[Remote] Principal Security Research Manager

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Microsoft is committed to making the world a safer place through innovative security solutions. They are seeking a Principal Security Research Manager to lead a simulation team focused on developing environments and challenges that enhance AI security capabilities. Responsibilities • Lead a multi-disciplinary team including security researchers, applied scientists, and engineers to design and implement large-scale virtual environments representing real world network design, breach paths, and benign traffic patterns • Design and plant end-to-end CTF challenges within these environments, working together with our larger team to challenge and grow both AI red team and AI blue team capabilities • Partner with research and engineering to implement agentic wargames and self-driven learning approaches, improving both AI red and AI blue team solutions Skills • Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field AND 3+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis or modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, and/or anomaly detection • OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field AND 4+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis or modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, and/or anomaly detection • OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field AND 6+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis or modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, and/or anomaly detection • OR equivalent experience • 1+ year(s) people management experience • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role • This position will be required to pass the Microsoft background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter • Doctorate in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field AND 5+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis or modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, and/or anomaly detection • OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field AND 8+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis or modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, and/or anomaly detection • OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or related field AND 12+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, threat analysis or modeling, cybersecurity, vulnerability research, and/or anomaly detection • OR equivalent experience • 3+ years people management and/or informal/indirect team leadership experience • 8+ years of computer security industry experience with knowledge of adversary tradecraft, security operations, incident response, threat hunting, and of emerging threats and techniques for attacks against modern cloud environments • 6+ years of experience researching, prototyping, and authoring threat detection or remediation in live production environments • Hands on experience with generative AI including building agentic systems, vibe-coding, or model benchmarking/fine-tuning • Code fluency in either C/C++, Java, Python, or Rust • Experience collaborating with external partners, customers, or cross-functional teams • Experience designing large-scale simulation environments or CTF challenges • Hands on experience deploying and maintaining cloud environments, tenants, or subscriptions in Azure Company Overview • Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. It was founded in 1975, and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.microsoft.com. Company H1B Sponsorship • Microsoft has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 9192 in 2025, 9343 in 2024, 7677 in 2023, 11403 in 2022, 7210 in 2021, 7852 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.