Job Description

With over 17,000 employees worldwide, the Microsoft Customer Experience & Success (CE&S) organization is responsible for the strategy, design, and implementation of Microsoft's end-to-end customer experience. Come join CE&S and help us build a future where customers come to us not only because we provide industry-leading products and services, but also because we provide a differentiated and connected customer experience.

We are looking for a highly motivated and passionate Data Security Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) to drive our customer's security transformation on the 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 hands-on project delivery experience in customer-facing roles and success in leading in-depth technical data security architecture discussions with senior customer executives, Enterprise Security Architects, Enterprise Architects, IT Management, and Developers to Secure our customer's technology estate and drive Security as an enabler for Microsoft security solutions.

At Microsoft, our mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more guides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted, impactful solutions. With a growth‑mindset culture, we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progress, people, teams, and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shape what’s next for everyone.

Responsibilities

• 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 Microsoft 365 Azure Data Security workloads while ensuring operational health.
• Security Services Acquisition and Expansion - Position and deliver solutions that drive Data Security products usage with a focus on Microsoft Purview. Collaborate with Azure Infrastructure, Data, Apps teams to expand Security of cloud migration and AI projects.
• 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" and Zero Trust framework.
• Architecture Design and Deployment - Run Architectural Design Session to build a plan for implementing the data security 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 Microsoft stakeholders including FastTrack, partner, and Microsoft Services in developing complex end-to-end Enterprise solutions with the Microsoft Security platform
• Voice of the Customer- 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.

Qualifications

Required qualification

• Cybersecurity, or related field 5+ years experience in data security 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.

Preferred qualification

• Candidates should have broad experience in security and expertise around related technologies and concepts such as Zero Trust , threat management, AI Security, Data Security and Extended Detection & Response (XDR) and Identity. Candidates should have knowledge as a data security engineer or consultant to understand industry trends and competitive landscape, advise customers on ways to strengthen their security posture or health, and land customer value through security.
• The technical aptitude and experience to learn new cloud security technologies and understand relevant cloud security market trends.

Knowledge of cloud security platforms and competitors. Breadth of technical security experience and knowledge, with depth / Subject Matter Expertise in following security solutions:

• Data Security - Microsoft Purview (hands on project delivery experience required) - Data Protection, Governance, Compliance, Data Loss Prevention, Data Security POsture Management / AI Data Security
• Threat protection - Microsoft Defender XDR, Defender for Cloud, Endpoint, Identity and O365 Identity and Access Management (Microsoft Entra)

Microsoft certifications in those technologies prefered.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.