New 
Principal Cloud Decommissioning Management
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Oct 23, 2025 | |
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OverviewMicrosoft's Cloud business is expanding, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the hardware infrastructure underlying this growth including AI! CSCP's vision is to empower customers to achieve more by delivering Cloud and AI capabilities at scale. Our mission is to deliver the world's computer with an industry-leading supply chain. The CSCP organization is responsible for traditional supply chain functions such as plan, source, make, deliver, but also manages supportability (spares), sustainability, and decommissioning of datacenter assets worldwide. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform for external customers. Our infrastructure is supported by more than 300 datacenters around the world that enable services for more than 1 billion customers in over 90 countries.Cloud Manufacturing Operations and Fulfillment (CMOF) organization within CSCP manages business operations performance and supplies hardware to the datacenters. We are seeking an experienced Principal Cloud Decommissioning Manager to join our team. Well-defined and executed supply chain management ensures reliable, on-time performance and optimized cost, prevents urgent and unplanned investments, and provides accurate and timely information across the supply base and internally across the infrastructure organization. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide.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.#CSCP #CSCPJobs
ResponsibilitiesLead cross-functional programs to replace aging hardware infrastructure with modern, performant systems across global data centers. Define and drive the long-term hardware lifecycle strategy, refresh cadence, and decommissioning roadmaps. Partner with infrastructure and capacity planning teams to align refresh programs with growth, utilization, and power/cooling constraints. Design and govern secure, scalable decommissioning processes for servers, storage, networking, and peripheral systems. Ensure zero-defect execution of asset retirement, including data/media sanitization, chain of custody, and vendor coordination for recycling/disposal.Drive tooling and automation efforts to improve asset tracking, refresh scheduling, and decom execution. Monitor and analyze fleet health metrics (hardware age, failure rates, refresh velocity) to inform planning cycles. Act as the technical point of contact for leadership, engineering, operations, supply chain, and compliance teams regarding hardware lifecycle efforts. Partner with internal teams on hardware availability, lead times, compatibility issues, and transitions. Communicate program goals, risks, and outcomes clearly to both technical and executive audiences. Ensure programs comply with internal policies and external regulations (e.g., data destruction, e-waste, environmental/safety requirements). Identify and champion opportunities to streamline hardware lifecycle operations-reduce manual work, minimize downtime, and improve sustainability outcomes. | |