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Senior Consultant, Security (Microsoft Security Suite)
Ascent SolutionsMinneapolis, United StatescontractVerifiedPosted 27 Mar 2025
About the role
Role and Responsibilities
- Lead Microsoft
security advisory and consulting engagements with customers
- Engage customers with
effective communication to build lasting relationships
- Plan
and design Microsoft security products and features
- Develop
reference architectures, technical requirements, and configurations to support
implementation
- Execute
Microsoft security products and feature proof-of-concepts and pilots
- Implement
Microsoft security products and features in development, tests, and production
environments
- Provide
industry perspectives, best practices, and security thought leadership to
customers
- Develop Microsoft
security strategy, recommendations, and roadmap for customers
- Prepare and
present recommendations to key stakeholders and senior leadership
- Identify and
document issues and risks to projects and develop recommendations for
remediation
- Develop project
plans and weekly status reports
- Assist with
project management activities such as managing project team hours, expenses,
tasks, and meetings
Qualifications and Education Requirements
- 5+ years of security
and risk industry experience
- 3+ years of security
consulting experience
- 3+ years of Microsoft
security advisory and professional services experience
- Azure
Security
- Azure
Security Center
- Azure
AD
- Microsoft
Information Protection
- Intune
- Microsoft
Cloud App Security
- O365
ATP
- Defender
for Office
- O365
Security
- Azure
ATP/Defender for Identity
- Azure
Sentinel
- Microsoft
Defender ATP
- Defender
for Endpoint
- Active
Directory
- Azure
Defender
Preferred Skills
- Strong knowledge of
O365 and cloud technology, security, principles and practices
- Lead meetings with
clients in order to discover existing business processes, advise on best-fit
technologies, gather requirements, and drive to client satisfaction
- Ability to coordinate
with program manager to develop execution plans
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