Microsoft Security Pre-Sales, POCs, Labs & Solution Architecture

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Requirements

Job Description: Microsoft Security – Pre-Sales, POCs,
Labs & Solution Architecture

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Microsoft Security
Pre-Sales / Solution Architect responsible for leading technical
solutioning, customer assessments, Proof of Concepts (POCs), technical
demonstrations, security frameworks, and lab development across the Microsoft
Security technology stack.

The role will work closely with customers, sales teams,
Microsoft, delivery teams, and technology partners to identify security
requirements, design solutions, demonstrate Microsoft security capabilities,
develop repeatable frameworks, and transition successful opportunities into
implementation and managed services.

Key Responsibilities

1. Microsoft Security Pre-Sales & Solutioning

• Lead
  the technical pre-sales lifecycle for Microsoft Security
  opportunities across enterprise customers.
  
• Work
  with account teams and customers to understand security challenges,
  business objectives, compliance requirements, and existing technology
  environments.
  
• Conduct
  technical discovery workshops and develop security solution
  architectures, high-level designs, implementation roadmaps, and migration
  strategies.
  
• Develop
  technical proposals, Statements of Work (SOWs), solution documents, effort
  estimates, BOMs, and implementation approaches.
  
• Participate
  in customer presentations, executive briefings, technical workshops,
  RFP/RFI responses, and proposal defense.
  
• Translate
  customer security requirements into practical solutions leveraging the Microsoft
  Security ecosystem.
  
• Work
  closely with delivery teams to validate solution feasibility, effort,
  dependencies, risks, and implementation requirements.
  

2. Microsoft Security Technology Expertise

Provide solutioning expertise across the Microsoft Security
portfolio, including:

• Microsoft
  Defender XDR
  
• Microsoft
  Defender for Endpoint
  
• Microsoft
  Defender for Office 365
  
• Microsoft
  Defender for Identity
  
• Microsoft
  Defender for Cloud
  
• Microsoft
  Sentinel
  
• Microsoft
  Entra ID
  
• Microsoft
  Entra ID Protection
  
• Conditional
  Access
  
• Privileged
  Identity Management (PIM)
  
• Identity
  Governance
  
• Microsoft
  Intune
  
• Endpoint
  Management and Endpoint Security
  
• Microsoft
  Purview
  
• Data
  Loss Prevention (DLP)
  
• Information
  Protection
  
• Insider
  Risk Management
  
• eDiscovery
  and Compliance
  
• Microsoft
  Security Copilot
  
• Microsoft
  Security Exposure Management
  
• Microsoft
  Defender Vulnerability Management
  
• Security
  Operations / SOC solutions
  
• SIEM/SOAR
  and security automation
  

3. Microsoft Security Assessments

• Lead
  or support Microsoft Security Assessments for enterprise customers.
  
• Perform
  assessments of existing identity, endpoint, email, cloud, data, SIEM,
  compliance, and security operations environments.
  
• Identify
  security gaps, risks, vulnerabilities, configuration weaknesses, and
  opportunities for modernization.
  
• Develop security maturity assessments, gap-analysis reports, risk assessments,
  and remediation roadmaps.
  
• Assess
  customer environments against recognized security practices and frameworks
  such as:
  
• Zero
  Trust
  
• NIST
  
• CIS
  
• ISO
  27001
  
• SOC
  2
  
• HIPAA
  
• Develop
  executive-level assessment reports translating technical findings into
  business risks and actionable recommendations.
  
• Present
  assessment findings and proposed remediation strategies to technical and
  executive stakeholders.
  

4. POCs, POVs & Technical Labs

• Own
  the design and execution of Microsoft Security POCs, Proofs of Value
  (POVs), pilots, and technical demonstrations.
  
• Build
  realistic customer scenarios to demonstrate Microsoft security
  capabilities.
  
• Develop
  and maintain dedicated Microsoft Security lab environments for
  POCs, demos, training, R&D, and internal enablement.
  
• Build
  scenarios covering:
  
• Identity
  compromise
  
• Conditional
  Access
  
• Zero
  Trust
  
• Endpoint
  detection and response
  
• Email
  security
  
• SIEM/SOAR
  
• Threat
  detection
  
• Vulnerability
  management
  
• Data
  protection
  
• Insider
  risk
  
• Cloud
  security
  
• Security
  automation
  
• Integrate
  Microsoft Security
  

Benefits

• Competitive
  salaries​
  
• Medical,
  Dental, Vision Insurance
  
• Disability,
  Life & AD&D Insurance
  
• 401K
  With Generous Company Match
  
• Paid
  Vacation and Personal Leave
  
• Pre-Paid
  Commute Options
  
• Employee
  Referral Bonuses
  
• Performance
  Based Bonuses
  
• Flexible
  Work Options & Fun Culture
  
• Continuing
  Education Reimbursements
  
• In-House
  Technology Training