**Overview**

The Infrastructure Legal Affairs team supporting the Cloud Operations + Innovation division has an immediate opening for a lawyer in the role of Assistant General Counsel, Grid Compliance to build a grid code compliance practice, initially focused on emerging FERC and US regional requirements for computational loads. The position will also be responsible for coordinating legal support in the US East region, working closely with the in-house and outside attorneys who support electricity infrastructure agreements and related legal support applicable to datacenter development and operations in the region.

Microsoft has ambitious targets to build datacenters that are positive for local communities and enhance the grid with investments in infrastructure and carbon-free energy. This is a unique role for an experienced attorney to work on developing a new practice to support emerging datacenter grid compliance requirements in connection with hyperscale datacente...