Microsoft Security, Compliance & Identity Architect Associate Director

Protiviti • Seattle, WA

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Protiviti Career provides opportunity to learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture. We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. We lean into our mission: We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver. At every level, we champion leaders who live our values of integrity, inclusion, innovation, and commitment to success. Imagining our work as a journey, we believe integrity guides our way, inclusion moves us forward together, innovation creates new destinations, and our commitment to success empowers us to deliver on our vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm. Protiviti is looking for a Technology Consulting Associate Director to join our growing Microsoft SCI team. As an Associate Director, you'll take a lead role in strengthening our relationships with clients and providing seamless guidance in the completion of engagements. You'll partner with our strategic clients to manage risk associated with their use of technology. You'll develop strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking, and devise solutions to support your clients' needs through analytics, automation or the latest tools and methods. You’ll develop new projects, help identify new business, and build lasting relationships with clients and within the community as you serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market. You will also be a mentor and provide growth and development to teams as you oversee the successful completion of project work plans. The Protiviti Microsoft Services team provides Security services to Clients for the strategy, planning, design, migration and implementation of a wide range of solutions utilizing Microsoft Security solutions such as, but not limited to: M365 Security & Compliance applications Microsoft Purview Microsoft Defender Microsoft Intune Microsoft Sentinel Microsoft Agent 365

Requirements

• Strong expertise with the Microsoft 365 Security suite from a technical design, implementation and administration standpoint
• Specific focus on experience architecting and implementing Microsoft Purview (IP, DLP, DLM, eDiscovery) across the collaboration suite of SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, & Exchange
• Delivering business solutions on Microsoft 365.
• Working with global and large M365 tenants
• Entra Intune Defender Sentinel Azure Microsoft Graph
• Working knowledge of the Microsoft technology stack.
• Establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network, including with senior executives.
• Successfully pursuing business development opportunities and identifying and implementing strategies to obtain new work or clientele.
• Ability to translate and communicate challenges to client personnel, including executives.
• Leadership and direct supervisory experience of teams including conducting performance appraisals, mentoring and coaching, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Major, MIS, Engineering, Computer Science or related technical degree).
• 9+ years working in professional services or industry.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Secondary emphasis on Visio and Access.
• 9 + years of experience with strong emphasis on architecture and implementation of Microsoft 365 Security technologies

Nice To Haves

• Expertise related GCC and GCCH is desired
• Professional Certification such as Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert, Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900), CISSP, or similar strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Take a lead role in strengthening our relationships with clients and providing seamless guidance in the completion of engagements.
• Partner with our strategic clients to manage risk associated with their use of technology.
• Develop strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking, and devise solutions to support your clients' needs through analytics, automation or the latest tools and methods.
• Develop new projects, help identify new business, and build lasting relationships with clients and within the community as you serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market.
• Be a mentor and provide growth and development to teams as you oversee the successful completion of project work plans.
• Provide Security services to Clients for the strategy, planning, design, migration and implementation of a wide range of solutions utilizing Microsoft Security solutions.
• Build trusted relationships with C-level executives and providing exceptional experiences that translate to additional project work.
• Promote a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members.
• Create development opportunities for others, including participating in the creation and rollout of training, and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities.
• Discover prospective project work with current and potential clients through networking, knowledge-building, and client interactions.
• Identify opportunities to integrate product solutions and resources to improve client service capabilities.
• View client challenges as opportunities to add value and can translate that into new project proposals and sales.
• Be a valued contributor to thought leadership and encourage knowledge-sharing and collaboration across teams.
• Manage a diverse portfolio of clients across multiple industries.

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision coverages
• FSA and HSA healthcare accounts
• life and accident insurance
• adoption and fertility assistance
• paid parental leave up to 10 weeks
• short/long term disability
• company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of your contributions
• Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time.
• 11 paid holidays each calendar year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director