Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Microsoft is seeking a Senior Security Solution Engineer to support defense, aerospace, intelligence, and critical infrastructure organizations in securely adopting cloud, data, and AI technologies. The role develops account-level security strategies, leads technical customer engagements, accelerates secure AI adoption, coordinates cross-functional teams, and drives measurable security outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute account-level security technical strategies aligned to documented customer priorities, regulatory obligations, modernization plans, and AI ambitions
- Build trusted relationships with CISOs, CIOs, security architects, SOC leaders, identity teams, data security leaders, and cloud platform teams
- Lead architecture discussions that position Microsoft as a strategic security platform, not a collection of disconnected products
- Bring a clear technical point of view to account planning and translate customer signals into prioritized actions
- Lead discovery, architecture, solution design, demonstrations, workshops, pilots, and technical validation activities
- Define and influence customer decision criteria, success measures, evaluation plans, and security roadmaps
- Identify technical risks early and drive the right resources and actions to resolve them
- Convert complex technical engagements into clear recommendations, decisions, and next steps
- Guide customers on AI security posture, data protection for AI, identity and access for agents, AI governance, and security foundations required for responsible AI adoption
- Help customers securely deploy Microsoft Copilot and agents while maximizing the security capabilities they already own
- Connect AI security requirements to identity, data, endpoint, cloud, and security operations architectures
- Partner closely with Security Specialists, account teams, Customer Success, FastTrack, partners, engineering, and cross-solution-area technical teams
- Serve as the technical continuity leader from initial strategy and evaluation through deployment, adoption, and value realization
- Make deliberate use of available programs, investments, and specialist resources to accelerate customer outcomes
- Create clarity across stakeholders on ownership, dependencies, risks, and next actions
- Help customers deploy, operationalize, and expand Microsoft Security capabilities across Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Purview, Security Copilot, Microsoft 365 E5/G5, and Azure security services
- Move engagements beyond feature demonstrations and deployment milestones toward measurable improvements in security operations, risk reduction, platform consolidation, and mission readiness
- Identify opportunities to expand workload adoption based on customer needs, usage signals, technical gaps, and future priorities
Skills
- * Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience
- OR
- + Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR 5+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience
- + OR equivalent experience
- * **Cloud Screening:** Candidates must be able to successfully complete and pass a Microsoft Cloud background screening. Required Cloud Screenings will be administered on a recurring bi-annual basis
- * Microsoft is unable to sponsor a work visa for this role due to the nature of the role's job duties
- * **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 customers 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
- * **The ability to obtain and maintain a United States Security Clearance.**
- * Demonstrated expertise in several of the following areas: security operations, identity and access management, data security, endpoint security, cloud security, AI security, Zero Trust, or enterprise security architecture
- * Ability to communicate technical strategy and risk clearly with both senior executives and deeply technical practitioners
- * Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and influencing decisions without direct authority
- * Experience supporting Defense Industrial Base, federal, aerospace, intelligence, or national security customers
- * Working knowledge of CMMC, NIST SP 800-171, Zero Trust, FedRAMP, and regulated cloud environments such as GCC High
- * Experience with Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Purview, Security Copilot, Microsoft 365 E5/G5, or Azure security services
- * Experience with secure AI adoption, AI governance, identity for agents, and data security for AI
- * Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, GIAC, or Microsoft security certifications
- * Experience mentoring peers, creating reusable technical assets, and scaling best practices across teams
Benefits
- 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
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