Microsoft Technology Specialists - Security 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

33994943

You will spend time planning and orchestration, preparation, meetings (technical presentations, demos, Proof of Concepts, compete positioning, workshops, etc.), staying sharp on technical, industry and compete expertise.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience

• OR Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience
• OR 6+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience
• OR equivalent experience

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• 7+ years of technical pre-sales, technical consulting, or related experience
  • Certification in Microsoft 365 Security Administration or Azure Security
  • One or more of Industry certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, IAAP, etc. Is preferred
• Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems; Next Gen Web Application Firewalls and Secure Web Gateways; Threat detection technologies; Log analysis and Incident Response; Cloud security technologies, architectures and concepts such as Zero Trust, cloud security posture management, cloud workload protection, Cloud code security and Cloud infrastructure entitlement management.
• Cloud Computing: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Services (PaaS), and Software as a service and understanding of one or more cloud security standards and frameworks such as CIS, NIST, CSA, etc.,
• Experience and passion for learning (technical and professional skills); implementing practices from others; trying, failing, and learning from both successes and failures; sharing practices and knowledge for others’ benefit.

• Primary technical point of contact for potential customers during the sales process, owing and driving technical win for security opportunities
• Deep technical understanding of cloud security architectures, solutions/technologies including Microsoft M365 Defender, Defender for cloud and Sentinel and expertise in extended detection and response (XDR), zero trust and cloud security solutions and architectures
• Remediate blockers; leads and ensures technical wins for Microsoft Security and adjacent technologies. Engages with and reaches out to customers proactively and independently; builds credibility with customers as a trusted advisor for Microsoft Security; and searches for and uses Microsoft Security customer references; and facilitates handoff to customer success for post sales deployment.
• 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.
• Lead technical presentations, demonstrations, workshops, architecture design sessions, explain, demonstrate, and architect the solution to help solve customer security challenges and priorities.
• Drives cross-workload support for Microsoft solutions for security. Leverages insights and coaches' teams to align new or changing technology to customer security needs.
• Responsible for engaging with other teams within and outside the organization throughout the sales cycle. Engaging partners in sell-with scenarios and supporting their technical capabilities is key to scaling solution delivery.