Microsoft · 5 hours ago
Sr Technology Consultant - CTJ - TS
Reston, VA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$100K/yr - $194K/yr
3+ years expMicrosoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. The Sr Technology Consultant will gather insights to shape networking projects, define architecture, and lead collaboration with various teams to ensure successful implementation and governance of solutions.
Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Leads virtual teams around technologies and customer/partner challenges by sharing ideas, insight, and strategic, technical input with technical teams, internal communities across the field, and the larger virtual team across Microsoft using knowledge of Microsoft architectures and their context in the competitive landscape
Participates in external architect community events (e.g., conferences, seminars, technical meetups, Webcasts, blogs, hackathons) and shares learnings with internal team
Acts a mentor to less experienced colleagues by educating them on technical and non-technical concepts and sharing best practices
Demonstrates deep industry knowledge and drives recognition for Microsoft solutions through presentations and engagements with external audiences
Collaborates with the Account Team and/or Bid Team to understand the business solution/problem
Drives agreement, based on the customer’s priorities, requirements/constraints, approach, principles, concepts, and expectations
Builds and documents a realistically costed, advanced/complex Solution Approach with traceability of requirements, constraints, decisions, and tradeoffs that balances risk, technical credibility, and technical innovation to meet customer need, predominantly based on existing solution offerings and/or reference architecture
Jointly leads the implementation in close partnership with the Project Manager
Leads oversight and governance and establishment of quality practices and standards to realize the business solution
Uses a cohesive build methodology with an agreed release schedule and timeline so the solution can be transitioned to live operations, leveraging solution expertise
Ensures communication of and adherence to the pre-sales value proposition
Works with the Project Manager to highlight where assumptions have proven false
Uses change requests to modify the Solution/project approach when needed
As needed, collaborates with subject matter experts to receive specialized advice that can help define the Solution and project approach and increase the time to value for the customer
Works in close collaboration with the Project Manager and Account Team to identify, categorize, and communicate business and technical risks
Defines risk mitigation activities that are foundational to the project plan
Defines risk contingency plans for invocation should the risk occur
When appropriate, oversees a broad portfolio of accounts
Manages and ensures the all-up delivery of consulting engagements, as necessary
Defines and documents the architecture through an architecture description document, an architecture decisions log, and a requirements/constraints traceability matrix to communicate the value proposition of the business solution along with the project approach
Leads complex cost-based and technology-based discussions to explain the Architecture in terms of its build, deployment, and ongoing operational use to determine customer appetite for the business solution
Uses a business-value approach that values return on investment (ROI) and customer costs-savings over technical ease of execution
Leverages a structured approach to Architecture Projects using existing methodologies (e.g., Waterfall, Agile, Iterative) that make use of existing reference architecture and established architectural styles and design patterns
Proposes and develops new solutions to scale across multiple customers/partners
Builds and maintains an architecture description document, an architecture decisions log, and a requirements/constraints traceability matrix to ensure the rationale for the business solution's Architecture is known and understood
Collaborates with the Project Manager to jointly drive project/technical governance of the design, build, and deployment into use of proof of concepts (POCs) and pilots, using enterprise architecture processes and ensuring quality control through peer review
Works with customers to understand and demonstrate business value (e.g., release of revenue, cost savings) that the business solution realize
Anticipates and identifies scenarios that could slow or impede pre-sales/delivery
Orchestrates the broader Microsoft team to address technical blockers and works with account/project team to resolve non-technical issues
Reports significant problems to Microsoft management and resolves escalations when needed
Plans a way forward in complex and ambiguous situations with an innovative approach and durable design
Delegates and leverages specialist skills of others to drive technical alignment across internal/external teams
Coordinates disparate approaches into a single plan of action for complex scenarios
Works with the business sponsor and customer/partner stakeholders (e.g., Business users, Enterprise Architects, Security Team, Operations Team) to gather and ratify requirements and constraints
Manages and resolves complex ambiguity in the requirements and constraints and documents assumptions and implications where it cannot be resolved
Maintains the requirements/constraints traceability matrix to prove that solution components have a rationale/justification for inclusion in the architecture of the business solution
Drives development and execution of test plans to prove that each requirement/constraint has been implemented as expected by the customer
Where there are defects, works in close collaboration with the Project Manager and Customer to redress or accept and document the status of the test results
Leads the adoption of Microsoft solutions technologies based on understanding of competitor solutions and how customer business value can be driven through Microsoft's offerings
Differentiates Microsoft's solutions in customer/partner conversations to influence the industry-wide direction for specific architecture(s)
Develops a network of internal/external relationships with senior-level decision makers to build influence in addressing problems/blockers and facilitating additional views on the matter of interest
Acts as an advisor to external stakeholders
Provides direction to facilitate relationships between others
Stays up to date on Microsoft’s technologies, products, and services in order to communicate Microsoft's mission, strategy, and capabilities
When appropriate, develops a strategic relationship with key stakeholders within the customer portfolio, often as part of a steering committee, to ensure service delivery is on track and major issues are being anticipated, identified, and managed
Uses evidence-based arguments that articulate complex concepts in a simple manner to respectfully challenge Microsoft and customers/partners when a decision or course of action will not produce optimal results
Leverages strategic expertise to encourage alternative approaches where applicable
Serves as the "technical conscience" to challenge the status quo and unrealistic expectations
Proactively resolves conflicts and seeks resolution to balance the overall outcome
Drives consensus where possible and leads decisions to resolve conflict when needed
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Business, or related field AND 3+ years leadership experience in relevant area of business OR equivalent experience
Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
The successful candidate must have a minimum of an active U.S. Government Top Secret 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
This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements
This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions
Preferred
Minimum 6 years of experience as a network engineer or technical program manager for networks
BS in Computer Science or related STEM discipline, or 4 years equivalent related experience
Minimum 2 years of experience with architecture, deployment, and/or operations of Government classified networks
Applied experience with Ansible, Splunk, and/or Solarwinds
Experience working with L2/L3 switching/routing platforms, application networking and network protocols to include BGP, OSPF, VRRP, LACP
4+ years of experience with architecture, deployment, and operations of Government classified networks
2+ years of experience with cloud networking implementations with preferred focus on onboarding customer infrastructure to cloud
CCNP or higher or equivalent professional certification; CompTIA Security+ certification
Excellent communication skills and team player with ability to build solid relationships at all levels, across teams, geographies, and business functions
Experience working under continual deadline pressure when the situation is ambiguous
Applied experience with firewall, network security, or network monitoring solutions, including vendor platforms to include Palo Alto, Cisco Firepower/ASA, and/or Juniper SRX
Applied experience with Azure Networking, Azure Kubernetes, Yaml scripting, and Bicept ARM
Applied experience with privacy encryption protocols/capabilities to include VPN, IPSec, and TLS
Applied experience with cloud or other software-defined networking implementations to include networking authentication, authorization, RBAC, compute, databases
Experience in network automation using scripting languages such as Python
Benefits
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
Company
Microsoft
Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1MKey Investors
Technology Venture Investors
2022-12-09Post Ipo Equity
1986-03-13IPO
1981-09-01Series Unknown· $1M
Leadership Team
Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
Vukani Mngxati
Chief Executive Officer - Microsft South Africa
Recent News
2026-01-16
Morningstar.com
2026-01-16
Company data provided by crunchbase