Solution Architect - Modern Work - Security

About the Role

Employment Type: Full-time

The Solution Architect is a key role responsible for leading, designing, implementing, and managing cloud-based solutions that meet the strategic and operational needs of an organization with the core focus on identity, access management, and security. This role involves engaging with clients & stakeholders, working in cross-functional teams, to understand business drivers, assess application portfolios, and design reliable, scalable, efficient, and cost-effective strategies & solutions leveraging cloud services and industry best-practices.

Responsibilities

• Engage with client executive and technical stakeholders to design and build scalable, flexible, and resilient solutions.
• Develop comprehensive solutions aligned with business objectives, considering factors such as scalability, performance, security, efficiency, and cost.
• Provide expert level client-collateral including architectural drawings, design specifications, implementation guides, documentation, and operational procedures.
• Lead technical teams in the development and deployment of cloud solutions, providing expert guidance, and resolving complex technical challenges.
• Ensure cloud solutions meet security and compliance standards, including data protection, encryption, access control, and regulatory requirements.
• Implement cost-effective strategies to maximize return-on-investment for our clients.
• Lead efforts to capture and share best-practice knowledge amongst the cloud solution architect community.
• Keep current of emerging technologies and industry trends, identify innovative solutions, and recognize opportunities for efficiency.
• Lead engagement teams, delegate responsibilities, and mentor fellow consultants.
• Work within the sales process to lead technical whiteboards, scope projects, create sales collateral, and present to C-Level executives.
• Review technical documentation and sales collateral for punctual and technical correctness.
• Identify new engagement offerings, create client deliverable templates, and revise existing client deliverables as needed.
• Identify future engagement opportunities during existing client engagements and convey those needs to account executives and practice leadership.
• Lead and coordinate implementation & migration projects, ensuring they stay on track and within scope.
• Maintain exposure to market trends and business productivity improvement opportunities.

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

• Effective communication skills to interact with clients, understand their requirements, and convey technical information in a clear and concise manner.
• Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to listen and communicate well with clients.
• Demonstrate the ability to develop rapport with client technical staff, excellent interpersonal skills.
• Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• 5+ years of experience architecting and delivering Microsoft 365 identity and security solutions.
• 5+ years of experience with Microsoft Identity tools such as Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM), Microsoft Entra ID Governance, Microsoft Entra External ID, Microsoft Entra (HR Provisioning, Cloud Sync, Cloud Provisioning), Multi-Factor Authentication, Single Sign-On, Conditional Access Policies, etc.
• 5+ years of experience with Defender Suite (Endpoint, Vulnerability Management, Servers, Cloud, Cloud Apps, Office, XDR, Identity).
• 5+ years of experience with Microsoft Purview (Information Protection, Security and Compliance Center, Data Loss Prevention, Compliance Manager, Customer Key, Data Lifecycle Management, Insider Risk Management, Information Barriers).
• 5+ years of experience with Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity concepts.