Microsoft Cloud Solution Architect - Security 

United States 

863057836

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 4+ 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 equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of success in delivering complex technical security and compliance deployment projects, architecture, design, implementation, and/or support of highly distributed infrastructure and applications

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, 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, 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 Experience: The ideal candidate will have a breadth of knowledge across cloud security computing domains and expert level hands-on experience in Microsoft Security – SIEM & XDR, Endpoint Security, Cloud Security, and Identity – Expertise focus: Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender, Defender for Endpoint (MDE), Defender for Office (MDO), Defender for Identity (MDI), Defender for Cloud (MDC), Defender for Cloud Apps (MDCA), Cloud or Network Security, Enterprise-scale technical experience with cloud security, hybrid infrastructure security, and network security
• Breadth of technical security experience and knowledge, with depth and Subject Matter Expertise in one or more of the following: SIEM and Cloud Security Analytics, Security Operations Center (SOC), Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

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Lead and support on strategic customers. Leverages existing architecture approach or reference architecture to propose a security solution or achieve Microsoft''s agreed commitments to the customer.
• Help customers create their security plan and strategy to transform their security practices to a more modern and cloud-native approach, using Microsoft security solutions.
• Proposes viable solutions based on specific MS security products. demonstrates complex concepts and proves the capability of those solutions through design collaboration sessions with the customers.
• Apply technical knowledge of security architecture and solutions to meet business and information technology requirements and resolve identified technical constraints.
• Supports customer projects as a subject matter expert in a specific Microsoft Security solution.

Understanding Customer Technical Environment
• Gather customer insights (e.g., feedback around technical preferences, environments, business needs) and leverages these insights and existing plans to map solutions with customer business outcomes. Identifies technical blockers to accelerate consumption and deployment.
• Proactively support customers in their Azure cloud adoption journey, helping them to define a Secure Architecture, implementing the necessary security and compliance controls.