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Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, and security, data protection, and privacy are vital pillars in our mission. 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. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us to achieve our mission.

Microsoft aspires to help our customers achieve their secure digital transformation, leveraging the power of Microsoft Cloud security solutions and support offerings.  Azure is the most comprehensive, innovative, flexible, and Secure cloud platform today. Microsoft is hiring security professionals to drive customer cloud security adoption for customers around the world.

Microsoft continues to invest over $1B per year in cybersecurity and research, to provide its customers with solutions that integrate across the ecosystem by connecting all of your identities, endpoints, apps, emails, docs and clouds to help you close critical gaps in coverage, reduce risk, and save costs with a streamlined security portfolio.

Responsibilities

We are looking for a highly motivated and passionate Security Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) to drive customer transformation on the Microsoft Azure Platform. This is a customer-facing role, owning the overall technical relationship and strategy between the customer and Microsoft.  You will own the Azure Security customer engagements, including architecture, implementation, and production. 

The ideal candidate will have 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 drive the holistic Security conversation as an enabler for Azure and M365 workloads.

Key responsibilities include:

•Land an end-to-end value prop for Security (i.e. Zero Trust) which spans the breadth of Microsoft Security offerings

•Empower customers in their Microsoft Security adoption journey, helping them to define a Secure strategy, Architecture, and implementation of necessary security controls aligned with Microsoft Azure and M365 E5 Security/Compliance Services including ID and Access management, Threat Protection, Cloud Security, Information Protection and Governance, Risk Management and Compliance Management.

•Perform hands-on activities, supporting the customer in evaluating native security solutions in areas such as Azure Defender, Network Security, Sentinel, and AAD, among others.

•Accelerate Business Value of overall Azure adoption by improving security posture

•Apply technical knowledge to architect security solutions that meet business, IT, Regulation and Compliance needs, infusing key security technologies where appropriate.

•Ensure that the solution exhibits “Secure by Design” or “Well-Architected” framework, such as high-performance levels, security, scalability, maintainability, appropriate reusability, and reliability upon deployment.

•Run Architectural Design Session to build plan for implementing solution – governing design in line with customer business goals and their technical environment.  Outcome is consensus on solution design and next steps toward production

•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 roadmap.

•Trouble shoot technical issues to prove value of implementation of Azure technologies

•Collaborate with other Cloud Solution Architects and MS stakeholders in developing complex end-to-end Enterprise solutions on the Microsoft Azure platform.

•Orchestrate technical resources that may be required to deliver business outcomes.

Qualifications

Key Capabilities

Key Skills

Relationship Building , Problem Solving, Collaboration and Communication, Customer centricity.

Technical Skills

• Enterprise-scale technical experience with Microsoft Security and Compliance solutions.
• 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 Microsoft Security and Compliance solutions.

Cloud workload protection

Threat protection

NG Firewall and WAF (Web Application Firewall)

Data encryption and protection key services.

SIEM, and Cloud Security Analytics

Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR)

Identity and Access Management

Risk Management

Compliance Management

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field experience preferred.
• Certification in one or more of the following technologies preferred: Microsoft Security Technologies, Cloud Security, OCSP, GIAC Certifications, CCSP Network Security, Incident Response.
  

Experience

• 5+ years of success in consultative/complex technical security sales and deployment projects, architecture, design, implementation, and/or support of highly distributed applications.
• 5+ years of experience in solution delivery experience in Security specialized solution providers.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. 

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