Solution Architect - Microsoft Security in Manchester

Solution Architect - Microsoft Security - Manchester/Bedfordshire/London - £80,000-£90,000

We're looking for an experienced Microsoft Security Architect to join our clients growing cybersecurity team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about designing, implementing, and managing Microsoft's security technologies to help protect modern cloud-first environments.

You'll play a key role in strengthening our clients' security posture by deploying and optimising the full Microsoft Security stack and driving security best practices across multiple technology streams. In this position, we really need someone strong around Purview and Data Security as a whole, whilst also having other skills in the MS Security stack

Working remotely from anywhere in the UK, you'll collaborate with technical consultants, infrastructure teams, and customers to deliver secure, resilient, and well-governed Microsoft Security solutions.

Role

• Lead the architecture and design of Microsoft Security solutions covering Purview, Defender for Cloud Apps, Entra, data governance, information protection, compliance and information life cycle management
• Design solutions around Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP), sensitivity labels, retention, records management, data classification and insider risk
• Work with customers to understand their data landscape, regulatory obligations, security requirements and information governance challenges
• Lead customer workshops and technical discovery sessions to establish requirements and develop appropriate Microsoft security and compliance strategies
• Create high-level and detailed solution designs, architecture diagrams, data-flow diagrams and technical documentation
• Design and architect wider Microsoft security solutions incorporating Microsoft xgikmsk Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, Azure, Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Entra ID
• Provide technical leadership throughout the solution life cycle, working closely with delivery teams to ensure solutions are implemented in line with the agreed architecture
• Support pre-sales activities including technical proposals, customer presentations, demonstrations and proof-of-concepts
• Conduct security, compliance and information governance assessments and provide recommendations for improvement

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