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Overview Join Microsoft’s US Public Sector Industries DIB Team—where mission meets innovation. The Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Operating Unit (OU) is a team with a bold mission: to consolidate, simplify, and accelerate Microsoft’s presence across the DIB landscape. This expansive network includes over 100,000 organizations specializing in manufacturing, aviation, cybersecurity, and more—all united in their support of all Federal Agencies, including the U.S. Department of Defense and other mission-based intelligence and civilian organizations. Our team is dedicated to empowering these commercial contractors throughout their digital transformation journey—from envisioning new possibilities to delivering secure, scalable solutions that drive mission outcomes, elevate customer experience, and fuel Microsoft’s growth. The DIB OU will directly manage and accelerate strategic and major DIB accounts across MCAPS Americas, while also enabling growth across other OUs and SME&C. We’re building new relationships, transforming legacy operations, and helping our customers modernize with confidence. We are currently looking for Cloud Solution Architect – AI & Security to join our team. As a Cloud Solution Architect , you will empower customers to achieve their goals through their investments in Microsoft technology. Leveraging your expertise, you'll guide technical discussions to help customers unlock the full potential of their Microsoft solutions, including identifying resolutions to issues blocking customer success projects. This role offers a dynamic opportunity to advance your career, refine your technical and collaboration skills, and deepen your cloud expertise. The person for this role needs to be willing and able to get a US government security clearance. 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 • Accelerate security transformation across Microsoft's strategic Defense Industrial Base (DIB) customers by designing and implementing Zero Trust architectures, modern identity solutions, and integrated security platforms that strengthen cyber resilience, reduce risk, and support mission outcomes. • Drive adoption of Microsoft Security solutions including Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Defender XDR, Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, and Privileged Identity Management (PIM), helping customers modernize security operations and advance from reactive defense to proactive threat protection. • Partner on complex modernization initiatives, classified and high-side environments, cloud migrations, and digital transformation programs by providing security architecture leadership, guiding customers through the integration of identity, access management, application security, and cloud-native protection capabilities. • Engage stakeholders across engineering, sales, customer success, and delivery organizations to align on security priorities, facilitate executive and technical design workshops, and establish trusted advisor relationships that influence long-term cybersecurity strategy and platform adoption. • Enable customers to operationalize Zero Trust principles through identity lifecycle management, Conditional Access, multifactor authentication, privileged access controls, governance, compliance, and secure access strategies that protect users, devices, applications, and data. • Support secure AI adoption by helping customers design governance frameworks, secure copilots and agents, implement human-in-the-loop controls, and apply security, compliance, and data protection best practices to AI-enabled business processes and workflows. • Drive measurable security outcomes through technical leadership, customer enablement, and architecture guidance that improves threat detection and response, strengthens identity security, enhances regulatory compliance, and maximizes the value of Microsoft Security investments. Qualifications Required Qualifications Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field OR equivalent experience. 4+ 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. Other Requirements • Microsoft Cloud Background Check : This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. • 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 or Preferred Qualificatios Security Expertise · Deep understanding of Microsoft security products including Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, and XDR. · Ability to guide customers through Zero Trust architecture and compliance frameworks. · Experience delivering Enterprise Security Assessments (ESA) and Well-Architected reviews (WARA/WASA). Customer Success & Delivery · Proven ability to drive customer outcomes across mission-critical workloads. · Skilled in consultative engagement, problem-solving, and technical delivery. · Experience working with government or defense customers is highly valued. Technical Certifications · One or more of the following certifications are strongly recommended: • SC-100: Cybersecurity Architect Expert • SC-200: Security Operations Analyst Associate • AZ-500: Azure Security Engineer Associate • AI-related certifications such as AI-900 or Copilot for Security are also encouraged Cloud Solution Architecture IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 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 $137,600 - $222,600 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: careers.microsoft.com This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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Join Microsoft’s US Public Sector Industries DIB Team—where mission meets innovation.
We are currently looking for Cloud Solution Architect – AI & Security to join our team.
The person for this role needs to be willing and able to get a US government security clearance.
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field OR equivalent experience.
Other Requirements
This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
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
Security Expertise
Deep understanding of Microsoft security products including Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, and XDR.
Ability to guide customers through Zero Trust architecture and compliance frameworks.
Experience delivering Enterprise Security Assessments (ESA) and Well-Architected reviews (WARA/WASA).
Customer Success & Delivery
Proven ability to drive customer outcomes across mission-critical workloads.
Skilled in consultative engagement, problem-solving, and technical delivery.
Experience working with government or defense customers is highly valued.
Technical Certifications
One or more of the following certifications are strongly recommended:
SC-100: Cybersecurity Architect Expert
SC-200: Security Operations Analyst Associate
AZ-500: Azure Security Engineer Associate

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