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Position Title:     MS Security Architect

Location Information  

Remote

Position Responsibilities:

As the MS Security Architect, you will serve as the senior-most technical and delivery leader for workplace engagements focused on Microsoft 365 Security and Endpoint Management. Your responsibilities will require you to:

• Act as the highest-level technical authority for workplace technological engagements, managing solution design, architecture decisions, and technical risk across Microsoft 365 and Apple device management platforms.
• Lead the design and delivery of complex, multi-workstream workplace transformations, which include Microsoft 365 migrations, modern endpoint deployments, identity consolidations, collaboration platform integrations, and securing posture enhancements.
• Provide objective and strategic guidance to customers during workplace platform selection, ensuring recommendations align with workforce needs, compliance demands, and long-term business strategies.
• Review and approve architecture documentation, deployment plans, technical assessments, and statements of work to ensure consistency, quality, and adherence to company standards.
• Translate emerging workplace trends—including AI-powered productivity solutions, modern security paradigms like zero-trust, and autonomous endpoint management—into actionable service offerings for clients.
• Maintain active certifications and represent the organization as a thought leader at industry events, partner briefings, and advisory boards.
• Mentor and coach architects, senior consultants, and consultants to promote technical growth, performance, and delivery quality throughout project engagements.
• Foster a high-performance project culture, supporting psychological safety, open debate, and a values-oriented team environment focused on personal growth, client satisfaction, and results.
• Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and ongoing capability development for the workplace practice team.
• Represent the practice in leadership forums, surfacing insights on market trends, team health, and strategic opportunities.
• Participate in both pre-sales solution design and end-to-end delivery ownership, maintaining a dual focus on client needs and project success.
• Oversee financial performance of engagements, balancing P&L responsibilities, financial forecasts, reporting, and risk management.

Essential Skills, Experience

• 12+ years of progressive experience in enterprise IT, including both technical delivery and leadership roles.
• 5+ years leading multidisciplinary teams of architects or consultants on complex, client-facing workplace or modern work engagements.
• Proven track record that spans both pre-sales solutioning and full life-cycle delivery ownership.
• Strong experience with financial oversight for technology engagements, including P&L management, reporting, and risk mitigation.
• In-depth knowledge across the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, including Teams, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Intune, Entra ID (Azure AD), Defender for Endpoint, Purview, MECM/Intune, and their associated security/compliance tools.
• Hands-on understanding of Apple enterprise device management—particularly Apple Business Manager, and integration with Microsoft Intune or similar MDM solutions.
• Proficiency with migration tools, identity federation, hybrid environments, and modern authentication frameworks, such as SAML, OAuth, and Conditional Access.
• Expertise in zero-trust security frameworks, identity and access management, and endpoint compliance methodologies.
• Ability to operate at multiple levels—from conducting high-level strategy sessions with executive leadership to reviewing technical architecture with engineering teams.
• Executive presence: confidence to lead conversations with C-level stakeholders, simplify complexity for non-technical audiences, and build lasting client trust.
• Structured problem-solving abilities; skilled at identifying root causes, asking insightful questions, and producing actionable technical recommendations.
• Entrepreneurial approach: manages projects with attention to outcomes, profitability, and sustained client satisfaction.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills—for producing, reviewing, and delivering high-quality client documentation, including strategies, roadmaps, business cases, and architectural designs.
• Ability to travel up to 25% as business needs require.

ECCO Select is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. Our policy is to provide equal opportunity to all people without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected category. Veterans of our United States Uniformed Services are specifically encouraged to apply for ECCO Select opportunities.

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