Senior Security Solution Engineer

Microsoft • Reston, VA

1d • $106,400 - $203,600

About The Position

Microsoft Federal is seeking a Senior Security Solution Engineer to help U.S. Government customers protect systems, identities, and data, strengthen cyber resilience, and modernize security. The role works with civilian, defense, and intelligence organizations alongside account teams, security specialists, customer success teams, and partners. It focuses on Microsoft security solutions, including Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, and Microsoft Entra, as appropriate to each customer's environment.

As a trusted technical advisor, the engineer leads discovery conversations, architecture discussions, tailored demonstrations, hands-on workshops, and proofs of concept or pilots. The role connects security capabilities to customer mission needs, defines success criteria, resolves technical blockers, and helps customers make informed decisions about Zero Trust, cloud and hybrid security, and secure AI adoption. In partnership with sales, customer success, and delivery teams, the engineer turns validated solutions into actionable deployment and adoption next steps.

The position requires technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience and the ability to communicate with technical and nontechnical audiences. It also requires passing a Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter. Microsoft cannot sponsor a work visa for this role. U.S. citizenship must be verified with a valid passport due to citizenship-based legal restrictions affecting government customer work. The position is open for at least five days, with applications accepted until filled.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field and 3+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience; or bachelor's degree in one of these fields and 4+ years of such experience; or 5+ years of such experience; or equivalent experience.
• Pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
• U.S. citizenship, verified via a valid passport, is required due to citizenship-based legal restrictions.
• Ability to lead scoped technical customer engagements, including discovery, architecture discussions, demonstrations, workshops, and proofs of concept or pilots, with clear success criteria and actionable deployment handoffs.
• Customer-facing communication and consultative skills, including active listening, technical storytelling, and communicating security value to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Working knowledge of Zero Trust, threat detection and response, security posture management, and endpoint, identity, and workload protection across enterprise environments.
• Ability to account for service availability, deployment constraints, and customer authorization requirements when recommending solutions.
• Microsoft cannot sponsor a work visa for this role.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Security Clearance.
• Experience designing, demonstrating, or implementing threat protection, security operations, identity and access, or cloud security solutions using Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Entra, or comparable enterprise security platforms.
• Experience in one or more priority workloads and ability to learn adjacent technologies.
• Experience supporting U.S. Government customers or mission-focused organizations, with familiarity with federal security requirements and cloud environments.
• Relevant security or cloud certifications, or equivalent demonstrated practical expertise, aligned to threat protection, security operations, identity and access, or cloud security.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical win for assigned federal security opportunities, independently planning and executing customer engagements with Security Specialists and account teams.
• Align solution recommendations, validation milestones, and deployment intent with agency mission priorities.
• Lead technical discovery, architecture discussions, tailored demonstrations, hands-on workshops, and scoped proofs of concept or pilots.
• Agree on customer success criteria, validate solution fit, communicate results and next steps, and draw on established assets and specialist expertise as needed.
• Build trusted relationships with federal technical decision makers, security operations teams, and architects.
• Listen to customer needs and explain how security capabilities address mission risks to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Translate requirements into practical designs that account for existing infrastructure, operational constraints, and government-cloud availability.
• Identify and troubleshoot technical and adoption blockers; document risks, propose alternatives, and engage technical resources, engineering, Customer Experience Engineering, support, or partners when needed.
• Apply hands-on security expertise and deepen proficiency in Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel, and identity threat protection.
• Apply Zero Trust and unified security operations principles in customer scenarios, and develop cloud and AI security knowledge aligned to account needs and validated service availability.
• Develop and execute opportunity-level technical win plans with Security Specialists, using customer evidence and established guidance to demonstrate differentiation and measurable security value.
• Keep technical milestones, validation results, blockers, and deployment intent accurate in the Sales Tool.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external partners to guide customers toward successful outcomes.
• Develop technical and consultative skills through role-aligned learning, hands-on practice, and coaching.
• Contribute reusable demonstrations, customer learnings, and architecture patterns, and support peer learning and mentoring in areas of expertise.

Benefits

• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation; additional benefits and pay information is available through Microsoft's careers website.

What This Job Offers

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