SENIOR TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT - CYBERSECURITY

Company: Microsoft Corporation
Location: Irving
Posted on: September 4, 2024

Job Description:

OverviewDo you enjoy solving problems, looking at problems through a different lens, and working closely with customers to innovate new solutions to complex problems? Do you jump with excitement at the opportunity to identify trends and provide unique business solutions? Do you want to join a team where learning about a new technology or solution is part of our work every day? The Industry Solutions Delivery (ISD) Engineering & Architecture Group (EAG) is a global consulting and engineering organization that supports our most complex and leading-edge customer engagements. Driving early-stage deliveries, enhances ISD's technical capabilities, and partnering with others to develop approaches, innovative solutions, and engineering standards in order to set our sales and delivery teams up for success. Leveraging the principles of model, care, and coach, we provide consistent high-quality customer experience through technical and AI leadership and IP capture centered on delivery truth. As part of the team, you will be a key leader in the largest Security team in Industry Solutions Organization, learn in a fast paced, live-site focused environment, deliver customer value with everything we do and help protect Microsoft's enterprise customers.The job provides an opportunity to:Impact on one of the fastest growing teams in Industry Solutions that is critical to the Microsoft Security strategy.Work in a world class team of Security Analysts, Architects, Incident Responders, and leadership that will help you grow your career.Be part of a dynamic Security community that will enable you to learn, collaborate, and contribute with the top minds in the industry.We are looking for a Senior Technology Consultant - Cybersecurity who is highly customer focused with the right combination of curiosity, technical aptitude, and communication skills to become a Security Delivery Manager in the Security Service Line within the Industry Solutions Organization. You will be part of a high-performing security organization and will be in a role that is focused on customer success and satisfaction. Since we are a security team, we focus a good deal on security technologies, so the candidate will have Cybersecurity experience addressing complex customer scenarios in delivery and/or operations capacity. What's also super important is that you can show empathy for customers, their business outcomes, and plans, and are proficient at guiding teamwork to deliver great security outcomes for our customers. We are a team of fun, dynamic, supportive community of Program Managers, Architects, Incident Responders, Security Analysts, and our Leadership is committed to delivering the best Security solutions and services to our customers. We get to develop and run innovative Security services at extremely large scale for our enterprise customers, which presents challenges we love to solve. If this sounds like the right environment for you, please join us.
ResponsibilitiesPre-Sales Support Collaborates with internal stakeholders (e.g., Solution Architect, Pursuit Lead, Consulting Account Executive) in the pre-sale process by understanding business requirements and providing industry and technical input and/or solution offerings to help shape the deal. Supports drafting proposals and/or statement of work (SOW). Provides input on staffing and skill requirements for delivery to Resource Deployment, Technical Delivery Managers (TDMs), and/or Project Managers. Technical Delivery Follows the capacity process outlined by Resource, Insights, Capacity, and Capability (RICC) team. Maintains tools with up-to-date skills and availability. Leads meetings with customers/partners to understand business needs. Uses business, industry, and technology strategies to map customer/partner requirements to the adoption and optimization of Microsoft technology solutions. Engages others appropriately to understand and define customer requirements. Participates in project planning and develops project documents by identifying the risks and dependencies. Communicates the business value of planned solutions to customers/ partners. Identifies technical and business risks in programs and proposes mitigations. Assists project managers/architects in preparing for steering committee (e.g., developing artifacts). Manages their schedule and communicates with project leads. Generates and delivers Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Implements solutions and provides oversight and leadership on workstreams across domains while adhering to Industry Solutions processes. Aligns solutions with the intent of the architecture. Manages escalations, analyzes situations, and coordinates appropriate resources to resolve issues by following delivery practices, considering cost implications, and engaging in conversations with internal and external stakeholders (e.g., Customer Service and Support, Project Manager, Solution Architect, Product Group) as needed. Proactively manages executive-level customer/partner/stakeholder relationships to identify and contribute to the drivers of satisfaction and dissatisfaction, determine the root cause, and establish recovery actions to improve the experience. Works with account team to ensure One Microsoft approach. Shares lessons learned with workgroup and consultant community. Intellectual Property Management Acts as an ambassador in the consumption of intellectual property (IP) by leveraging and/or modifying existing IP or creating repeatable content where applicable. Provides feedback on Managed IP for continuous improvement, reports IP gaps, reviews IP to be considered for harvesting and curation and ensures it is logged for consumption. Improves Industry Solutions offerings quality and collaborates with portfolio and solution teams by providing feedback. Business Development Identifies opportunities to expand or accelerate the adoption and consumption of cloud and Microsoft technologies. Facilitates, as appropriate, other team members to scale the business with existing customers by articulating value propositions of strategic Microsoft products and services and developing new offerings for the domain. Drives innovation and digital transformation. Ensures the use of the existing intellectual property (IP). Readiness Learns new technologies or services based on business demands and industry trends. Obtains relevant accreditations and certification(s) as advised by domain leadership team. Identifies certifications and readiness plans in partnership with World Wide Learning. Leads or participates in relevant technical communities and conducts training sessions to evangelize technology and/or offerings based on availability. Mentors team members and acts as a technical advisor for stakeholders by providing thought leadership, articulation of solutions value, and outcomes of business strategies. Operational Excellence Completes operational tasks and readiness and ensures timeliness and accuracy. Follows Microsoft policies, compliance, and procedures (e.g., Enterprise Services Authorization Policy, Standards of Business Conduct, labor logging, expenses, travel guidelines). Leads by example and guides team members on operational tasks, readiness, and compliance. Other Embody our culture and values

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