Security Solution Engineer (Presales) - Automotive, Travel & Transport Industry

Security Solution Engineer (Presales) - Automotive, Travel & Transport Industry | Microsoft Careers Skip to main content Microsoft Careers Careers Careers Search Search jobs Sign in Single PositionView All JobsSecurity Solution Engineer (Presales) - Automotive, Travel & Transport IndustryGermany, Multiple Locations, Multiple LocationsApply nowAdd to cartFind out how well you match with this jobUpload your resumeJob descriptionCompany and benefitsJob number200043662Date postedJul 19, 2026Work site2 days / week in-officeTravel25-50%ProfessionTechnology SalesDisciplineSolution EngineeringRole typeIndividual ContributorEmployment typeFull-TimeOverviewAre you passionate about cybersecurity?  Do you enjoy working on a high-performing, fast-paced sales team?  Are you insatiably curious and do you lean into uncertainty, take risks, and learn quickly from your mistakes? If so, we are looking for you!  Microsoft is on a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us to achieve our mission.Microsoft continues to invest by quadrupling its cybersecurity investment to $20 billion over the next five years, to provide its customers with solutions that integrate across the ecosystem by connecting all of your identities, endpoints, apps, emails, docs and clouds to help you close critical gaps in coverage, reduce risk, and save costs with a streamlined security portfolio.  With thousands of global security experts worldwide and the cutting edge AI- based Security innovations, Microsoft is ideally placed to think outside of the box and protecting customers, and partners around the world.We are looking for a passionate, experienced, and credible security professional to join our German team of Solution Engineers. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and provide resources and support to everyone on our team.In line with our Flexible Work approach, for roles at Microsoft Germany, we recommend spending at least two days per week in the office or at the customer site.ResponsibilitiesAs a Security Solution Engineer, your primary goal is to win the technical decision of customers to purchase and use our range of security-focused solutions including Microsoft M365 Defender, Defender for Cloud and Sentinel. Your main focus will be the Automotive and Travel & Transport industry.You will work within a virtual team of technical, partner and consulting resources to educate your customers at a technical level, demonstrate and prove our solutions, and win the technical decision, allowing the team to achieve/exceed quarterly Microsoft Security sales/usage targets in your accounts. Being part of this team will allow you to maintain and develop your deep technical expertise across Microsoft and non-Microsoft cloud-based security solutions, architectures, programs, and technologies. Key ResponsibilitiesScale Customer Engagements: Remediates blockers; leads and ensures technical wins for Microsoft Security and adjacent technologies. Engages with and reaches out to customers proactively and independently; builds credibility with customers as a trusted advisor for Microsoft Security; and searches for and uses Microsoft Security customer references.Scale Through Partners: Engages in partner sell-with scenarios and supports partner technical capacity.Build Strategy: Contributes to Microsoft Security strategy development, shapes strategic win plan and tailors Microsoft messaging to audience for security opportunities. Enhances team capabilities for extended detection and response (XDR), zero trust and cloud security and develops compete strategies for Microsoft...