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Posted date: Nov 27, 2025
Category: Cloud Solution Architecture
Location: Tokyo, Tokyo-to
Estimated salary: $45,000
Range: $45,000 - $45,000
Employment type: Full-Time
Work location type: 0 days / week in-office – remote
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
OverviewWith more than 45,000 employees and partners worldwide, the Customer Experience and Success (CE&S) organization is on a mission to empower customers to accelerate business value through differentiated customer experiences that leverage Microsoft’s products and services, ignited by our people and culture. We drive cross-company alignment and execution, ensuring that we consistently exceed customers’ expectations in every interaction, whether in-product, digital, or human-centered. CE&S is responsible for all up services across the company, including consulting, customer success, and support across Microsoft’s portfolio of solutions and products. Join CE&S and help us accelerate AI transformation for our customers and the world.
Our mission is to enable secure, scalable, and resilient customer modernization journeys to the cloud and AI. We deliver specialized security expertise across Microsoft technologies—such as Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), Microsoft Purview Compliance, and Windows Security—to help customers safeguard their environments while accelerating transformation.
As part of CSA Global Delivery, we:
1. Lead with security-first principles in every engagement, ensuring compliance and risk mitigation across hybrid and cloud solutions.
2. Provide repeatable, high-quality delivery models (EDE, MIP, VBD, and advisory services) through a global network of CSA professionals and partners.
3. Collaborate within Pod Teams to offer flexible, skill-based alignment and access to global SMEs, driving customer success at scale.
4. Innovate and differentiate customer experiences by embedding security into modernization and AI adoption strategies, ensuring operational health and resilience.
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
1. Customer Engagement & Trusted Advisor
Drive positive Customer Satisfaction and become a trusted advisor.
Provide feedback and insights from customers/partners and act as the Voice of Customer to share best practices.
Skills Needed:
Strong communication and stakeholder management.
Customer Success methodology.
Security advisory and consultative skills.
Familiarity with compliance frameworks (GDPR, HIPAA, ISO 27001).
Knowledge of Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager and eDiscovery workflows.
2. End-to-End Security Value Proposition
Land an end-to-end value proposition for Security (Zero Trust) across Microsoft Security offerings, focusing on Threat Protection, Identity & Access Management, and Cloud Security.
3. Solution Positioning & Delivery
As a Security professional, your mission is to protect customer trust and enable secure digital transformation. You will act as a trusted advisor, helping organizations strengthen their security posture across identity, access, threat protection, compliance, and cloud security. This role focuses on:
1. Driving end-to-end security strategies that embed Zero Trust principles and align with Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative.
2. Partnering with customers and internal teams to assess risks, design secure architectures, and implement advanced security solutions.
3. Championing secure-by-design and secure-by-default practices, ensuring that security is prioritized in every product, process, and engagement.
4. Influencing security roadmaps and adoption by sharing insights, removing blockers, and enabling operational health for hybrid and cloud environments.
5. Continuously improving security operations to anticipate and mitigate evolving threats, while fostering compliance and resilience.
Qualifications
Required Qualification:
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related technical field
AND
3+ years of experience in cloud security architecture, cybersecurity strategy, infrastructure design, or enterprise identity and access management
OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory (AD), and Microsoft Purview, including:
o Designing and implementing identity governance and access control frameworks
o Deploying Purview for data classification, DLP, IRM, and compliance scenarios
o Integrating hybrid identity solutions and managing federated authentication (e.g., ADFS, PKI)
• 2+ years of experience in customer-facing roles, such as technical consulting, solution architecture, or enterprise security delivery.
• Security Certifications: Must hold or be actively pursuing SC-100 (Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect) or equivalent (e.g., CISSP, AZ-500, SC-200). SC-100 is required if other security certifications are already held7.
• Business proficiency in Japanese is required.
• Knowledge in Microsoft 365 platform is required.
Preferred Qaulification:
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 5+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
o OR equivalent experience
• 3+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external).
• 3+ years experience working on technical projects.
Deep understanding of Zero Trust architecture.
Expertise in Microsoft Defender suite (Endpoint, Identity, Office 365).
Azure Active Directory and Conditional Access.
Cloud security principles and governance.
Threat modeling and risk assessment.
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
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