ICOE Cyber Defence SME

Avanade's Integrated Center of Excellence Security team is looking to hire an experienced Cyber Defense SME for our Global Cybersecurity Center of Excellence. This role is predominantly a deal‑shaping and delivery focused role with the unique opportunity to help our clients solve complex and cutting‑edge Cyber Defense business challenges across their Cloud Providers, Microsoft 365 platform, end‑user devices and identity infrastructures. You will have the opportunity to help shape their future Cyber Defence and Security Operations strategy, as well as helping to solution and deliver their future capabilities helping them detect, protect and respond to security incidents.

As a member of Integrated Center of Excellence Security team, you will be working on some of the most exciting, complex and leading‑edge projects. In this client‑facing role you will play an active role in transforming our client's Cyber Defence and Security Operations strategy, capabilities and operations through the design and implementation of predominantly Microsoft Security Copilot, Defender and Sentinel based Extended Endpoint Detection and Response (XDR) capabilities.

As ICOE Security member you will be in a unique position within the business, where you are able to manage your time across both pre‑sales and client delivery and be able to make a change to the entire Avanade organisation through your offering development and thought leadership. We actively encourage innovation, training and development to ensure you are always at the cutting edge of Cyber Defence and Security Operations.

What makes this role so unique is that you are measured on your utilisation of up to 70% of your time, as opposed to being a traditional "chargeable" or "billable" resource. Instead, you need only to support exciting client opportunities to achieve the goals of the role. The remaining 30% of your time is spent on asset and offering development and training, making this role truly flexible and attractive to those wanting a cutting‑edge Cyber Security role, which has a global impact on Avanade and its clients, while working flexibly and remotely.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop yourself into a leader in the Cyber Defence space. You will learn how to deliver large and global Cyber Defence solutions, as well as gain the knowledge and experience of Microsoft's broader Security, Compliance, and Identity ecosystem, which is already recognized as a world‑leading integrated security platform.