Senior Security Solution Engineer

Microsoft • Reston, VA

1d • $106,400 - $222,600

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 securely. The role works with civilian, defense, and intelligence organizations alongside account teams, security specialists, customer success teams, and partners to evaluate integrated security solutions suited to customer missions and federal environments.

As a trusted technical advisor, the engineer leads discovery, architecture discussions, tailored demonstrations, workshops, and scoped proofs of concept or pilots. The role connects security capabilities to customer mission needs, defines success criteria, addresses technical blockers, and supports informed decisions about Zero Trust, cloud and hybrid security, and secure AI adoption. It also guides validated solutions toward deployment and adoption, while building technical and consultative expertise and contributing to team learning.

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 those 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 is required and will be verified via a valid passport.
• Microsoft is unable to sponsor a work visa for this role.

Nice To Haves

• Ability to obtain and maintain a United States 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 security workloads and ability to learn adjacent technologies.
• Customer-facing communication and consultative skills, including active listening, technical storytelling, and connecting security capabilities to federal mission needs for technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Working knowledge of Zero Trust principles, threat detection and response, security posture management, and endpoint, identity, and workload protection across enterprise environments.
• Experience supporting U.S. Government customers or mission-focused organizations, with familiarity with federal security requirements and cloud environments.
• Ability to account for service availability, deployment constraints, and customer authorization requirements when recommending solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead scoped customer technical engagements, including discovery, architecture discussions, demonstrations, workshops, and proofs of concept or pilots, with clear success criteria and actionable deployment handoffs.
• 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, planning and executing customer engagements with Security Specialists and account teams, and aligning 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 success criteria, validate solution fit, and communicate results and next steps.
• 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 customer 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 as needed.
• Apply hands-on security expertise and deepen proficiency in Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel, and identity threat protection.
• Use 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 solution differentiation and measurable security value.
• Maintain accurate technical milestones, validation results, blockers, and deployment intent in the Sales Tool.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external partners to guide customers toward successful outcomes.
• Continuously develop technical and consultative skills through learning, practice, and coaching; contribute reusable demonstrations, customer learnings, and architecture patterns, and support peer learning and mentoring.

What This Job Offers

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