Solution Engineer - Security

Microsoft • ,

1d • $86,100 - $222,600 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Microsoft Security organization is seeking a Solution Engineer - Security to help solve complex security challenges for customers and enable them to modernize their security architecture and posture. This role is at the forefront of innovation, working on cutting-edge projects that leverage the latest technologies to drive meaningful impact. The Solution Engineer will play a pivotal role in driving security across every stage of the development lifecycle, accelerating career growth, developing deep business acumen, honing technical skills, and becoming adept at solution design and deployment. As a trusted technical advisor, the engineer will guide customers through secure, scalable solution design, influence technical decisions, and accelerate AI applications and agents into their development workflows. The goal is to help customers improve their security, modernize their applications leveraging 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. Employees are expected to have a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize shared goals, building on values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 2+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR a Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR 3+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience OR equivalent experience.
• Candidates must have authorization to work in the United States that does not now or in the future require employer sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• 6+ years technical pre-sales, technical consulting, or technology delivery, or related experience OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ 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, shape technical win plans and tailor Microsoft messaging to audience for security opportunities.
• Enhance 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

• This role is flexible in that you can work up to 50% from home.
• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

What This Job Offers

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