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Microsoft Cloud Solution Architecture - Data Security 
South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg 
857997905

09.07.2024

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

With over. Come join CE&S and help us build a future where customers achieve their business outcomes faster with technology that does more.

, specializing in& AI.to secure their entire data estates against internal and external data risk.

  • ingSensitive Data using data classification, sensitivity labelling and encryption policies.
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  • ingData Loss using built in exfiltration policies for Microsoft 365 apps,servicesand endpoints.

and operational health.This role is flexible in that you can work up to 50%.


Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business or related field AND3+ years’ experience in Data Security / Information Security Management, or related field AND 3+ years of working in cloud infrastructure, IT consulting/support, systems administration,architectureand/or software development.
  • Good understanding of the principles of Data Security, such as data classification, encryption, sensitivity labelling, information protection policies and exfiltration controls
  • Experience in the implementation (end to end) of Data Security projects with Data Security Platforms, preferably experience with Microsoft Purview (Information Protection, Data Loss Prevention, Information Risk Management)
  • Experience working with Microsoft 365 services and/orAzuredata services such as SharePoint, Teams, Office 365, SQL, Azure Data Lake Services.
    • OR equivalent experience.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications (PQs)

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Information Management, or related field and 5+ years’ experience in Data / Information Management.
  • Ability to lead strategic customer conversations to educate and guide development of Data Security requirements.
  • Ability to lead strategic customer conversations to develop Data Security Frameworks and solution architecture design.
  • Experience in Content Services
  • Recognised Data Security certification
  • Microsoft certification in one of more of the following:
  • SC-400
  • Programming experiences, usingMicrosoft Information Protection SDK(e.g. C#, Python)
  • Technical Certification in Microsoft 365 and other Cloud technologies (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications).
  • Experience with Public Key Infrastructure in terms of key management and hierarchy.
  • Business Value:The ability to convey the businessneedand value of proposed solutions, plans, and risks to stakeholders and decision makers. This includes the ability to persuade and inform based on facts and alignment with goals and strategy.
  • Trusted Advisership:The ability to build trusted advisor status and deep relationships across stakeholders (e.g., technical decision makers, business decision makers) through an understanding of customer needs and technologies.
  • Understanding of partner ecosystems and the ability toleveragepartner solutions to solve customer needs.
  • Situationalfluency: Usingself-awarenessas a mechanism to interpret verbal and non-verbal cues to increase your ability to "read the room."
  • Insightful listening
Responsibilities
  • Customer Satisfaction - Drive positive Customer Satisfaction & become a trusted advisor.
  • Provide feedback & insights from customers/partners.
  • the Voiceof Customer to share insights and best practices, connect with Global Security teams at Microsoft, Engineering and Product teams to remove blockers and influence the solution roadmap.
  • Land an end-to-end value prop for Security (i.e., Zero Trust) which spans the breadth of Microsoft Security offerings, and with focus on Threat Protection, ID + Access Management and Cloud Security.
  • ,and optimization.
  • utilization.
  • Lead technical solutioning and nurturing across the customer journey.
  • Deliver technical presentations & demos and propose high-level solutions.
  • Work with key Microsoft and Partner resources to drive deployment & customer adoption Identify cross sell/upsell/Unified opportunities through customer engagement.
  • Technical Leadership
  • Learn It All – Alignindividual skilling to team/area demands & Customer Success goals.
  • expertise, contribute to IP creation & re-use to accelerate customer outcomes.
  • .Outcome is consensus on solution design and next steps toward production.
  • Collaborate and orchestrate with other Cloud Solution Architects and MS stakeholders including FastTrack, partner, and Microsoft Consulting in developing complex end-to-end Enterprise solutions with the Microsoft Security platform.