Microsoft Data Security Architect

Job Summary:

The Microsoft Compliance and Privacy Architect leads the implementation of a variety of complex Microsoft 365, Microsoft Compliance, and Microsoft Priva solutions. Responsibilities for this role will include analyzing, designing, and determining methods to achieve customer business goals for hybrid and cloud-based Microsoft compliance, security, and privacy outcomes. The Compliance and Privacy Architect considers business needs and client delivery then identifies the best approach to resolve.

Job Duties:

• Designs, presents, troubleshoots, and implements cloud infrastructure compliance and/or privacy solutions for architecture within Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure products
• Designs, documents and creates Microsoft 365 solution integrations for security and compliance
• Leads small project teams and/or working across geographies with solution teams to create a holistic Microsoft 365 security and/or compliance implementation for a customer
• Leads advanced troubleshooting on Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS), Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Priva deployment and integration
• Identifies, troubleshoots, and configures where multiple Microsoft 365 products interact, such as Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Purview, and Microsoft Priva to create a customer's intended data protection and/or compliance outcome
• Assesses a customer's Microsoft 365, Microsoft Purview, Defender for Endpoint and/or Defender for Cloud Apps configuration against customer requirements and recommend enhancement or optimization opportunities
• Integrates customer Microsoft 365, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Priva and other associated technologies to customer security operations and/or logging platforms
• Configures and troubleshoots integrated tools such as Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps or Microsoft Defender for Endpoint to consume and/or contribute necessary protection and/or policies for customer outcomes
• Communicates with clients and project leads in a highly professional and timely manner
• Coaches and provides technical guidance to junior team members
• Provides administration and configuration support for Microsoft Purview and/or Microsoft Priva, and associated cloud or on-premises systems and products as a limited duration project, as needed
• Other duties as required

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• N/A

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Education:

• High school diploma, required
• Bachelor's degree, preferred

Experience:

• Four (4) or more years of technical infrastructure implementation experience with increasing responsibility within Microsoft 365 Cloud Solutions, required
• Three (3) or more years of experience in cloud and/or on-premises infrastructure security or with endpoint data loss prevention and/or endpoint security products, required
• Experienced in one (1) or more of the following, required:
  
  
  
  • Design, Deployment, and Management of Endpoint Security Controls
  • Managing Endpoint Security technologies like Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
  • Managing security of Cloud workload environments in Microsoft Azure
  • Designing and deploying security and compliance for Microsoft 365 and/or Microsoft Azure cloud migrations
  • Designing data governance rules and/or policies implemented in one or more technical products
  
  
• Four (4) or more years of experience in an advanced engineering role implementing Microsoft security and compliance components such as Data Loss Prevention, Microsoft 365 compliance, and/or Microsoft 365 security products, preferred
• Experience implementing technical safeguards for a major regulatory compliance obligation (SOX, PCI, HIPAA, CCPA, GDPR or similar), strongly preferred
• Experience with information technology architecture and design, preferred
• Client facing consulting experience, preferred

License/Certifications:

• Certification on Microsoft 365 security and/or compliance, preferred

Software:

• Experience with design and implementation in one or more products Microsoft Purview or predecessor technologies from Microsoft security and compliance, required
• Experience with Information Protection labeling and data classification, required
• Intermediate experience with Microsoft security products for Microsoft 365 and/or Microsoft Azure, preferred
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps / Microsoft Cloud App Security, or another major industry CASB platform, preferred
• Microsoft Records Management and/or Information Governance processes, preferred
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft 365 and Azure products for security, governance and data protection, preferred

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Superior verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to troubleshoot issues, identify solutions, and lead small incident teams to complete necessary repairs and implementation
• Strong analytical, facilitation, documentation, and communication skills
• Strong project planning, scoping and management skills
• Strong business process analysis & design and process flow skills
• Capacity to work in a deadline-driven environment while handling multiple projects/tasks simultaneously with a focus on details
• Capable of successfully multi-tasking while working independently or within a group environment
• Capable of working well under pressure while dealing with unexpected problems in a professional manner
• Ability to work well in a cross-functional team environment

Keywords: Architect, Design, Migration, Team Lead, Infrastructure, Troubleshooting, Support, Microsoft Cloud, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Priva, Security, Compliance, Privacy, Information Protection, Data Classification, Data Labeling, Messaging, Microsoft Teams, Operations, Enterprise Mobility + Security, Integration, Endpoint Manager, Intune, Cloud, Security, Azure, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE), Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (MDCA, MDA), Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business (formerly MS Lync)

Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate's qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.

Colorado Range: $92,000 - $158,000
Maryland Range: $92,000 - $158,000