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• Position: Cloud Solution Architect - Cybersecurity



• Job Type Full Time , Hybrid



• Qualification BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA



• Experience 4 years



• Location Lagos




• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  
  

Responsibilities

 

• Trusted Advisor - Empower customers in their Microsoft Security adoption journey, being hands on with them to envision and define a Secure strategy, Architecture, and implementation of necessary security controls aligned with Microsoft XDR and Microsoft Azure Security workloads while ensuring operational health.


• Security Services Acquisition and Expansion - Position and deliver solutions that drive Security products usage with a focus on Microsoft Sentinel, Defender for Cloud and other Azure security solutions. Collaborate with Azure Infrastructure, Data, Apps teams to expand Security of cloud migration projects.


• Understand Customer/Partner Technical Environment - Accelerate Business Value of overall Security adoption by improving security posture and ensuring that the solution exhibits "Secure by Design" framework, such as high-performance levels, security, scalability, maintainability, appropriate reusability, and reliability upon deployment.


• Architecture Design and Deployment - 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


• Practice Development - Collaborate and orchestrate with other Cloud Solution Architects and MS stakeholders including FastTrack, partner, and Microsoft Services in developing complex end-to-end Enterprise solutions with the Microsoft Security platform


• Thought Leadership - Land an end-to-end value and architecture plan for Security, which spans the breadth of Microsoft Security offerings, and with focus on Threat Protection, ID + Access Management and Cloud Security. Be a 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.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business,Cybersecurity, OR related field AND 5+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, cybersecurity, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
  
  
  
  • OR equivalent experience.
  
  
  
  

Additional Or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
  
  
  
  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 6+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
  
  
  • OR equivalent experience.
  
  
  
  


• 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).

Technical

 

• The technical aptitude and experience to learn new cloud security technologies and understand relevant cloud security market trends.


• Competitive Landscape: Knowledge of cloud security platforms and competitors. Breadth of technical security experience and knowledge, with depth / Subject Matter Expertise in two or more of the following security solutions:

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  • Microsoft Sentinel - Hands on Experience in deploying Microsoft Sentinel in complex customer environments required.
  
  
  • Defender for Cloud - Hands On Experience in deploying Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
  
  
  • Threat protection - Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Endpoint, Identity and O365 - hands on experience required, supported with certificates.
  
  
  • Data Security (Purview) - experience preferred.
  
  
  • Identity and Access Management (Microsoft Entra)
  
  
  
  


• Certification in one or more of the following technologies preferred: Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert, Microsoft 365 Security Administrator, Microsoft SOC Analyst Associate.