Microsoft

Technical Consultant, Azure - Microsoft Federal - CTJ - TS/SCI

Microsoft$77K — $156K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Business, or related field OR equivalent experience with 1+ year in a relevant area.
  • Active U.S. Government Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance is mandatory.
  • Preferred: 3+ years of relevant work experience.
  • Technical certifications in Azure, Security, or Dynamics are advantageous.
  • Experience in delivery management methodologies such as Scrum, Agile, or Project Management.

Responsibilities

  • Identify opportunities to enhance cloud and Microsoft technology adoption.
  • Promote and manage intellectual property usage in projects.
  • Ensure timely operational task completion while adhering to security standards.
  • Support pre-sales processes injecting technical expertise into project scoping.
  • Learn and evaluate new technologies for their impact on security postures.
  • Execute implementation tasks adhering to defined quality standards.
  • Maintain proactive customer relationships to enhance overall satisfaction.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs.
  • Opportunities for professional development and technical certifications.
  • Participation in relevant technical communities within Microsoft.
  • Support for continuous learning on industry trends and new technologies.
Full Job Description
Overview

We are seeking a Technical Consultant, Azure - Microsoft Federal to drive the adoption and consumption of Microsoft cloud technologies, with experience in Azure infrastructure and networking, and a focus on Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to deliver scalable, secure, and repeatable solutions.

Responsibilities

Business Development

Identifies opportunities to expand or accelerate the adoption and consumption of cloud and Microsoft technologies.

Intellectual Property Management

Acts as an ambassador in consumption of intellectual property (IP) and leverages IP in projects. Proactively assists in the creation of intellectual property content and seeks areas that are available for more IP. Communicates areas that need refreshing or gaps in intellectual property. Provides feedback for continuous improvement.

Operational Excellence

Completes operational tasks and readiness and ensures timeliness and accuracy while maintaining adherence to security standards through Delivery Compliance, Privacy, and Security (DCPS). Follows Microsoft policies, compliance, and procedures (e.g., Enterprise Services Authorization Policy, Standards of Business Conduct, labor logging, expenses, travel guidelines).

Pre-Sales Support

Participates in the pre-sale process as needed. Helps scope the project by sharing customer or technical knowledge in their specialty domain by leveraging their expertise as a subject matter expert.

Readiness

Learns new technologies or services based on business demands and industry trends and evaluates their impact on security posture, revisiting the Industry Solutions Delivery (ISD) Learning Portfolio for Security to deepen understanding of security considerations. Obtains relevant accreditations and certification(s) as advised by the domain leadership team. Shares experiences, best practices, and product news within the team. Participates in relevant technical communities at Microsoft.

Technical Delivery

Implements technical solutions by completing assigned project tasks with defined quality standards and following Industry Solutions processes and security initiatives. Oversees aspects of implementation.

Follows the capacity process outlined by Resource, Insights, Capacity, and Capability (RICC) team. Maintains tools with up-to-date skills and availability.

Proactively manages relationships with customers/partners/stakeholders to identify and contribute to the drivers of satisfaction and dissatisfaction, determine the root cause, and establish recovery actions to improve the experience.

Other
    • Embody our culture and values


Qualifications

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Business, or related field AND 1+ year(s) work experience in relevant area of business OR equivalent experience.


Other Requirements

Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements as required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
  • The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.
  • Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.
  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
  • 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 customer 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.


Additional or Preferred Qualifications

  • 3+ years work experience in relevant area of business.
  • Technical certifications based on domain/service line (e.g., Azure, Security, Dynamics).
  • Delivery Management certification (e.g., Scrum, Agile, Change Management, Project Management).
  • Technical project management experience, preferably with at least one enterprise project.
  • Stakeholder management experience across engineering, business, and operational audiences preferred
  • Experience with Microsoft 365, multitenant SaaS, large enterprise IT, or cloud platform programs.


Technology Consulting IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $77,900.00 - $156,200.00 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 $100,800.00 - $169,200.00 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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