Senior Consultant, Microsoft Defender

Key responsibilities of this role: 

• Talented in designing and implementing technology solutions    
• Experienced in working with or leading medium to large teams   
• Are able to collaborate within a large global organization    
• Take full accountability to lead and manage work streams and ensure work is coordinated across different work streams, processes, or projects.  
• Create and validate the detailed design of solution components in accordance with the target solution within environments of medium size and complexity 
• Lead small to medium project general design and delivery (solution architecture and associated infrastructure or business and functional requirements) 
• Are highly regarded individual who proactivity builds trust with clients at multiple levels, sought out for follow on work 
• Prepare well written, logical, concise material without guidance 
• Identify new or extend current opportunities at the account level and contribute to upsell. 
• Present well to audiences of all sizes and challenges client assumptions constructively 
• Complete defined work streams on time, on budget and with expected quality level within the scope of the role. 
• Make internal contributions to practice 

2) Technical Knowledge and Credentials (Must-Haves and Good-to-Haves):

• Proven experience in one or multiple of the following Microsoft Information Protection subjects such as:
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (MDCA)
• Azure Information Protection (AIP)
• Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
• Microsoft DLP technologies across endpoints, email, and the web
• Knowledge/experience of Microsoft integrations:
• Azure Active Directory
• MS Sentinel
• MS Defender (for Office365, for Endpoint, For Identity, MDCA)
• Proven understanding of Microsoft Information Protection, data classification infrastructures and techniques to classifying unstructured and structured data both on-premises and in the cloud
• Broad conceptual understanding of Data Governance and Data Protection concepts.
• Documented policies
• Data Loss Protection
• Encryption
• Understanding of the business, privacy, security, and compliance challenges surrounding Data Protection

Preferred Certifications

• MS-500: Microsoft 365 Certified Security Administrator Associate   
• SC-300: Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator
• SC-900: Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals 

3) Competencies (Skills and Abilities – Functional/Soft Skills) – Future Focused

• You solve complex problems that span across work domains requiring considerable judgement of contextual factors. 
• You have wide scope for autonomous decision-making within established work plans.
• You develop a strong client relationship and contribute to sales outcomes. 
• You work well under guidance and direction, but fully independent in own work.
• You identify utilities, tools or processes to improve project development.
• You structure and deliver work results against defined standards and maintain structured, accurate and current work records