Cloud Solution Architect - Security

Overview

Join Microsoft to become a trusted cybersecurity advisor to some of the world’s leading organizations, helping customers navigate security at a time when cloud transformation, data growth, and AI are fundamentally changing the threat landscape.

In this role, you’ll work directly with CISOs, CIOs, security architects, security operations teams, and risk and compliance leaders, turning complex cybersecurity challenges into practical security strategies and measurable outcomes.

You’ll help customers strengthen their security posture and accelerate their security transformation through Microsoft’s broad security portfolio, including Microsoft Defender, Sentinel, Entra, Purview, Security Copilot, Exposure Management, and emerging AI security capabilities.For someone who wants to combine deep cybersecurity expertise, strategic customer influence, and the opportunity to work at the forefront of cloud and AI security, this is a role with real scope and impact.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

Strategic Business Impact

Leads cybersecurity transformation programs for Microsoft's most strategic customers.

Advises executive stakeholders on cyber risk management, security investment priorities, operational resilience, AI governance, and digital trust.

Aligns Microsoft security solutions with customer business objectives, regulatory requirements, board-level risk priorities, and transformation initiatives.

Drives measurable business outcomes including risk reduction, posture improvement, SOC modernization, operational efficiency, compliance maturity, and resilience improvement.

Identifies and accelerates strategic Consumption, Usage, Unified, and Security solution opportunities across complex customer environments.

Influences customer investment decisions by demonstrating business value and expected security outcomes.

Executive Customer Leadership

Serves as a trusted advisor to CISOs, CIOs, security executives, and senior business leaders.

Facilitates executive security strategy discussions involving:Zero Trust transformation

AI security governance

Security Operations modernization

Cyber resilience

Data protection

Regulatory compliance

Risk management

Guides customers in establishing multi-year cybersecurity roadmaps aligned to business and technology strategies.

Acts as Microsoft's executive cybersecurity representative in strategic customer engagements.

Security Transformation Leadership

Leads cross-functional teams responsible for complex security engagements.

Drives end-to-end security transformation programs spanning:Microsoft Defender

Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Entra

Microsoft Purview

Security Copilot

Defender for Cloud

Exposure Management

AI Security solutions

Shapes reference architectures and implementation patterns that become repeatable across industries and geographies.

Guides customers on adoption and operationalization of advanced security capabilities and AI-assisted security workflows.

Industry and Market Leadership

Maintains deep awareness of cybersecurity market trends, threat landscape developments, competitive dynamics, and emerging technologies.

Provides strategic insight into evolving areas such as:Agentic Security

AI-driven SOC

Autonomous Threat Detection

Cyber Resilience

Exposure Management

Board-level Risk Management

Represents Microsoft Security at customer events, executive forums, industry conferences, and technical communities.

Contributes to Microsoft's positioning against competitive security platforms and emerging market disruptors.

Technical Leadership and Scale

Acts as a recognized security expert within Microsoft and across customer ecosystems.

Leads development of reusable intellectual property, best practices, architectures, and field guidance.

Mentors Security CSAs, Cloud Architects, and partner security specialists.

Drives security readiness activities across the organization.

Creates scalable methodologies and repeatable models that accelerate customer adoption at scale.

Identifies product gaps, customer pain points, and strategic opportunities, influencing engineering priorities and solution roadmaps.

Security Operations and Resilience

Guides customers in evolving from traditional SOC models to AI-assisted and Autonomous SOC models.

Advises on:Threat detection and response

Identity security

Exposure management

Secure AI deployment

Cloud security architecture

Data protection

Incident response readiness

Helps organizations mature security operations through automation, orchestration, and AI-powered workflows.

Promotes measurable improvements in detection, response, resilience, and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

Experience in cybersecurity, cloud security, security operations, architecture, consulting, or related disciplines.

Demonstrated experience driving large-scale enterprise security transformations.

Experience working directly with C-level executives and senior security decision makers.

Preferred

Solid cybersecurity experience.

Experience leading enterprise-wide Zero Trust, SOC modernization, Data Security, AI Security, or Cyber Resilience programs.

Deep expertise in:Security Operations

Cloud Security

Identity Security

Data Security

AI Security

Governance, Risk & Compliance

Strong understanding of current cyber threat landscape and emerging AI security trends.

Experience influencing organizational strategy through thought leadership and field innovation.

Certifications

Preferred certifications include:

CISSP

CISM

CCSP

SC-100 Cybersecurity Architect Expert

SC-200 Security Operations Analyst

AZ-500 Azure Security Engineer

Microsoft Certified Security Solutions credentials

Cloud Solution Architecture IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Belgium is € 72,300.00 - € 122,000.00 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

Find additional benefits and pay information here:

https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/corporate-pay/belgium-corporate-pay.html

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.