Microsoft Security Technical Specialist - ANZ 

New Zealand, Auckland, Auckland 

723666584

achieve more. Our culture ison embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiringcreate life-changing innovations that

As aTechnical Specialistand use our range of security-focused solutions including extended detection and response (XDR), zero trust and cloud security solutions.

Required Qualifications:

• 4+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experienceORBachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experienceORMaster's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 3+ years of technical pre-sales or technical consulting experienceOR equivalent experience.

or Preferred Qualifications

• Certification in any one of the following: CEH, LPT, CISSP, CCSP, or CCIA
• Certification in (or started) Microsoft 365 Security Administration or Azure Security Engineer Associate.

You will have the following attributes and want to expand on them:

• Growth Mindset.Experience and passion for learning (technical and soft skills); implementing practices from others; trying, failing, and learning from that; sharing practices and knowledge for others’ benefit.
• Practitioner mindset. Committed to knowing not just what solutions can do but practices the skillsrequiredto properly implement solutionsrequired.
• Insatiable Learner. Desire to know more than the standard and stretch to know more than Microsoft products.
• Challenger mindset. Ability to work across departments and teams, ability to think “outside of the box” and challenge customers to think differently
• Technical depth.Domain authority, having enterprise customer experience with design, configuration and implementation of Microsoft or other security & compliance solutions as well as competitive product knowledge
• Excellentpeople negotiation, organisational, presentation, technical product demo, writing, and verbal communication skills.
• Highly drivenpassionate person who consistently exceeds goals and expectations

be making:

You will joinand prove our solutions, and win the technical decision in your accounts.and develop your deep technical

Key Responsibilities

• Remediates blockers; leads and ensures technical wins for end-to-end Microsoft Security and adjacent technologies.
• Engages with and reaches out to customers proactively and independently
• Uses knowledge of customer context, solution or portfolioexpertise, technical and industry knowledge to build credibility with customers as a trusted advisor for Microsoft Security.
• Scale Through Partners:Engages in partner sell-with scenarios and supports partner technicalcapacity.​
• Build Strategy:Contributes to Microsoft Security strategy development, shapes strategic 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 compete strategies for Microsoft Security for assigned customers.​
• Solution Design & Proof:Demonstrates

• team in addressing customer digital transformation andleveraginginsights to align new or changing technology to customer security needs.​
• Education:Builds their own readiness plan and grows extended detection and response (XDR), zero trust and cloud security space domain knowledge and practicesexpertise