Cloud Solution Architecture, Security & AI - New Zealand

Microsoft Microsoft · Big Tech · Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand +1 · Cloud Solution Architecture

This role is a Cloud Solution Architect specializing in Security & AI, focusing on driving customer security transformations on Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 platforms. It involves owning the technical customer relationship, providing architectural guidance, delivering technical presentations, and collaborating with internal teams to ensure customer adoption and success.

What you'd actually do

  1. You will drive positive Customer Satisfaction and become a trusted advisor and provide feedback and insights from customers/partners and be the Voice of 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.
  2. You will deliver technical presentations and demos and propose high-level solutions and work with key Microsoft and Partner resources to drive deployment and customer adoption Identify cross sell/upsell/Unified opportunities through customer engagement.
  3. You will align your individual skilling to team/area demands and Customer Success goals and accelerate customer outcomes - Share expertise, contribute to IP creation and re-use to accelerate customer outcomes.
  4. Run Architectural Design Session to build a plan for implementing the solution – governing design in line with customer business goals and their technical environment. Outcome is consensus on solution design and next steps toward production.
  5. Collaborate and orchestrate with other Cloud Solution Architects and Microsoft stakeholders including FastTrack, partner, and Microsoft Consulting in developing complex end-to-end Enterprise solutions with the Microsoft Security platform.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 4+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
  • OR equivalent experience

Nice to have

  • 4+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external)
  • 4+ years experience working on technical projects
  • Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications)
  • Threat protection, SIEM and Incident Response; Extended Detection and Response (XDR); Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR); Security Operation Center Management; Identity and Access Management; Cloud Infrastructure; Cloud Security; Data Security; Certification in one or more of the following technologies preferred: Microsoft 365 Security Administrator, Microsoft Security Operations, Cloud Security, CCSP, CEH, OSCP, GSEC.

What the JD emphasized

  • customer-facing role
  • technical relationship
  • architecture
  • implementation
  • operational health engagements
  • technical presentations
  • demos
  • high-level solutions
  • customer adoption
  • Architectural Design Session
  • complex end-to-end Enterprise solutions