Technology Consultant

Technology Consultant

The Microsoft Federal organization was established to address the unique mission, legal/regulatory requirements, and procurement rules and processes of the United States Government (USG). Microsoft Federal is committed to ensuring its resources – including appropriately qualified, experienced, and certified personnel (with necessary security clearances or otherwise) – are available as needed to meet USG evolving needs. To that end, Microsoft embraces, as a mission-critical philosophy, flexibility in the recruiting, hiring, and workforce assignment of Microsoft Federal personnel. Microsoft Federal personnel can expect to serve in various roles in the Microsoft Federal organization during the course of their career to meet evolving USG needs, regardless of segment – Civilian, Defense, or intelligence community. We're looking for a Technology Consultant to drive opportunities to expand or accelerate the adoption and consumption of cloud and Microsoft technologies.

Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Growth mindset encourages each of us to lean in and learn what matters most to our customers, to create the foundational knowledge that enables us to make customer-first decisions in everything we do. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission.

Responsibilities

Business Development

• Identifies opportunities to expand or accelerate the adoption and consumption of cloud and Microsoft technologies.

Intellectual Property Management

• Develops knowledge in intellectual property (IP) and leverages IP to complete assigned project tasks.
• Communicates areas that need refreshing or gaps in intellectual property.
• Contributes to intellectual property development with guidance/supervision.
• Provides feedback for continuous improvement.

Operational Excellence

• Completes operational tasks and readiness and ensures timeliness and accuracy.
• Follows Microsoft policies, compliance, and procedures (e.g., Enterprise Services Authorization Policy, Standards of Business Conduct, labor logging, expenses, travel guidelines).

Readiness

• Learns new technologies or services based on business demands and industry trends.
• Obtains relevant accreditations and certification(s) as advised by the domain leadership team.
• Shares experiences, best practices, and product news within the team.
• Participates in relevant technical communities at Microsoft.

Technical Delivery

• Implements technical solutions by completing assigned project tasks with defined quality standards and following Industry Solutions processes.
• Supports project planning by understanding and documenting the risks and dependencies with direction/guidance.
• Develops test specifications and operations guides with direction/guidance.
• Manages their schedule and communicates with project leads.
• Delivers against Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
• Seeks to understand relationships with customers/partners/stakeholders and contribute to the drivers of satisfaction, dissatisfaction, and the root cause.
• Follows the capacity process outlined by Resource, Insights, Capacity, and Capability (RICC) team.
• Maintains tools with up-to-date skills and availability.
• Participates in meetings with customers/partners to understand their business needs and/or scenario they are trying to solve.
• Uses technology knowledge to define customer/partner requirements and constraints, with direction/guidance.
• Engages others appropriately to understand and define customer requirements.
• Identifies issues and risks and engages with customers/partners or internal stakeholders (e.g., Project Managers) as appropriate to address and resolve issues.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Business, or related field OR equivalent experience.

Other Qualifications

Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

• The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.
• Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
• Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance.

Additional Or Preferred Qualifications

• 6+ months work experience in relevant area of business.
• Technical certifications based on domain/service line (e.g., Azure, Security, M365).
• Delivery Management certification (e.g., Scrum, Agile, Change Management, Project Management).

Key skills/competency

• Cloud Technologies
• Microsoft Technologies
• Business Development
• Intellectual Property Management
• Technical Delivery
• Project Management
• Customer Relationship Management
• Security Clearance (TS/SCI)
• Azure/M365
• Operational Excellence