Job Description

Overview

Cloud Solution Architect – Cybersecurity Threat Protection

Microsoft Federal delivers a single unified organization centered around our customer. This organization is a first-of-its-kind for Microsoft, bringing together expertise, knowledge, and insights across our teams. All critical customer functions are brought under the same organizational umbrella, bringing the breadth and depth of our expertise into laser focus on serving the U.S. Federal Government.  

We are committed to empowering our teams, building upon our strategic investments, and delivering the technology to achieve federal missions.  As our customers pursue their work, from defending the nation, to serving its people in challenging times, they look to Microsoft to help them innovate, and they expect end-to-end engagement tailored to their needs.

We aspire to:

Deliver the best technology to enable mission-critical work  

Support fast-paced innovation with the U.S Federal Government

Drive focused, thoughtful, end-to-end delivery tailored to unique customer needs

Continuously advance security processes within our long-standing engagement approach

Develop products with inclusivity and accessibility at the core

What Joining the Microsoft Team Means   

Microsoft continues to invest over $20B over the next 5 years in cybersecurity, including providing our customers with services and solutions that integrate across the ecosystem by connecting all your identities, endpoints, apps, emails, docs and clouds to help you close critical gaps in coverage, reduce risk, and save costs with a streamlined security portfolio.

Customer Success: 

Microsoft aspires to help our customers achieve their own digital transformation, leveraging the power of Microsoft Cloud solutions and support offerings. To this end, Microsoft invests in a dedicated Customer Success team that will help Microsoft customers successfully realize their business outcomes. 

Security Solution Area: 

Microsoft aspires to help our customers achieve their secure digital transformation, leveraging the power of Microsoft Cloud security solutions and support offerings.

Security Cloud Solution Architect  

We are looking for a highly motivated and passionate Security Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) to drive customer transformation on the Microsoft Azure Platform. This is a customer-facing role, owning the overall technical relationship and strategy between the customer and Microsoft.  You will own the Azure Security customer engagements, including architecture, implementation, and production.   

Microsoft provides the most comprehensive, innovative, flexible, and Secure cloud platforms today. Microsoft is hiring security professionals to drive customer cloud security adoption for customers around the world.  

The ideal candidate will have experience in customer-facing roles and success in leading in-depth technical security architecture discussions with senior customer executives, Enterprise Security Architects, Enterprise Architects, IT Management, and Developers to drive the holistic Security conversation as an enabler for Cloud workloads.  

Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. 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. Growth mindset encourages each of us to lean in and learn what matters most to our customers, to create the foundational knowledge that enables us to make customer-first decisions in everything we do. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission.

Responsibilities

Microsoft Federal is looking for individuals passionate about driving security solutions and outcomes that enable mission-critical work for the U.S. Federal Government. The speed of technology is fast; the speed of security is even faster – candidates must be interested in maintaining technical expertise supported by many skilling resources provided by Microsoft to invest in your growth. Ideal candidates for this role will meet the following.

• Lead and an end-to-end value prop for Security (i.e. Zero Trust, Modern SOC with Unified Platform, Cloud Adoption, Digital Transformation and secure adoption of AI) which spans the breadth of Microsoft Security offerings. 
• Accelerate customer operational security outcomes throughout their Microsoft Security adoption journey by helping define a secure strategy, architecture, and implementation of necessary security controls. These controls should align with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 E5 Security and Compliance services, including Identity and Access Management, Threat Protection, Cloud Security, Information Protection and Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance Management
• Perform hands-on activities, supporting the customer in operationalizing native security solutions in areas such as Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Defender XDR, Sentinel, Entra, among others. 
• Accelerate Business Value of overall Azure adoption by improving security posture. 
• Apply technical knowledge to architect security solutions that meet business, IT, Regulation and Compliance needs, infusing key security technologies where appropriate. 
• Ensure that the solution exhibits “Secure by Design” or “Well-Architected” framework, such as high-performance levels, security, scalability, maintainability, appropriate reusability, and reliability upon deployment. 
• Run Architectural Design Session to build plan for implementing solution – governing design in line with customer business goals and their technical environment.  The outcome is consensus on solution design and next steps toward production. 
• Be a Voice of the Customer to share insights and best practices, connect with Global Security teams at Microsoft, Engineering and Product teams to remove blockers and influence the roadmap. 
• Troubleshoot technical issues to prove the value of implementation of Azure and M365 Security technologies. 
• Collaborate with other Cloud Solution Architects and MS stakeholders in developing complex end-to-end Enterprise solutions on the Microsoft Azure platform. 
• Orchestrate technical resources that may be required to deliver business outcomes. 

Travel is an integral part of this position.

You should be willing to travel as is demanded by the needs of our customers and our business.

This position requires approximately 25% overnight travel if you reside or are willing to relocate within commuting distance to the work.

This position may require up to 75% overnight travel if you are not within commuting distance to work.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field OR equivalent experience

2+ years of 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

Other Requirements

Security Clearance Requirements:

Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.

These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:  

The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI).

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.

Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.

Clearance Verification:

This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements.

You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.

Microsoft Cloud Background Check:

This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.   

Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: 

This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions.

Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law.

To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance 

Additional or Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 5+ 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.

Cloud Solution Architecture IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $86,100 - $169,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $113,300 - $187,400 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

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.