Cloud Solution Architecture

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.

**Responsibilities**:

- Thought Leadership - Land an end-to-end value prop for Security (i.e., Zero Trust) 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.
- 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 M365 E5 and Microsoft Azure Security workloads while ensuring operational health.
- 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 Consulting in developing complex end-to-end Enterprise solutions with the Microsoft Security platform.
- Customer Usage - Position and deliver solutions that drive Security product usage

**Qualifications**:
**Required/Minimum Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Cybersecurity, or related field AND several 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.

**Additional or Preferred Qualifications**:

- Relationship Building - Proven track record of building deep technical relationships with senior security executives in large or highly complex accounts. Experience in managing various stakeholder relationships to get consensus on security solutions/projects.
- Problem Solving - Ability to solve customer security problems through cloud technologies
- Collaboration and Communication - Acknowledged for driving decisions collaboratively, resolving conflicts and ensuring follow through with exceptional verbal and written communication skills. Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort with both large and small audiences (Senior Executives, Security teams, Security Operations Center (SOC) leadership, Security admins, DevSecOps, Cloud Security architect teams).
- Customer Focus - Customer obsessed leader with an “if I don’t know how to get it done, I’ll find someone who does” approach to solving customer challenges
- Value Realization - Ability to understand customer business objectives and outcomes and ability to quickly leverage tech solutions to accomplish those outcomes
- Trusted Technical Advisor - Ability to build strong relationships with senior security stakeholders and quickly build credibility and be viewed as a trusted advisor
- Architecture - Ability to assess customer's multi-cloud ecosystem of systems & processes and make strategic recommendations that align with modern security practices and principles.

**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**:

- Threat protection
- SIEM and Incident Response
- Extended Detection and Response (XDR)
- Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR)
- Security Operation Center Management
- Identity and Access Management
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Cloud Security
- Certification in one or more of the following technologies preferred: Microsoft 365 Security Administrator, Microsoft Security Operations, Cloud Security, CCSP, CEH, OSCP, GSEC.
- Understanding of partner ecosystems and the ability