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# Cloud Solution Architect Manager - Security

- **Company:** Microsoft
- **Location:** Redmond, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $130,900.0 - $251,900.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Microsoft Software, Zero Trust Network Access, Security Information and Event Management, Software Engineering, Computer Network Operations, Information Technology
- **Published:** August 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3347461600&tx=CT2927TTZ&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* 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 equivalent experience.
 * 3+ years people management experience, including managing consultant practice managers, technical sales managers, and/or technical architect managers., * Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 12+ 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 8+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting OR equivalent experience.
 * 6+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external).
 * 6+ years experience leading technical projects, teams, or functions.
 * Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications).
 * 5+ years people management experience, including managing consultant practice managers, technical sales managers, and/or technical architect managers.

Cloud Solution Architecture M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $251,900 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $165,600 - $272,300 per year.

## Description

* You will lead your team to deliver customer objectives and Microsoft business targets.
 * You will lead your team through change and deliver positive Customer Satisfaction, and coach them to become trusted advisors to customers and partners, by leveraging Security expertise across M365 and Azure to enable defined Customer Success Plan outcomes.
 * You will coach the team to develop opportunities driving Customer Success business results by working with technical decision makers ensuring they understand Microsoft's security value proposition and get value from their investment in Microsoft technology through deep business understanding of security solution plays and customer scenarios.
 * You will coach the team to identify resolutions to issues blocking go-live of customer success projects by leveraging security technical subject matter expertise. Support them to lead technical conversations with customers to drive value from their Microsoft investments, by delivering all work according to Microsoft best practices and policies and using repeatable Intellectual Property (IP) and run your business and develop your team to meet customer needs and Microsoft business targets.
 * ???You will foster a continuous self-learning culture and drive technical intensity, driving team to enable customers to realize desired business outcomes, including innovation. Model impactful community engagement and coach team to contribute to repeatable IP.
 * You will leverage your ability to apply principles, systems, tools, and strategic insights to sustainably improve key performance metrics (KPIs) and drive operational efficiencies and coach the team on situational fluency (Interpersonal Flexibility) by studying your customer, understanding the situation, "reading the room" and reacting accordingly as you coach the teams on how and when to pivot customer/ internal conversations based on what you observe in your environment.
 * You will leverage the breadth of your technical experience and knowledge in foundational security, architecture design, with depth Subject Matter Expertise in security to deliver the end-to-end security story for Microsoft, highlighting the value proposition using your experience in security and expertise around related technologies and concepts such as Zero Trust, threat management, SOC monitoring (SIEM / SOAR), and Extended Detection & Response (XDR) + SIEM, Cloud Security, and Identity.
 * You will draw on your experience of foundation AI to ensure customers develop a secure AI platform strategy and secure operational best practices.


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