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Principal SOC Architect
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Texas, Irving | |
| 7000 State Highway 161 (Show on map) | |
 Jul 02, 2025 | |
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OverviewSecurity 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. We are seeking a Principal SOC Architect to join our team of architects driving innovation within Microsoft's Cyber Defense Operations (CDO) organization. In this principal-level role, you will combine deep technical expertise with user empathy and strategic vision to design and deliver cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions that align with the evolving needs of our SOC and its partners. You'll lead the architecture of next-generation systems that leverage technologies like generative AI and large language models (LLMs) to transform how we detect, investigate, and respond to threats-helping to build the most advanced SOC in the world. Success in this role depends on the ability to navigate Microsoft's complex, matrixed environment-building relationships, understanding users' needs, influencing across teams, and aligning stakeholders to drive impact at scale. This is a US-based role and a flexible work opportunity that can be fully remote, hybrid, or full-time onsite.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.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.
ResponsibilitiesCore Responsibilities:Partner across SOC teams and stakeholders to analyze current business processes and technical solutions, identify blockers, and drive root cause analysis. Design and architect robust, scalable, and secure solutions that meet the cybersecurity needs of Microsoft's SOC, Cyber Defense Operations. Collaborate with senior leadership, product, and engineering teams to integrate diverse perspectives into the design of new SOC capabilities and services. Act as a trusted advisor, providing strategic guidance on complex SOC challenges and recommending security solutions that align with business goals. Prioritize and drive initiatives from concept to delivery, ensuring timely and strong execution. Promote continuous improvement of SOC tools, tradecraft, and techniques (TTPs) through lessons learned from incidents, industry trends, and emerging technologies-including AI and automation. Navigate Microsoft's internal systems, governance structures, and stakeholder networks to accelerate delivery and maximize impact. Other Embody our culture and values | |