Job Description
The Microsoft Federal organization was established to address the unique mission, legal/regulatory requirements, and procurement rules and processes of the United States Government (USG). Microsoft Federal is committed to ensuring its resources - including appropriately qualified, experienced, and certified personnel (with necessary security clearances or otherwise) are available as needed to meet USG evolving needs.
To that end, Microsoft embraces, as a mission-critical philosophy, flexibility in the recruiting, hiring, and workforce assignment of Microsoft Federal personnel. Microsoft Federal personnel can expect to serve in various roles in the Microsoft Federal organization during the course of their career to meet evolving USG needs, regardless of segment - Civilian, Defense, or intelligence community. We are looking for a
Principal Technology Consultant to join our team in supporting our Federal customers.
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: Technical Delivery
- Follows capacity process outlined by Global Capacity Management team. Maintains tools with up-to-date skills and availability.
- Participates in and/or may lead meetings with customers/partners to understand their business needs and/or scenario they are trying to solve. Uses business, technology, and industry strategies to define customer/partner requirements and constraints. Engages others appropriately to understand and define customer requirements.
- Supports project planning and the development of project documents by defining the risks and dependencies. Communicates the business value of planned solutions to customers/ partners with direction/guidance. Implements mitigations of technical and business risks. Manages their schedule and communicates with project leads. Delivers against Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
- Implements technical solutions by completing assigned project tasks with defined quality standards and following Microsoft Services processes. May oversee aspects of implementation.
- Proactively identifies issues and risks and engages with customers/partners or internal stakeholders (e.g., Project Managers) as appropriate to address and resolve issues.
- Proactively manages relationships with customers/partners/stakeholders to identify and contribute to the drivers of satisfaction and dissatisfaction, determine the root cause, and establish recovery actions to improve experience.
Intellectual Property Management
- Acts as an ambassador in consumption of intellectual property (IP) and leverages IP in projects. Proactively helps create intellection property content and seeks areas available for more IP. Communicates areas that need refreshing or gaps in intellectual property. Provides feedback for continuous improvement.
Business Development
- Identifies opportunities to expand or accelerate the adoption and consumption of cloud and Microsoft technologies.
Pre-Sales Support
- Participates in the pre-sale process as needed. Helps scope the project by sharing customer or technical knowledge in their specialty domain by leveraging their expertise as a subject matter expert.
Readiness
- Learns new technologies or services based on business demands and industry trends. Obtains relevant accreditations and certification(s) as advised by domain leadership team. Shares experiences, best practices, and product news within the team. Participates in relevant technical communities at Microsoft.
Operational Excellence
- Completes operational tasks and readiness and ensures timeliness and accuracy. Follow Microsoft policies, compliance, and procedures (e.g., Enterprise Services Authorization Policy, Standards of Business Conduct, labor logging, expenses, travel guidelines).
Other
- Embody Microsoft culture and values
Qualifications: Required/Minimum Qualifications: - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Business, or related field AND 6+ years leadership experience in relevant area of business
- OR equivalent experience.
- 6+ years of Microsoft Development Experience such as C# Software development, .NET framework, Power Shell, SQL Server, JavaScript/HTML, Active Directory, Identity Management, Code troubleshooting
- OR 6+ years of experience with Azure such as Networking, Infrastructure, App Dev, Identity, Active Directory, Azure Stack
Other Requirements: Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
- The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph . Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.
- Clearance Verification : This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.
- Micr osoft Cloud Background Check : This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
- Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance
Additional/Preferred Qualifications: - 3+ years of work experience in ANY of these technologies:
- Technical certifications based on domain (e.g., Azure, SharePoint).M365/O365, SharePoint, CoPilot, Teams
- Azure (Networking, Infrastructure, App Dev, Identity, Active Directory, Azure Stack, etc.)
- Business Applications (Dynamics 365, CRM, etc.)
- Data & AI (SQL, Azure SQL, Azure Data Factory, PowerBI, etc.)
- Identity & Networking (Azure, MIM, O365, etc.)
- Infrastructure (Win10, WVD, MECM, SCCM, etc.)
- Intelligent Communications (Teams, Exchange, Skype for Business, etc.)
- Modern Service Management/Adoption Change Management (MSM/ACM)
- PowerApps/Power Platform
- Project (Project Server Customization, Test, and Implementation)
- UX/UI & Accessibility
- Security & Identity (Sentinel, Azure Security Center, Microsoft Defender for Cloud)
Technology Consulting IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,700 - $209,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $151,100 - $226,700 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until April 2nd, 2025
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .
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