Cloud Solution Architecture-Security

Overview

Responsibilities

• Trusted Advisor: Lead customers through secure AI and Security adoption—defining strategy, architecture, and implementation across M365 and Azure Security workloads.
• AI & Agentic Security: Architect and secure AI workloads, including governance, identity, access, and observability leveraging Agent 365, MDASH, Defender for AI and DSPM for AI.
• Solution Design & Delivery: Run architecture/design sessions and drive secure-by-design implementations aligned to business outcomes
• Adoption & Expansion: Drive usage of M365 and Azure Security workloads (Defender stack, Entra, Sentinel, Purview, Agent 365, MDASH); expand security across cloud migrations
• Execution & Blocker Removal: De-risk deployments, resolve technical barriers, and ensure operational health
• Customer Impact: Improve security posture with scalable, resilient, and high-performing designs
• Collaboration: Partner across sales, engineering, services, and partners to deliver end-to-end outcomes
• Field & Product Feedback: Act as voice of customer to influence roadmap and remove systemic blockers
• Thought Leadership: Lead on end-to-end security architecture across threat protection, identity, and cloud security
• Practice Development: Contribute to capability building across CSA community and complex solution delivery

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Cybersecurity, or related field 5+ years’ 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.
• Deep understanding of Microsoft security technologies with hands on experience in delivering two or more of the following Microsoft security solutions:
• Microsoft Defender (Defender for Cloud, Defender XDR, Defender for Cloud Apps)
• Microsoft Sentinel
• Microsoft Entra (identity, Conditional Access, lifecycle governance)
• Microsoft Purview (data security, compliance, governance)
• Demonstrated experience securing AI‑powered workloads, including:
• Identity, access control, and least‑privilege enforcement
• Data protection and information governance
• Threat detection, posture management, and incident response for AI systems
• Hands‑on understanding of agentic architectures, including:
• AI agents, copilots, or autonomous systems
• Agent identity, lifecycle, and access management concepts
• Observability, logging, and behavioural monitoring for autonomous systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, or custom AI/agent frameworks secured on Azure or Microsoft 365 platforms
• Familiarity with AI security architecture patterns, including:
• Secure model access and isolation
• Guardrails, policy enforcement, and content safety
• AI workload discovery and posture management
• Knowledge of Zero Trust principles applied to AI and agent‑based systems, including identity‑centric security and continuous verification
• Experience integrating security into CI/CD or platform engineering workflows for AI or automation solutions
• Microsoft certifications such as:

• SC-200: Security Operations Analyst Associate

• SC-300: Identity and Access Administrator Associate

Core Skills & Attributes

• Strong hands‑on engineering mindset with architectural thinking
• Ability to reason about risk, trust boundaries, and blast radius in autonomous systems
• Comfortable working across security, AI, and platform teams
• Clear communicator who can explain complex AI security concepts to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
• Curiosity and adaptability in a rapidly evolving AI and agentic ecosystem
• Ability to translate security requirements into practical, deployable solutions and work closely with developers, architects, and security teams
• Ability to engage with CISOs, security architects, and IT leadership
• Proven customer‑facing delivery experience
• The technical aptitude and experience to learn new cloud security technologies and understand relevant cloud security market trends.
• 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.