Microsoft Security Consultant

About the Role

Sulava MEA is seeking a Microsoft Security Consultant to join their team in Riyadh. This full-time role focuses on establishing robust security foundations for organizations leveraging AI-native work, Copilot, and modern work environments. The consultant will be responsible for implementing security technologies, mitigating risks, and modernizing SecOps to enable secure innovation for customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead discovery, architecture, and remediation workshops with customer CISOs and security teams, including implementation.
• Operationalize Defender XDR end-to-end, aiming for measurable improvements in detection and response capabilities.
• Reduce identity risk through Conditional Access redesigns and hardened authentication flows.
• Improve data security posture by implementing Purview policies, Insider Risk workflows, and sensitivity classification.
• Guide Security Operations Center (SOC) teams in utilizing Copilot for Security for investigations, triage, reporting, and threat hunting.
• Produce executive-level insights that connect security outcomes directly to business impact.
• Build analytics rules, automation, User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA), and hunting queries within Microsoft Sentinel.

Technical Deliverables

• Build unified SecOps environments using Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender XDR.
• Deploy, integrate, configure, and optimize Defender for Endpoint, Identity, Office 365, Cloud Apps, and multi-cloud workloads.
• Implement modern identity security solutions, including Conditional Access, Entra ID Protection, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), and Zero Trust baselines.
• Implement device management and security using Microsoft Intune and Defender for Endpoint.
• Roll out data security and compliance solutions such as Purview data classification with sensitivity labels, data protection, Data Loss Prevention, automatic classification, and Insider Risk Management.
• Enable Copilot for Security scenarios for investigations, threat hunting, and automated response.
• Provide clear documentation, governance models, SOC runbooks, and customer enablement to enhance operational maturity.

Qualifications and Experience

Candidates should possess 5-10 years of experience in Microsoft security products and related fields. The role requires a strong understanding of Microsoft security technologies and their implementation in enterprise environments.

Performance Indicators (First 6 Months)

• Successfully lead Microsoft Security product implementations for Sulava MEA customers.
• Achieve customer SecOps operations running on a unified Defender–Sentinel workspace.
• Demonstrate a clear reduction in identity-related risk through optimized Conditional Access and Entra controls.
• Establish data protection guardrails using Purview and Insider Risk solutions.
• Track and improve cloud security posture across Azure environments.
• Ensure Copilot for Security is actively used in investigations or phishing triage with a defined consumption model.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, requiring on-site presence to collaborate with customers and internal teams. Salary details for this role are not disclosed.