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The Global Channel Partner Sales (GCPS) team is a sales organization accountable for the commercial partner business at Microsoft, and the mission is to build and sell Microsoft Cloud applications, services and devices with partners, empowering people, and organizations to achieve more. As a Partner Solution Architect, you will guide the development of business solutions, provide deep technical insights, and accelerate the growth of Microsoft Tech priorities within our Partner Ecosystem. This role will be supporting the Netherlands and Belgium, Luxembourg, France Channel with a scope for potential across EMEA.
Job Responsibility:
Design Secure Cloud Architectures - Ensure robust, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure tailored to partner needs
Lead Security Architectural Design Sessions - Facilitate the creation of effective and efficient cloud solutions through collaborative planning and design sessions
Develop Security Proof of Concepts and Pilots – Demonstrate the feasibility and benefits of proposed cloud solutions
Provide Security Technical Guidance and Support - Ensure successful implementation and optimization of cloud solutions
Transition Partner from Legacy Systems - Facilitate smooth transitions to modern and secure cloud environments
Partner Enablement and Business Acumen - Experience in offering guidance to the broader technical team to ensure that technical pre-sales, deployment, and consumption are part of solution development efforts and the ability to coach the partner on building resilience to technical issues and dealing with competition and and/or discuss Microsoft products and articulate the value proposition of Microsoft Cloud services to partners by understanding of business processes and the ability to identify opportunities where technology can drive business value
Ensure strong integration with wider channel ecosystem within Microsoft, work closely with the PSS and PDM sales roles to drive positive outcomes mapped to Microsoft strategy across the Netherlands and Belgium, Luxembourg, France Channel with potential across EMEA
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business or related field AND extensive technical consulting, technical consultative selling, product development, or related technical/sales experience
OR Master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business or related field AND technical consulting, technical consultative selling, product development, or related technical/sales experience
OR equivalent experience
Experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external)
Experience working on technical projects
Technical Certification in Cloud Security (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, independent security certifications)
Previous related experience in technology IP solutions or services development, with a deep understanding of digital transformation business drivers, cloud platforms, and emerging cloud trends like generative AI (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE) and SaaS (Software as a Service) services
Strong working knowledge of Threat Protection, Data Security, NIS2, Identity, Sentinel, etc.
M365 and Azure Security platform value and multi-tenancy management
Security, governance, data access, and incident response best practices
Managed security services and modern SOC architecture and best practices
Security Well Architected Framework (WAF)
Zero Trust, MFA
Strong background and in-depth knowledge of cloud technologies, with a focus on Microsoft's cloud offerings (Azure, Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365)
Fluency in French, French-speaking Belgium / Luxembourg and Fluency in English