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National Security Officer

Microsoft· National Technology
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Haryana, Gurgaonfull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Microsoft's National Security charter for India strengthens national cyber resilience, elevates customer readiness, ensures regulatory compliance and positions Microsoft as the trusted security partner to governments and critical industries. The Deputy National Security Officer owns day-to-day operations to enable executive/regulator engagement and Solution Engineering leadership within the intersection of national cyber agencies, regulators, Public Sector customers and Microsoft's security organizations.

Responsibilities

  • Agency and regulator cadence. Run the monthly engagement cadence with 8+ national cyber agencies and regulators (CERT-In, NCSC, NCIIPC, I4C, RBI, MeitY, SEBI, IRDAI); prepare briefings, track commitments and coordinate MSTIC quarterly threat briefings to top agencies.
  • Threat-intelligence and incident coordination. Operational point of contact for government-origin threat intelligence and malware submissions; route and track cases across Defender Security Research, MSRC, DCU, CDOC and CELA; run intake/case register and standardized status reporting; coordinate CERT-In regulatory incident notifications with CELA.
  • Government Security Program (GSP). Drive onboarding of Cybersecurity agencies.
  • Cybersecurity Boardroom programme. Deliver 12 executive Cybersecurity Boardrooms per year for PS-critical customers with CDOC, MSTIC and advisory partners; drive WARA/WASA and Unified Security coverage of PS-critical customers with CSU.
  • Compliance and regulatory point of view. Support MeitY Advanced Services Empanelment, the DPDPA readiness assessment and the India Regulatory PoV (CERT-In, RBI, DPDPA, SEBI); map Microsoft cloud capabilities to Indian regulatory requirements with CELA.
  • Skilling at scale. Run the Government CISO programme and national awareness programmes (targets: 100K Level-1 awareness, 1,000 professionals, 500 Government CISOs via NEILIT/NeGD MoUs; 50+ agency deep-dives).
  • Citizen safety. Support CrimeOS deployment at I4C and state law-enforcement agencies, handle law-enforcement requests with CELA/LENS/DCU, and contain consumer-platform abuse (e.g., Digital Arrest scams).
  • Sovereign and national programmes. Support Project ATLAS, the Secure Windows for Government baseline with CERT-In, and Microsoft Cloud for Sovereignty / Azure Local positioning with agencies.
  • Thought leadership. Contribute to 24+ articles/talks per year; represent Microsoft Security at agency forums and CISO communities; brief agency leadership and CISOs independently.
  • Field support. Support account and security specialist teams on regulation-driven customer requirements in Public Sector and regulated industries.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in cybersecurity with depth in threat intelligence, incident response or security operations.
  • Hands-on fluency with the Microsoft Security stack: Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender (XDR, Endpoint, Office 365), Security Copilot and Purview.
  • Experience working with or inside government, law-enforcement, CERT or regulatory bodies in India.
  • Proven ability to brief senior government officials and CISOs without support.
  • Strong programme-management and cross-functional coordination skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication in English; Hindi is an advantage.
  • Indian citizen or eligible to work in India [To be confirmed with HR / CELA for any clearance considerations]

Skills

Required:cybersecurity program managementbriefing senior officialsthreat intelligenceMicrosoft Security stackgovernment/regulatory engagement

Benefits

  • Microsoft employee benefits as described in standard offer (not listed here in the description).
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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