Technical Architect - Microsoft XDR Solutions for State Government - BlueVoyant

Technical Architect - Microsoft XDR Solutions for State Government

Location: Remote - Must Reside on the West Coast, United States

US Citizenship Required

The BlueVoyant Deployment Services team seeks a Technical Architect focusing on Microsoft Security Solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Microsoft security and SIEM platforms and be capable of providing long-term support to our state government accounts. The role entails performing complex and large-scale Microsoft Sentinel SIEM and Microsoft Defender security deployments in customer environments.

This role offers the chance to play a pivotal role in our strategic account support. Your expertise in Microsoft security solutions and customer service will be instrumental in our continued success. If you're passionate about security architecture and eager to make a difference, we encourage you to apply.

Role Responsibilities:

• Be the technical lead architect assigned to strategic State and Local Government (SLG) clients.
• Provide hands-on work, from design and architecture, deployment, use case development, ongoing reporting, feature enhancements, and overall technical direction.
• Serve as the key technical contact for assigned customer accounts, providing ongoing technical architecture support and guidance.
• Develop new SOC XDR use cases per customer requirements and assist in creating operational and executive security reports and dashboards.
• Participate in Research and Development activities across different parts of the organization.
• Work on integrating Defender and third-party security solutions with Microsoft Sentinel.
• Collaborate with the Customer Success Managers, Sales Executives, and Deployment Engineering team to deliver seamless service and support.
• Coordinate evidence/data gathering and document and review Security Incident reports.
• Provide ad-hoc assistance to the sales team for other state and local government opportunities.

Requirements & Qualifications for the Role:

• Minimum of 10 years of technical experience in the cybersecurity field.
• Proven deployment experience with Microsoft Cloud technologies and Microsoft security solutions.
• Hands-on Deployment experience with SIEM and XDR technologies
• Experience with complex IT on-premises and cloud environments.  
• Excellent customer-facing and communication skills.
• Must be a US citizen and be able to clear background checks.

• Advanced event analysis leveraging SIEM and XDR technologies.
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Defender security tools.
• Advanced scripting abilities, preferably in KQL.
• Understanding of Microsoft security licensing.
• Relevant Microsoft Cloud or Security Certifications
• Cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CEH, and SANS
• Located on the West Coast, US (Pacific time zone).
• Experience working with government agencies or in complex organizations is preferred.

About BlueVoyant

At BlueVoyant, we recognize that effective cyber security requires active prevention and defense across both your organization and supply chain. Our proprietary data, analytics and technology, coupled with deep expertise, works as a force multiplier to secure your full ecosystem. Accuracy! Actionability! Timeliness! Scalability!

Led by CEO, Jim Rosenthal, BlueVoyant’s highly skilled team includes former government cyber officials with extensive frontline experience in responding to advanced cyber threats on behalf of the National Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Unit 8200 and GCHQ, together with private sector experts. BlueVoyant services utilize large real-time datasets with industry leading analytics and technologies.

Founded in 2017 by Fortune 500 executives, including Executive Chairman, Tom Glocer, and former Government cyber officials, BlueVoyant is headquartered in New York City and has offices in Maryland, Tel Aviv, San Francisco, London, Budapest and Latin America.

All employees must be authorized to work in the United States. BlueVoyant provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, BlueVoyant complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.

Disclaimer: Please note that pursuant to contractual requirements and applicable law, in order for employees to perform work on some of the company’s federal contracts, U.S. citizenship is required. Accordingly, an employee’s ability to perform work on such contracts is contingent upon the company’s verification of the employee’s citizenship status. Furthermore, individuals may be subject to additional background checks and fingerprinting.

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