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Security Consultant-CTJ-Poly

Microsoft

Washington, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 18 May 2026

💰 $169,200/yr($77,900/yr – $169,200/yr)

About the role

Overview

We are looking for a Security Consultant to join Microsoft Federal.

The Microsoft Federal organization was established to address the unique mission, legal/regulatory requirements, and procurement rules and processes of the United States Government (USG). Microsoft Federal is committed to ensuring its resources – including appropriately qualified, experienced, and certified personnel (with necessary security clearances or otherwise) are available as needed to meet USG evolving needs. To that end, Microsoft embraces, as a mission-critical philosophy, flexibility in the recruiting, hiring, and workforce assignment of Microsoft Federal personnel. Microsoft Federal personnel can expect to serve in various roles in the Microsoft Federal organization during the course of their career to meet evolving USG needs, regardless of segment – Civilian, Defense, or intelligence community.

Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Growth mindset encourages each of us to lean in and learn what matters most to our customers, to create the foundational knowledge that enables us to make customer-first decisions in everything we do. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission.  

Responsibilities

Technical Delivery

The ideal candidate will possess solid hands‑on technical and consultative expertise with Microsoft Security solutions and demonstrated experience contributing to the design, implementation, and operationalization of cybersecurity solutions within classified or mission‑sensitive federal environments – particularly those aligned to Zero Trust principles.

Lead &/or participate in meetings with customers/partners to understand business needs and technology strategies to map customer/partner requirements to the adoption and optimization of Microsoft technology solutions. Engage other stakeholders appropriately to understand and define customer requirements.

Implement solutions and provide leadership on workstreams across domains while adhering to Industry Solutions processes. Align solutions with the intent of a defined architecture.

Deliver security solutions following delivery practices, considering cost implications, and engaging in conversations with internal and external stakeholders (e.g., Customer Service and Support, Project Manager, Solution Architect, Product Group) as needed.

Work with account team to ensure One Microsoft approach. Share lessons learned with workgroup and consultant community.

Participate in project planning and develop project documents by identifying the risks and dependencies.

Communicate the business value of planned solutions to customers/ partners. Identify technical and business risks in programs and proposes mitigations. Assist project managers/architects in preparing for steering committee (e.g., developing artifacts). Manage their schedule and communicates with project leads. Generate and delivers Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).

Technical Skills

Desired experience includes hands‑on delivery and/or solution design in Microsoft Azure and one or more of the following Microsoft security areas:

Identity & Access Security: Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Conditional Access, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), Identity Governance, hybrid identity (Entra Connect), certificate‑based authentication (CBA), and integration with enterprise PKI or federal ICAM patterns.
Endpoint & Device Security: Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE), endpoint detection and response (EDR), attack surface reduction (ASR), MDM/MAM, and secure device posture enforcement.
Threat Protection & SOC Enablement: Microsoft Defender XDR and Microsoft Sentinel (SIEM/SOAR), such as log ingestion, KQL‑based detection, basic threat hunting, incident response workflows, and security automation/playbooks.
Cloud Security & Workload Protection: Microsoft D