• own end-to-end security initiative portfolio including intake, prioritization, sequencing, and dependency management • define and own the security portfolio metrics framework • partner with security leadership and initiative sponsors to evaluate tradeoffs, alternatives, and sequencing decisions • facilitate post-delivery reviews and lessons learned

• Design and wire up repositories in Git/GitHub for controls, assets, and risk scenarios so they’re versioned, reviewable, and automation-friendly. • Build ingest & ETL pipelines into a trust data lake (e.g., BigQuery) to pull in signals from systems across Chainguard. • Automate control evidence collection. • Productionize a Python risk engine, turning a working prototype into something reliable, observable, and maintainable. • Use Python, Bash, and SQL to wrangle data, stitch systems together, and eliminate repetitive work. • Partner with engineering teams to make governance and trust part of the platform. • Lean on and extend AI tooling (including orchestration frameworks like LangChain or LangGraph) to speed up analysis, data work, and automation. • Contribute to a remote-first, low-ego team culture where feedback flows freely and we optimize for outcomes, not theatrics.

• Security & Venture Building: Pilot and scale new service components and business models. • Create and structure content (website, pitch decks, templates, trainings, security concepts). • Research tools, methods and commercial aspects in IT security, SaaS & GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance). • Contribute to client projects, sales materials and product development. • Identify ideas, take ownership and implement them visibly.

Role Description As a Director, Security Solution Architect, focused on Microsoft Security within the Global Security Solutions group, you will provide leadership in shaping and delivering comprehensive Microsoft Security solutions. You will help identify, develop, and close new business opportunities by leveraging competitive intelligence, defining business requirements, building cost and pricing estimates, and architecting solutions across business and technology services within the Microsoft ecosystem. - Collaborate and Consult – Guide clients through adoption and optimization of Microsoft Security capabilities, serving as a trusted advisor to executives and technical stakeholders. - Maximize Account Engagement – Partner with WWT account teams and sales organizations to qualify and close opportunities. - Shape Solutions across multiple Consulting areas and Industries – Create and iterate on solutions that leverage the best of WWT and meet our client's business objectives. - Build Program Models – Develop cost estimates and financial models. - Create Compelling Proposals – Shape, scope, and solution complex client opportunities by translating business, regulatory, and operational requirements into actionable architectures and roadmaps. - Deliver High-Quality Contracts – Draft and deliver high-quality statements of work that clearly articulate the definition and delivery of the project while minimizing delivery and contractual risk to WWT. Qualifications - Minimum 8-10 years of experience at a management consulting firm, or in a complex service role within a major technology firm, or a consultative sales role for a complex solution/product company. - Proven ability to translate complex business, compliance, and regulatory requirements into practical, scalable security architectures. - Strong background in pre-sales or solutioning, including shaping opportunities, developing proposals, and constructing cost and pricing models. - Demonstrated success engaging with senior client stakeholders, including CISO, CIO, and risk leaders, with the ability to articulate business value clearly and non-technically. - Experience leading multidisciplinary teams through the full lifecycle of solution development, from strategy through delivery. - Strong understanding of modern identity, data protection, governance, and cloud security concepts across enterprise environments. - Expert proficiency in financial modeling, budgeting, and associated metrics. - High proficiency at collaborating, managing conflicting interests, and dealing with ambiguity. - Proven ability to successfully support multiple projects and project teams simultaneously. - Strong communication skills: able to create compelling presentations to support concepts and solutions, write effective emails, and persuasively discuss strategy with senior executives. - Strong leadership qualities: able to have "presence" in senior exec client settings; capable of gaining the trust of customers; able to lead WWT team within the account. - Assertive, collaborative, and self-starter with emotional intelligence as well as the capacity to learn and synthesize new information to provide customers and the WWT account team with valuable insights. Requirements - Proven experience architecting and delivering enterprise security solutions using Microsoft Purview & Microsoft Entra (Azure AD). - Strong understanding of Zero Trust security principles, conditional access, identity governance, and threat detection/response using Microsoft Sentinel. - Ability to define and implement security policies and compliance controls across global enterprise environments. - Preferred: Microsoft security certifications such as SC-100, SC-200, or MS-500 (or equivalent hands-on experience). Benefits - Health and Wellbeing: Health, Dental, and Vision Care, Onsite Health Centers, Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program. - Financial Benefits: Competitive pay, Profit Sharing, 401k Plan with Company Matching, Life and Disability Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement. - Paid Time Off: PTO and Sick Leave (starting at 20 days per year) & Holidays (10 per year), Parental Leave, Military Leave, Bereavement. - Additional Perks: Nursing Mothers Benefits, Voluntary Legal, Pet Insurance, Employee Discount Program.