About this role
Reports to: CTO
Job Purpose: This role is a customer facing and you will play an active role in transforming our client’s Security on their Microsoft platforms through designing and implementing Microsoft Security technologies on-premise and in the cloud. You are comfortable meeting clients and leading workshops with technical and managerial representatives of all levels.
As a member of our Cloud Security Consulting team, you will be helping to advise and deliver cloud security solutions for customers primarily using the Microsoft Security product stack.
As a senior cloud security consultant you will use hands on and strategic technical expertise to deliver solutions to customers adhering to cloud security best practices. Working solo or within a team, this role will provide opportunities to work with enterprise level customers, helping to secure multi platform cloud security.
Living on the bleeding edge of Microsoft innovation, you will foster relationships with product engineers and facilitate enablement of preview features for customers.
This position offers exciting opportunities to learn and advance development of subject matter expertise in a fast paced and evolving industry.
Key interfaces: CTO, COO, CRO, Sales, Professional Services, Operations, Customers, Microsoft.
The Role will Involve:
• Designing and building Microsoft security reference architectures for public, private, and hybrid Cloud based systems.
• Leading technical discussions to assist our clients to align security strategy with business goals
• Acting as an advisor for customers to accelerate Cloud security efforts across the board.
• Delivering technical reviews of cloud security architecture against strategic cloud security frameworks.
• Being an inspirational example that can elevate less experienced colleagues to become their best Cloud security professionals.
• Continuous development of skills and platform research to ensure that the team and business are always providing best practice solutions for our clients.
• Working with project owners to co-lead multiple parts of the engagement delivery
• Supporting clients migrating from non-Microsoft technologies to the Defender XDR solutions (Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Office). This would include Office 365 changes (Exchange Online) to support their migration.
• Cloud based Identity Management with Entra ID.
• Supporting the development of managed services, familiar with Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines, PowerShell, Terraform, Logic Apps, and Microsoft business apps.
• You will be intrinsic to customer engagements throughout the project lifecycle hence is its important you are comfortable with performing discovery, analysis, design, build, test and deployment of Microsoft Identity Management solutions.
• You will have a good working knowledge of zero trust and SASE concepts and be able to guide customers to identify a path to implementation and technical gap analysis.
• This Consultant will develop and deliver user stories and use cases and will work with other interdependent engineers and solution architects to produce technical requirements and identify related business benefits.
We are Looking for Someone With:
• Proven experience and deep understanding of Microsoft Identity Management / IAM
• You also have a strong foundation across the Microsoft Security solution stack, including on-premise, endpoint and Azure based solutions.
• Experience and subject matter expertise in Microsoft Azure scoping and specification
• Can demonstrate relevant knowledge and experience or hold some or all of the following certifications, or be willing to achieve them:
• AZ-900 & AZ-500
• SC-200
• SC-300
• CISSP
• CompTIA Security+
• Knowledge of secure development practices
• Knowledge of security standards like CIS, NIST and GDPR
• Demonstrate working in Agile environment
• Experience in PowerShell, Logic Apps, Terraform and CI/CD Pipelines.
• Ability to understand secure API capabilities to help scope multi-vendor integration projects
• Degree level qualification or equivalent
• Good stakeholder management and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage priorities and multi-task
• Certifications in Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Cloud Security offerings
• Experience with Microsoft, Google and Amazon cloud environments
• Deployment experience of Microsoft 365 including:
• Entra ID
• Microsoft Intune
• Purview (Data Loss Prevention, Sensitivity Labels, Insider Risk)
• Microsoft Defender XDR (Endpoint, Identity Cloud App, Office and Microsoft Sentinel)
• Exchange Online (where migrating from secure email gateway solutions)
• Ability to apply structured thinking, simplifying complex problems into component parts, to the resolution of project challenges
• Workshop skill for conveying information to customers, lead meetings and provide actionable writeups of tasks / actions.
• knowledge of modern application architectures and cloud platforms
• Ability to consistently deliver quality within expected timeframes and on budget
Working Hours: Normal working hours are 7.5 hours a day - Monday – Friday.
Working Location: ITC have offices in Canary Wharf however operate in a hybrid working model with access to the office when needed. Close proximity to London is necessary for any onsite engagements.
Travel: Occasional travel to customer site when necessary.
Benefits:
• 25 days annual leave.
• Pension scheme.
• Private health insurance.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
• Death-in-service life cover.
• Shopping discounts.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Season ticket/gym loans.
• Online wellbeing centre.
• Free tea and coffee.
• And more!
This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the role and it is not intended to be an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.