Cloud Solution Architect

OverviewJoin to apply for the Cloud Solution Architect role at Microsoft.With more than 45,000 employees and partners worldwide, the Customer Experience and Success (CE&S) organization is on a mission to empower customers to accelerate business value through differentiated customer experiences that leverage Microsoft’s products and services, ignited by our people and culture. We drive cross-company alignment and execution, ensuring that we consistently exceed customers’ expectations in every interaction, whether in-product, digital, or human-centered. CE&S is responsible for all up services across the company, including consulting, customer success, and support across Microsoft’s portfolio of solutions and products. Join CE&S and help us accelerate AI transformation for our customers and the world.Global Delivery (GD) is a central team of experienced CSA employees and partners that support Microsoft customers on their hybrid/public cloud journey through efficient, repeatable delivery processes. Our security team in Germany includes nearly 20 technical experts who help public sector and enterprise clients maximize business value with Microsoft’s products, services, frontier AI, and partnerships.AboutWe are looking for a Cloud Solution Architect (CSA), specializing in Data Security who is passionate about driving our customers’ security & AI transformation on the Microsoft Platform. This person will be a trusted advisor for customers attempting to secure their entire data estates against internal and external data risk. Microsoft Purview’s integrated Data Security services support customers holistically securing data by:Search, identify, and export electronic data across Microsoft 365 for legal, regulatory, or investigative purposes.Protecting Sensitive Data using data classification, sensitivity labelling and encryption policies.Managing Insider Risks using machine learning detection controls and indicators, adaptive protection to dynamically enforce controls and advanced privacy controls.Preventing Data Loss using built in exfiltration policies for Microsoft 365 apps, services and endpoints.This role is 1 day / week in-office.Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.ResponsibilitiesDrive positive Customer Satisfaction and become a trusted advisor and provide feedback and insights from customers/partners and be the 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.Land an end-to-end value prop for Security (i.e., Zero Trust) which spans the breadth of Microsoft Security offerings, with focus on Data Protection, Threat Protection, ID + Access Management and Cloud Security.Support customers through the adoption lifecycle, through planning, adoption, deployment and optimization as you support increasing drive of Microsoft security products utilization as you lead technical solutioning and nurturing across the customer journey.Deliver technical presentations & demos and propose high-level solutions and work with key Microsoft and Partner resources to drive deployment & customer adoption; identify cross sell/upsell/Unified opportunities through customer engagement.Align your individual skilling to team/area demands and Customer Success goals and accelerate customer outcomes – Share expertise, contribute to IP creation & re-use to accelerate customer outcomes.Run Architectural Design Sessions to build a plan for implementing the solution – governing design in line with customer business goals and their technical environment. Outcome is consensus on solution design and next steps toward production.Collaborate and orchestrate with other Cloud Solution Architects and MS stakeholders including FastTrack, partner, and Microsoft Consulting in developing complex end-to-end Enterprise solutions with the Microsoft Security platform.Contribute to and embody our Culture and Values.QualificationsBachelor\’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business or related field AND 5+ years’ experience in Data Security / Information Security Management, or related field AND 3+ years of working in cloud infrastructure, IT consulting/support, systems administration, architecture and/or software development.8+ years experience in a customer-facing role.8+ years experience working on technical projects.Technical Certification in On-Premise and Cloud (e.g., Azure, AWS, Google, security certifications).Experience in the end-to-end implementation of Data Security projects and understanding of Microsoft Purview architectures and their enterprise-scale implementations.Good understanding of the data security market, regulations and certifications (e.g., ISO27001, NIS-2, TISAX).Experience with Microsoft 365 services and/or Azure data services (e.g., SharePoint, Teams, Office 365, SQL, Azure Data Lake).In-depth knowledge of at least two or more of the following: Microsoft Purview eDiscovery, Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention, Insider Risk Management, and related security solutions.Customer-focused mindset, working as a trusted technical advisor to realize customer value.Threat protection, SIEM and Incident Response; XDR; SOAR; SOC Management; IAM; Cloud Security; Data Security; Certifications in Microsoft 365 Security, Cloud Security, CCSP, CEH, OSCP, GSEC preferred.Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.Seniority level: Not ApplicableEmployment type: Full-timeJob function: Engineering and Information TechnologyIndustries: Software DevelopmentReferrals increase your chances of interviewing at Microsoft by 2xGet notified about new Solutions Architect jobs in Bremen, Bremen, Germany.We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI. #J-18808-Ljbffr