Microsoft · 5 days ago
Principal Cloud Solution Architect - Security
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$131K/yr - $252K/yr
7+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company on a mission to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. As a Principal Cloud Solution Architect - Security, you will support customers in enhancing their security posture by evaluating their needs and leveraging Microsoft security solutions to transform their security practices.
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No H1B
Responsibilities
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 blockers
Supports customer projects as a subject matter expert in a specific Microsoft Security solution
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
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 7+ 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
Microsoft is unable to sponsor a work visa for this role due to the nature of the role's job duties
Preferred
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 12+ 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, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience
6+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external)
6+ years experience leading technical projects
6+ years of success in delivering complex technical security and compliance deployment projects, architecture, design, implementation, and/or support of highly distributed infrastructure and applications
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)
Certification in one or more of the following technologies preferred: Microsoft Azure and Security architecture, Microsoft Security, CISSP, CCSP, etc
Company
Microsoft
Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
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Funding
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