Customer Security Officer - Federal Government & Defense Industrial Base - at Microsoft

, , United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

23 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

25 Nov, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Customer Engagement, Security Strategy, Risk Management, Technical Consulting, CISO Experience, Cloud Technologies, Information Security, Security Architecture, Compliance, Training, Emerging Security Trends, Industry Standards, Influencing Skills, Growth Mindset, Technical Pre-sales, Government Experience

Industry

Software Development

Description

- Partner with area sales leadership and account teams in developing long term strategic plans for key win accounts in your area. - Engage with customer C-suite executive with Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) being the primary role, to understand their strategic objectives. Develop and nurture trusted advisor relationships helping CISO mature their security program by establishing the foundation for quality of platform security program architecture leveraging industry frameworks and standards. - Develop strategic, operational, and tactical recommendations tailored to each customer with the intent of improving customer security posture and compliance position, aligned with their business goals and risk tolerance. - Monitor and analyze emerging security trends, share insights with customers as well as our area leadership and guiding them through the potential impacts on their industry. - Advise, coach and train the area leadership on MS security solution value proposition and positioning. - Develop and maintain industry expertise: The Customer Security Officer will stay up to date with the latest developments and advancements in security including new tech, competitors, and internal product and services offerings. - Growth Mindset. Experience and passion for learning; implementing practices from others; trying, failing, and learning from both successes and failures; sharing practices and knowledge for others' benefit. - Other - Embody our culture and values Required/Minimum Qualifications: - Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 4+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience - OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 6+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience - OR 7+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience - OR equivalent experience. - 3+ years of enterprise industry experience as a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) or similar, including direct responsibility for developing security strategies and security architectures for global companies and/or governments, and leading implementation and execution of strategies. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: - The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Security Clearance. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination. - Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment. Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance Additional/Preferred Qualifications: - 8+ years technical pre-sales, technical consulting, or technology delivery, or related experience OR equivalent experience. - 6+ years experience with cloud and hybrid, or on premises infrastructures, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management. - Certification in relevant technologies or disciplines (e.g., Office 365, Power BI, Azure Architect and Development exams, Cloud Platform Technologies, Information Security, Architecture). - Prior experience working with the Federal Government and Defense Industrial Base Industry verticals strongly preferred. - Information Security knowledge and/or hands-on experience with any combination of the following: information security competency - including Identity and Access Management, Security Operations (SOC), network security, Security Development Lifecycle (SDL), cryptography, key management, hardware security modules, security architecture and design, operations security, legal/risk/compliance, and physical security. - Demonstrate ability to influence without authority to drive change with both our strategic customers as well as internal stakeholders. Solution Engineering IC5 - There is a different pay range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Responsibilities

The Customer Security Officer will partner with sales leadership to develop strategic plans for key accounts and engage with C-suite executives to enhance their security programs. They will monitor security trends and provide tailored recommendations to improve customer security posture and compliance.