staying within scope.

• Demonstrates conscientiousness on cost adheres to budget requirements; keeps costs reasonable and contributes to staying within budget; provides input as needed to meet timely and accurate estimates on budget allocation. Plans and bills in a timely and accurate manner; supports finance for accruals; takes steps to avoid After-the Fact (ATF) costs; creates and monitors Purchase Orders (POs) as needed to ensure sufficient funds for operations. Manages POs end-to-end process.

• Executes strategic vision as executed by leaders. Translates information from leaders into ideas for potential improvements (e.g., operations, efficiency).

• Follows and adheres to safety and security policies and procedures. Reports immediately any safety or security issues or concerns. Participates in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) process as appropriate. Makes recommendations for improvements to safety and security procedures.

Service Delivery

• Performs troubleshooting for service incidents and escalates, as appropriate, to meet SLA/OLAs, with minimal disruption to the client/customer and business. Knows who to go to in order to get resolution; collaborates with others to solve issues as needed.

• Monitors services and KPIs, and reports trends and service anomalies. Leads key processes, such as team and triage meetings, prioritizes work across the team, and rebalances priorities to respond to changes. Analyzes data and collaborates with vendors to improve SLAs and increase efficiency. Raises issues to gain clarity and recommend improvements in reporting.

• Provides communication and resolution to issues related to programs, projects, and incidents to drive service compliance. Contributes to the development, monitoring, measurement, and improvement of quality of service and support. Suggests preparedness and avoids recurrence; executes mitigation strategies. Reports on incident post-mortem.

• Manages the assigned projects or programs to meet service delivery objectives. Participates in pilot programs or task forces to ensure smooth implementation for future service delivery. Suggests changes for improvement. Escalates to appropriate stakeholders to remove obstacles.

• Exercises judgment and discretion to contribute to issue tracking the overall quality of the end-to-end service and client satisfaction. Learns the customer's business and maintains customer focus. Recognizes potential customer impact of other events and issues (e.g., customer lockdown); communicates potential impact and plans for impact accordingly. Identifies and minimizes risk and aligns customer to risk and impact. Sets expectations appropriately and keeps commitments. Proactively reviews schedules and avoids conflicts when possible. Identifies, coordinates, manages expectations, and offers alternatives when defining customer solutions in light of ongoing operations and procedures (e.g., schedule, technical feasibility, policy, procedure, tools).

• Drives stakeholder and cross functional partnerships; works with regional teams to implement changes (e.g., regional or global initiatives like process improvement, safety, compliance, security, engineering, tooling). Manages relationships with clients and suppliers to ensure that all expectations are clarified, understood, documented, and met. Effectively communicates with clients and partners (e.g., upcoming service impacts and outages, delivery dates, requirements, project status, new initiatives). Identifies and develops opportunities to forge partnerships.

Data Center Work Environment

• Shares best practices; assists others in learning role, process, procedures; mentors others and shares expertise as needed; stays up to date on current changes and ensures others have awareness as needed. Provides mentorship across data centers for specific expertise. Seeks training opportunities that meet the interest of the business as well as own career goals and objectives.

• Realizes that changes impact the work of others, and proactively shares relevant information to enable efficient workflow. Knows when he or she does not have required information and seeks additional information or clarification appropriately.

• Promotes a positive team environment by learning and adopting best practices. Contributes constructively in team meetings and in cross-discipline collaborations within the service team. Uses resources effectively to obtain information not readily available in order to respond to questions from clients and/or team members. Recognizes priority of team success over individual achievement. Supports team goals and contributes to the success of others.

• Delegates work within team to effectively deliver results. Collaborates and negotiates effectively with others to identify delegates to deliver results. Seeks guidance from management on delegation of resources.

Ownership

• In alignment with management priorities, holds self accountable for the end-to-end service quality, completeness, and resulting customer experience (e.g., availability, safety, security, customer service). Support escalation of issues to appropriate owner. Identifies unaddressed issues within their area of work and resolves, escalates, or finds the appropriate owner to ensure the highest level of quality.

Other

• Embody our Microsoft One culture and values

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent AND 2+ year(s) of experience in auditing /compliance projects in large-scale environments

• OR 3+ years in auditing/compliance experience in large-scale environments.

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 Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

• Citizenship Verification:This position requires verification of citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid?passport.

Preferred/Additional Qualifications:

• PCI Audit experience.

• Experience in managing Compliance in large-scale mission critical infrastructure environments.

• 3+ years' experience in Critical Environment infrastructures (e.g., UPS (Uninterruptible Power Systems), Generator, AHU (Air Handling Unit)) or working in physical IT (Information Technology) infrastructures (e.g., Servers, Networking, Capacity, DC (Datacenter) Rack/Enclosures, structured cabling)

• Applicable certifications: ASICS (Inventory Control), CompTIA (Computing Technology Industry Association), Microsoft Network Certifications, PMP (Project Management Professional), ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library), CDCP (Certified Data Centre Professional).

• Possess a record of accomplishment in operational excellence.

• A skilled communicator and influencer who can confidently and effectively negotiate with key business leaders for positive outcomes.

• Possess technical expertise and the skill to communicate complex issues and requirements clearly and effectively.

Data Center Operations Management IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,800 - $195,000 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 $135,200 - $222,000 per year.

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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until May 17, 2024.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (~~~) .