Microsoft Cloud Solution Architect - Cybersecurity 

Kuwait, Al Asimah, Kuwait City 

13513793

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Cybersecurity,
  • OR related field
• 7+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, cybersecurity, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
  • OR equivalent experience.

Technical

• The technical aptitude and experience to learn new cloud security technologies and understand relevant cloud security market trends.
• Competitive Landscape: Knowledge of cloud security platforms and competitors. Breadth of technical security experience and knowledge, with depth / Subject Matter Expertise in two or more of the following security solutions:

• Security Operations: SIEM and SOAR – Microsoft Sentinel hands-on experience required, supported with certificates
• Extended Detection and Response (XDR) - Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Endpoint, Identity and Office 365 – hands on experience required
• Identity and Access Management (Microsoft Entra)
• Cloud Infrastructure and Security

Additional or Preferred Qualifications:

Candidates should have broad experience in security and expertise around related technologies and concepts such as Zero Trust, threat management, SOC monitoring (SIEM / SOAR), and Extended Detection & Response (XDR) + SIEM, Data Security and Identity. Candidates should have knowledge as a security engineer or consultant to understand industry trends and competitive landscape, advise customers on ways to strengthen their security posture or health, and land customer value through security.

• Relationship Building - Proven track record of building deep technical relationships with senior security teams and executives in large or highly complex accounts. Experience in managing various stakeholder relationships to get consensus on security solutions/projects.
• Problem Solving - Ability to solve customer security problems through cloud technologies
• Collaboration and Communication - Acknowledged for driving decisions collaboratively, resolving conflicts and ensuring follow through with exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort with both large and small audiences (Senior Executives, Security teams, Security Operations Center (SOC) leadership, Security admins, and Cloud Security teams).
• Customer Focus - Customer obsessed leader with an "if I don't know how to get it done, I'll find someone who does" approach to solving customer challenges
• Value Realization - Ability to understand customer business objectives and outcomes and ability to quickly leverage tech solutions to accomplish those outcomes
• Trusted Technical Advisor - Ability to build strong relationships with senior security stakeholders and quickly build credibility and be viewed as a trusted advisor
• Architecture - Ability to assess customer's multi-cloud ecosystem of systems & processes and make strategic recommendations that align with modern security practices and principles.

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