Rhiannon Elizabeth Leone

Experience

1. Senior Security Program Manager for Cyber Defense Operations at Microsoft

   Microsoft

   Sep 2025 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Cloud Security Operations manager with a focus on operationalizing manual processes, process improvements, day-to-day operation management, and documentation creation, review, and administration. • Operational support for a Cloud Security Operations Center of 60+ analysts, investigators, hunters, and engineers for public, internal, and governmental Clouds• Documented and championed changes for effective controls and processes to ensure risks are measured, monitored, and controlled and compliance requirements are adhered to on an ongoing basis• Build strategic and tactical processes and solutions on security-specific workstreams (such as security compliance onboarding and validation, incident response playbooks and standard operating procedures, case handling improvements, and documentation) to increase the scalability of the existing security programs• Develop and maintain several internal websites including content moderation, review and audit automation, and administration for permissions, access audit, and publishing to enable quick access to information and streamlined data for our analysts• Maximize team efficiency by tracking project statuses, ensuring accountability for deliverables, and partnering for improvements to resources and processes• Operationalize administrative tasks for a rapidly growing team including communications, onboarding, training, etc. to increase team efficiency and throughput

Education

• California State University, Northridge

  Graphic Design

  2007 — 2011

• Digipen Institute of Technology

  Fine Art in Production Animation and Digital Media

  2010 — 2014