About Slalom
Slalom is a global business and technology consulting company committed to helping people and organizations dream bigger, move faster, and build better tomorrows. Our Microsoft Security organization brings together deep expertise across Microsoft's security, identity, data protection, compliance, cloud, and AI security ecosystem.
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Principal – Microsoft Security, Security Operations & Threat Protection to establish and lead Slalom's next-generation Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, and Project Perception capability. This is a strategic leadership role for an experienced Microsoft security practitioner who combines deep technical expertise in Security Operations with enterprise and security architecture, consulting leadership, business development, and Microsoft ecosystem experience. You will be responsible for building this capability from the ground up—developing the technical vision, creating differentiated offerings and intellectual property, developing client relationships, partnering with Microsoft, supporting sales pursuits, and building the skills necessary to scale the capability across Slalom.
This is not simply an implementation role. You will build the capability, sell the capability, deliver the capability, and develop the people who will scale it.
What You'll Do
- Build the Microsoft SecOps Capability
- Establish Slalom's Microsoft Security Operations and Threat Protection capability across Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, and Project Perception.
- Define the capability's technical strategy, architecture, service offerings, delivery methodology, and roadmap.
- Develop a differentiated point of view for modern Microsoft SecOps and XDR.
- Establish repeatable implementation patterns, accelerators, reference architectures, playbooks, and delivery assets.
- Define how Defender, Sentinel, Entra, Intune, Purview, Defender for Cloud, Security Copilot, and other Microsoft Security technologies work together as an enterprise security platform.
- Establish the technical standards and architectural principles for the capability.
Deliver Client Outcomes
- Serve as a senior technical leader on strategic client engagements.
- Lead complex Microsoft Security transformations from strategy through implementation and operationalization.
- Establish security operations target operating models.
- Assess existing SOC capabilities and develop transformation roadmaps.
- Lead implementation of Defender and Sentinel solutions.
- Design detection engineering and incident response capabilities.
- Establish security monitoring and operational processes.
- Help clients transition from implementation to sustainable security operations.
Required Qualifications
- Microsoft Security Expertise
- Advise CISOs, CIOs, security executives, and enterprise architects on modernizing security operations.
- Design security monitoring, detection, response, automation, and operating models.
- Translate complex technical capabilities into business outcomes and executive-level recommendations.
- Deep, hands-on expertise with architecting Microsoft Security technologies, particularly:
- Microsoft Defender XDR and Defender Suite
- Microsoft Sentinel Graph
- Security Copilot and Project Perception
- Strong understanding of Security Operations Center (SOC) processes, technologies, and operating models.
- Experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale SIEM/SOAR/XDR solutions.
- Strong understanding of detection engineering, threat intelligence, incident response, security monitoring, and security analytics.
- Experience integrating Microsoft Security with broader enterprise security ecosystems.
Architecture
- Demonstrated experience developing enterprise security architectures.
- Strong understanding of Zero Trust architecture and modern security operating models.
- Ability to translate business and security requirements into enterprise-scale technical architectures.
- Experience leading architecture decisions across complex, global environments.
- Ability to communicate technical architecture effectively to both executives and engineering teams.
- Significant experience leading complex cybersecurity transformation programs.
Go-to-Market
- Demonstrated business development and sales experience within the Microsoft ecosystem.
- Proven experience creating and selling cybersecurity offerings.
- Experience leading technical sales pursuits and executive presentations
- Experience developing proposals, SOWs, solution architectures, demos, and GTM assets.
- Strong understanding of Microsoft partner and co-sell motions.
Preferred Certifications:
Microsoft security certifications such as: SC-100: Cybersecurity Architect Expert, SC-200: Security Operations Analyst, SC-300: Identity and Access Administrator, AZ-500: Azure Security Engineer Associate, MS-500 / equivalent security credentials, CISSP, CCSP, or equivalent cybersecurity certification.
About Us
Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries partner with clients to co-create powerful customer experiences, modern ways of working, and meaningful impact.
What sets us apart? We believe work should be challenging and fulfilling, not perfect, but possible. That’s why we prioritize purpose, flexibility, connection, and recognition, so our people can thrive and love what they do, most days.
Compensation and Benefits
Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.
Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For this role, we are hiring at the following levels and targeted base pay salary ranges: The targeted base salary pay range for Senior Principal in San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange County, Seattle, Houston, New Jersey, New York City, Westchester, Boston, Washington DC is $186,000 to $233,000. The target base salary range for Senior Principal in all other markets where Slalom is, except San Francisco and Silicon Valley is $171,000 to $214,000. In addition, individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.
We will accept applicants until 10/15 date, or until the position is filled.
We are committed to pay transparency and compliance with applicable laws. If you have questions or concerns about the pay range or other compensation information in this posting, please contact us at: [email protected]. Please note, this recipient is not able to support recruitment inquiries beyond this purpose.
EEO and Accommodations
Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team or contact [email protected] if you require accommodations during the interview process.