Microsoft

Senior Security Solution Engineer

Microsoft • $106K — $203K *
Reston, VA 20191In-Person
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field with 3+ years technical pre-sales or consulting experience, or equivalent experience.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field with 4+ years technical pre-sales or consulting experience, or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years technical pre-sales or consulting experience.
  • Ability to maintain a U.S. Security Clearance and verification of U.S. citizenship.
  • Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, or GIAC.

Responsibilities

  • Own and execute technical strategies for assigned accounts based on customer priorities and regulatory requirements.
  • Build relationships with key security executives and architect teams within customer organizations.
  • Lead discussions to establish Microsoft as a strategic security platform.
  • Translate customer signals into actionable plans for security enhancements.
  • Guide customers on AI security and data protection related to AI adoption.
  • Orchestrate technical activities from initial strategy to deployment and value realization.
  • Drive adoption of Microsoft Security capabilities to improve security operations and risk management.

Benefits

  • Access to various Microsoft programs and resources to accelerate customer outcomes.
  • Participation in a workplace that supports the use of secure AI technologies.
  • Opportunities for mentorship and scaling best practices.
  • Engagement with multidisciplinary teams to influence security strategies.
Full Job Description
Overview

Microsoft is seeking a Senior Security Solution Engineer to help leading defense, aerospace, intelligence, and critical infrastructure organizations transform through secure adoption of cloud, data, and AI. This role combines deep cybersecurity expertise, executive-level customer engagement, business acumen, and the ability to lead across complex customer and Microsoft stakeholder environments.

The ideal candidate does more than explain technology. They shape customer security strategy, establish technical decision criteria, lead architecture and evaluation efforts, remove barriers to adoption, and remain accountable through measurable customer outcomes.

Responsibilities
Own the Technical Strategy for Assigned Accounts
  • Develop and execute account-level security technical strategies aligned to documented customer priorities, regulatory obligations, modernization plans, and AI ambitions.
  • Build trusted relationships with CISOs, CIOs, security architects, SOC leaders, identity teams, data security leaders, and cloud platform teams.
  • Lead architecture discussions that position Microsoft as a strategic security platform, not a collection of disconnected products.
  • Bring a clear technical point of view to account planning and translate customer signals into prioritized actions.
Drive Technical Wins
  • Lead discovery, architecture, solution design, demonstrations, workshops, pilots, and technical validation activities.
  • Define and influence customer decision criteria, success measures, evaluation plans, and security roadmaps.
  • Identify technical risks early and drive the right resources and actions to resolve them.
  • Convert complex technical engagements into clear recommendations, decisions, and next steps.
Accelerate Secure AI Adoption
  • Guide customers on AI security posture, data protection for AI, identity and access for agents, AI governance, and security foundations required for responsible AI adoption.
  • Help customers securely deploy Microsoft Copilot and agents while maximizing the security capabilities they already own.
  • Connect AI security requirements to identity, data, endpoint, cloud, and security operations architectures.
Orchestrate Across the Customer Lifecycle
  • Partner closely with Security Specialists, account teams, Customer Success, FastTrack, partners, engineering, and cross-solution-area technical teams.
  • Serve as the technical continuity leader from initial strategy and evaluation through deployment, adoption, and value realization.
  • Make deliberate use of available programs, investments, and specialist resources to accelerate customer outcomes.
  • Create clarity across stakeholders on ownership, dependencies, risks, and next actions.
Drive Adoption and Customer Outcomes
  • Help customers deploy, operationalize, and expand Microsoft Security capabilities across Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Purview, Security Copilot, Microsoft 365 E5/G5, and Azure security services.
  • Move engagements beyond feature demonstrations and deployment milestones toward measurable improvements in security operations, risk reduction, platform consolidation, and mission readiness.
  • Identify opportunities to expand workload adoption based on customer needs, usage signals, technical gaps, and future priorities.


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:
  • 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.

Other Requirements:
  • Cloud Screening: Candidates must be able to successfully complete and pass a Microsoft Cloud background screening. Required Cloud Screenings will be administered on a recurring bi-annual basis.
  • Microsoft is unable to sponsor a work visa for this role due to the nature of the role's job duties.
  • Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government clearance.
  • The ability to obtain and maintain a United States Security Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Demonstrated expertise in several of the following areas: security operations, identity and access management, data security, endpoint security, cloud security, AI security, Zero Trust, or enterprise security architecture.
  • Ability to communicate technical strategy and risk clearly with both senior executives and deeply technical practitioners.
  • Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and influencing decisions without direct authority.
  • Experience supporting Defense Industrial Base, federal, aerospace, intelligence, or national security customers.
  • Working knowledge of CMMC, NIST SP 800-171, Zero Trust, FedRAMP, and regulated cloud environments such as GCC High.
  • Experience with Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Purview, Security Copilot, Microsoft 365 E5/G5, or Azure security services.
  • Experience with secure AI adoption, AI governance, identity for agents, and data security for AI.
  • Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, GIAC, or Microsoft security certifications.
  • Experience mentoring peers, creating reusable technical assets, and scaling best practices across teams.


Solution Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $137,600 - $222,600 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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181,000 employees
Market Cap
$1,762.4 billion
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$51.3 billion
Founded
1975
5 Year Trend
+15.5%
Revenue
$153.2 billion
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