Senior Security Solution Engineer
Microsoft (Eightfold Apply)
- Location
- United States, Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Senior
- Posted
- 3h ago
Skills
About this role
Overview
Join Microsoft’s Majors Growth Team—where customer ambition meets innovation. The Majors Growth organization is focused on simplifying and accelerating Microsoft’s engagement with major growth customers across industries. This expansive customer landscape includes organizations in manufacturing, aviation, cybersecurity, and more—all seeking to modernize operations, strengthen security, and achieve meaningful business outcomes. Our team is dedicated to empowering customers throughout their digital transformation journey—from envisioning new possibilities to delivering secure, scalable solutions that drive business outcomes, elevate customer experience, and fuel Microsoft’s growth. Majors Growth will manage and accelerate strategic accounts across Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) Americas. 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 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.
Responsibilities
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 identify, 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, adoption, and value realization. Make deliberate use of available programs, investments, and specialist resources to accelerate customer outcomes. Create clarity across stakeholders on ownership,