High Security Design Manager

Microsoft

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted
1 day ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Apr 26, 2027

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Below market

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This role pays less than 68% of similar roles. Most pay $166,509–$234,200 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $177k versus about $200k for comparable roles.

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Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing

Microsoft currently has 692 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · High Security Design Manager

The High Security Design Manager joins the Air-Gapped Cloud team within Cloud Operations and Innovation to manage engineering scope, schedules, and budgets for greenfield, brownfield, and retrofit projects. This role involves leading internal and external resources to deliver datacenter building, power, cooling, telecom, and controls infrastructure. You will provide technical direction and leadership for innovative designs from site due diligence through construction and turnover to operations. Key responsibilities include coordinating teams of architects and engineers while performing feasibility and gap analyses for space conversions. Required competencies include proficiency in commercial and industrial architecture and engineering with a primary focus on datacenter design. The role solves the technical challenge of providing mission-critical datacenter capacity and infrastructure for specialized environments with unique delivery requirements.

What you'll do

  • Manage the engineering scope, schedule, and budget for greenfield, brownfield, and retrofit datacenter projects.
  • Oversee the delivery of building, power, cooling, telecom, and controls infrastructure.
  • Lead the development of innovative technology and advanced concepts from site due diligence through construction.
  • Manage internal and external resources to ensure designs align with the datacenter capacity roadmap.
  • Coordinate a team of architects, engineers, and designers to deliver projects on time and within budget.
  • Perform feasibility and gap analyses with operations teams for converting existing spaces to new uses.
  • Provide technical direction and decision-making leadership for multiple concurrent datacenter design solutions.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, or related field and 4+ years of experience in engineering, architecture, or construction engineering.
  • 2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team design or construction projects.
  • Proficiency in commercial and industrial architecture and engineering with a primary focus on datacenter design.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including a Microsoft Cloud background check.
  • Verification of US Citizenship to meet federal government security requirements.
  • Bachelor’s Degree and 10+ years of engineering, architecture, or construction engineering (preferred).
  • 8+ years experience leading cross-discipline engineering or architectural teams in design for construction projects (preferred).
  • Registered Professional Engineer or Architect, PMP certification, or US Security Clearance (preferred).

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