Cloud Solution Architect - Security

The Cloud Solution Architect - Security is a customer-facing technical role responsible for helping organizations design, implement and adopt secure cloud solutions through the Microsoft Security Suite.

The successful candidate will act as a trusted advisor, translating customer security and business requirements into practical architectures and deployment plans. The role combines technical leadership, hands-on delivery and cross-functional collaboration to improve customers’ security posture, accelerate cloud adoption and deliver measurable business value.

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.

• Build trusted technical relationships with customers and partners.
• Understand customer business objectives, security requirements and technical environments.
• Lead architecture and solution-design sessions.
• Develop secure, scalable and resilient cloud architectures.
• Guide customers through implementation, deployment and operational readiness.
• Apply Zero Trust and Secure-by-Design principles.
• Identify and remove technical or operational adoption blockers.
• Drive adoption of Microsoft Security solutions, including Microsoft Defender, Purview and Entra.
• Collaborate with engineering teams, partners and other solution architects.
• Provide customer feedback to product and engineering teams.
• Share technical guidance, best practices and reusable solutions.
• Ensure engagements deliver measurable security, adoption and business outcomes

• One to Five Years of relevant experience in cybersecurity, cloud technologies, architecture, consulting or technical solution delivery.
• Experience delivering technical projects in customer-facing environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud security architecture and cybersecurity principles.
• Hands-on experience with one or more of the following:
  • Threat protection and extended detection and response
  • Identity and access management
  • Cloud security posture management
  • Zero Trust architecture
  • Security Operations
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to executives, architects, administrators and developers.
• Strong problem-solving, collaboration and stakeholder-management skills.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with Microsoft Defender Suite and Sentinel
• Relevant Microsoft, cloud or cybersecurity certifications.
• Experience leading architecture workshops and complex enterprise deployments.
• Knowledge of artificial-intelligence security risks and controls.

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.