Senior Security Solution Engineer

Join Microsoft’s US Public Sector Industries DIB Team—where mission meets innovation. The Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Operating Unit (OU) is a newly formed team with a bold mission: to consolidate, simplify, and accelerate Microsoft’s presence across the DIB landscape. This expansive network includes over 100,000 organizations specializing in manufacturing, aviation, cybersecurity, and more—all united in their support of all Federal Agencies, including the U.S. DoW and other mission-based intelligence and civilian organizations. Our team is dedicated to empowering these commercial contractors throughout their digital transformation journey—from envisioning new possibilities to delivering secure, scalable solutions that drive mission outcomes, elevate customer experience, and fuel Microsoft’s growth.The DIB OU will directly manage and accelerate strategic and major DIB accounts across Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) Americas, while also enabling Defense Innovation growth across other OUs. We’re building new relationships, transforming legacy operations, and helping our customers modernize with confidence. Microsoft is seeking a Senior Security Solution Engineer to help leading defense, aerospace, intelligence, and critical infrastructure organizations transform through secure adoption of cloud, data, and AI. This role combines deep cybersecurity expertise, executive-level customer engagement, business acumen, and the ability to lead across complex customer and Microsoft stakeholder environments. The ideal candidate does more than explain technology. They shape customer security strategy, establish technical decision criteria, lead architecture and evaluation efforts, remove barriers to adoption, and remain accountable through measurable customer outcomes. 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.

Own the Technical Strategy for Assigned Accounts Develop and execute account-level security technical strategies aligned to documented customer priorities, regulatory obligations, modernization plans, and AI ambitions. Build trusted relationships with CISOs, CIOs, security architects, SOC leaders, identity teams, data security leaders, and cloud platform teams. Lead architecture discussions that position Microsoft as a strategic security platform, not a collection of disconnected products. Bring a clear technical point of view to account planning and translate customer signals into prioritized actions. Drive Technical Wins Lead discovery, architecture, solution design, demonstrations, workshops, pilots, and technical validation activities. Define and influence customer decision criteria, success measures, evaluation plans, and security roadmaps. Identify technical risks early and drive the right resources and actions to resolve them. Convert complex technical engagements into clear recommendations, decisions, and next steps. Accelerate Secure AI Adoption Guide customers on AI security posture, data protection for AI, identity and access for agents, AI governance, and security foundations required for responsible AI adoption. Help customers securely deploy Microsoft Copilot and agents while maximizing the security capabilities they already own. Connect AI security requirements to identity, data, endpoint, cloud, and security operations architectures. Orchestrate Across the Customer Lifecycle Partner closely with Security Specialists, account teams, Customer Success, FastTrack, partners, engineering, and cross-solution-area technical teams. Serve as the technical continuity leader from initial strategy and evaluation through deployment,