Microsoft - Senior Security Specialist - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
WEG Student Career Hub · Melbourne VIC 3000 · Posted 3 weeks ago
CategoryInformation Technology
Job typeTemporary / Contract
LocationMelbourne VIC 3000
Career levelSenior
QualificationBachelor Degree
Work arrangementHybrid
Job description
Microsoft is seeking a Senior Security Specialist for a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role drives adoption and business growth with strategic customers across cybersecurity, compliance, governance and risk.
You will advise senior leaders, develop account strategies, lead complex security opportunities and coordinate Microsoft account, technical, partner and engineering teams. The Melbourne role requires three days per week in-office and less than 25% travel.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategic customer engagements across cybersecurity
- compliance
- governance and risk
- Develop and execute security account strategies
- Advise senior business and technology leaders
- Lead complex sales opportunities through closure
- Grow adoption of Microsoft Security solutions
- Build executive customer and partner relationships
- Manage strategic-account forecasts and territory plans
- Share security expertise through customer and industry forums
Required skills
- Enterprise cybersecurity solution sales
- Security operations
- identity and threat protection
- Compliance
- governance and cloud security
- Strategic account management
- Executive stakeholder influence
- Complex opportunity management
- Pipeline forecasting and territory planning
- Cross-functional and partner collaboration
Requirements
- 9+ years of cloud solution sales or pre-sales focused on cybersecurity
- compliance
- governance and risk
- or Bachelor’s degree plus 8+ years
- or Master’s degree plus 7+ years
- Experience with enterprise security platforms and technologies
- Strong understanding of modern security operations
- identity
- compliance and cloud security
- Ability to influence senior business and technical decision-makers
Job highlights
- 12-month fixed-term contract
- Melbourne location
- Three days per week in-office
- Less than 25% travel
- Work with Microsoft’s enterprise security portfolio
- Applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled
Work location
Melbourne VIC, Australia