Cloud Solution Architect

Overview
With over 17,000 employees worldwide, the Microsoft Customer Experience & Success (CE&S) organization is responsible for the strategy, design, and implementation of Microsoft's end-to-end customer experience. Come join CE&S and help us build a future where customers come to us not only because we provide industry-leading products and services, but also because we provide a differentiated and connected customer experience.

We are looking for a highly motivated and passionate Security Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) to drive our customer's security transformation on the Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 Platforms. This is a customer-facing role, owning the security-focused technical relationship and strategy between the customer and Microsoft as well customer engagements, including architecture, implementation, and operational health.

The ideal candidate will have
hands-on project delivery experience
in customer-facing roles and success in leading in-depth
technical security architecture discussions
with senior customer executives, Enterprise Security Architects, Enterprise Architects, IT Management, and Developers to Secure our customer's technology estate and drive Security as an enabler for Azure and Microsoft 365 workloads.

Responsibilities

• Trusted Advisor - Empower customers in their Microsoft Security adoption journey, being hands on with them to envision and define a Secure strategy, Architecture, and implementation of necessary security controls aligned with Microsoft XDR and Microsoft Azure Security workloads while ensuring operational health.
• Security Services Acquisition and Expansion - Position and deliver solutions that drive Security products usage with a focus on Microsoft Sentinel, Defender for Cloud and other Azure security solutions. Collaborate with Azure Infrastructure, Data, Apps teams to expand Security of cloud migration projects.
• Understand Customer/Partner Technical Environment - Accelerate Business Value of overall Security adoption by improving security posture and ensuring that the solution exhibits "Secure by Design" framework, such as high-performance levels, security, scalability, maintainability, appropriate reusability, and reliability upon deployment.
• Architecture Design and Deployment - Run Architectural Design Session to build a plan for
• implementing the solution — governing design in line with customer business goals and their technical environment. Outcome is consensus on solution design and next steps toward production
• Practice Development - Collaborate and orchestrate with other Cloud Solution Architects and MS stakeholders including FastTrack, partner, and Microsoft Services in developing complex end-to-end Enterprise solutions with the Microsoft Security platform
• Thought Leadership - Land an end-to-end value and architecture plan for Security, which spans the breadth of Microsoft Security offerings, and with focus on Threat Protection, ID + Access Management and Cloud Security. Be a Voice of Customer to share insights and best practices, connect with Global Security teams at Microsoft, Engineering and Product teams to remove blockers and influence the solution roadmap.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business,Cybersecurity, OR related field AND 5+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, cybersecurity, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting

• OR equivalent experience.

Additional Or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting

• OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 6+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting

• OR equivalent experience.

• 4+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external).

• 4+ years experience working on technical projects.
• Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications).

Technical

• The technical aptitude and experience to learn new cloud security technologies and understand relevant cloud security market trends.

• Competitive Landscape: Knowledge of cloud security platforms and competitors. Breadth of technical security experience and knowledge, with depth / Subject Matter Expertise in two or more of the following security solutions:

• Microsoft Sentinel - Hands on Experience in deploying Microsoft Sentinel in complex customer environments required.

• Defender for Cloud - Hands On Experience in deploying Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
• Threat protection - Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Endpoint, Identity and O365 - hands on experience required, supported with certificates.
• Data Security (Purview) - experience preferred.

• Identity and Access Management (Microsoft Entra)

• Certification in one or more of the following technologies preferred: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert, Microsoft 365 Security Administrator, Microsoft SOC Analyst Associate.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about
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