Senior Solution Engineer - Security

Microsoft

18h

About The Position

The Microsoft Security organization is seeking a Senior Solution Engineer - Security to join its team, focusing on making the world a safer place by engaging directly with customers to solve complex security challenges. This role is at the forefront of innovation, working on cutting-edge projects leveraging the latest technologies. As a Senior Security Solution Engineer (SE), the individual will drive security across every stage of the development lifecycle, accelerating career growth, developing business acumen, honing technical skills, and becoming adept at solution design and deployment. The SE will act as a trusted technical advisor, guiding customers through secure, scalable solution design, influencing technical decisions, and accelerating AI applications and agents into development workflows. The ultimate goal is to help customers improve their security, modernize applications with AI, and realize the full value of Microsoft’s platform. Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, fostering a growth mindset among employees.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR 5+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR equivalent experience.
• This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States that does not now or in the future require employer sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• 8+ years technical pre-sales, technical consulting, or technology delivery, or related experience OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years experience with cloud and hybrid, or on premises infrastructures, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management.
• Certification in relevant technologies or disciplines (e.g., Office 365, Power BI, Azure Architect and Development exams, Cloud Platform Technologies, Information Security, Architecture).

Responsibilities

• Drive technical sales with decision makers using demos and PoCs to influence solution design and enable production deployments.
• Lead hands-on engagements—hackathons, code-with sessions, and architecture workshops—to accelerate adoption of Microsoft’s developer tools and cloud platforms.
• Build trusted relationships with developers and platform leads, co-designing secure, scalable architectures and solutions
• Resolve technical blockers and objections, collaborating with engineering to share insights and improve products.
• Maintain deep technical understanding of cloud security architectures, solutions/technologies including Microsoft M365 Defender, Defender for cloud and Sentinel.
• Develop strategies and recommendations to improve the client's security posture, shapes technical win plan and tailors Microsoft messaging to audience for security opportunities. Enhances team capabilities for extended detection and response (XDR), zero trust and cloud security and develops differentiated compete strategies for Microsoft Security for assigned customers.
• Represent Microsoft through thought leadership in developer communities and customer forums
• Embody our culture and values

Benefits

• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

What This Job Offers

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