Cloud Solution Architecture Security
UAE, United Arab Emirates
Job Description
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.
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.
The ideal candidate will have experience in customer-facing roles and success in leading in-depth technical/security discussions with senior executives, architects, developers, and incident responders. We are looking for people with both technical depth and breadth, who are able to simplify complex problems, and adapt and grow as the security/threat landscape changes.
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.
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.
The ideal candidate will have experience in customer-facing roles and success in leading in-depth technical/security discussions with senior executives, architects, developers, and incident responders. We are looking for people with both technical depth and breadth, who are able to simplify complex problems, and adapt and grow as the security/threat landscape changes.
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 8+ 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:
- 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, Cloud Security, and Identity. Candidates should have knowledge as a security engineer, consultant, or analyst to understand industry trends and competitive landscape, advise customers on ways to strengthen their security posture or health, and land customer value through security.
- 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 to leverage partner solutions to solve customer needs.
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Job IdJD1430996
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IndustryNot mentioned
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Total Positions1
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Job Type:Full Time
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Salary:Not mentioned
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Employment StatusPermanent
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Job LocationUAE, United Arab Emirates
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EducationNot mentioned