Senior Security 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. Join CE&S to help build a future where customers choose Microsoft not only for industry-leading products but also for a differentiated and connected customer experience.

We are looking for a highly motivated and passionate Senior 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 as 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 Microsoft security solutions.

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 Defender and Microsoft Sentinel. Collaborate with Azure Infrastructure, Data, and 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" and Zero Trust framework.
• Architecture Design and Deployment: Run Architectural Design Sessions 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 Microsoft stakeholders including FastTrack, partner, and Microsoft Services in developing complex end-to-end Enterprise solutions with the Microsoft Security platform.
• Voice of the Customer: 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 a related field.
• 7+ years of 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.
• Candidates should have broad experience in security and expertise around related technologies and concepts such as Zero Trust, threat management, SOC monitoring (SIEM / SOAR), and Extended Detection & Response (XDR) + SIEM and Identity.
• Candidates should have knowledge as a security engineer or consultant to understand industry trends and competitive landscape, advise customers on ways to strengthen their security posture or health, and land customer value through security.
• The technical aptitude and experience to learn new cloud security technologies and understand relevant cloud security market trends.
• 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:
  • Threat protection - Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Endpoint, Identity and O365 - hands-on experience required, supported with certificates.
  • Microsoft Sentinel - Hands-on experience in deploying Microsoft Sentinel in complex customer environments.
  • Defender for Cloud - Hands-on experience in deploying Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
  • Identity and Access Management (Microsoft Entra).
• Certification in one or more of the following technologies preferred: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert, Microsoft Security Operations Analyst, Azure Security Engineer.

Key skills/competency

• Cloud Security
• Microsoft Azure
• Microsoft 365
• Zero Trust
• XDR (Extended Detection & Response)
• Microsoft Defender
• Microsoft Sentinel
• SIEM/SOAR
• Identity and Access Management
• Security Architecture