Principal Technology Consultant-CTJ-Poly Security Clearance

Position: Principal Technology Consultant-CTJ-Poly with Security Clearance
Location: Annapolis Junction

Overview We are seeking a Principal Technology Consultant who will directly engage customers and internal teams to influence closing the deal. The Principal Technology Consultant for this role will have deep expertise designing enterprise-scale Cloud (specifically Azure) architectures (identity, networking, security, app modernization, data platforms)
Strong understanding of Azure AI services, Azure AI Foundry, and generative AI solution patterns, including how AI integrates with data, applications, and security at scale.
Ability to guide customers on secure, compliant, and responsible AI adoption, especially for regulated and high-risk environments, embedding guardrails into architecture and delivery.
Working knowledge of Microsoft 365 Copilot, including how Copilot integrates with Microsoft Graph, security, data boundaries, and extensibility, and the ability to advise customers on adoption, governance, and value realization across knowledge workers and business processes. The person in this position will:
Actively involve themselves in Technical Quality Assurance (TQA) process. Lead meetings with customers/partners to identify business needs and create a vision. Manage their schedule and communicates to project leads. Generate and deliver Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Provide oversight and leadership on work streams or a partner team to implement solutions across domains. Manage complex escalations, analyzes situations, and coordinates appropriate resources to resolve issues by following delivery practices, considering cost implications, and engaging in conversations with internal and external stakeholders as needed.

Proactively manage executive-level customer/partner/stakeholder relationships to identify and contribute to the drivers of satisfaction and dissatisfaction, determine the root cause, and establish recovery actions to improve the experience. Work with account team to ensure One Microsoft approach. Update new versions of the content, reviews IP to be considered for harvest and curation and ensures it is logged for consumption. Drive opportunities to expand or accelerate the adoption and consumption of the cloud and Microsoft technologies.

Mentor team members and acts as a technical advisor for stakeholders by providing thought leadership, articulation of solutions value, and outcomes of business strategies. To be considered for this role, you must have an active FSPoly with the Maryland customer. 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.

Growth mindset encourages each of us to lean in and learn what matters most to our customers, to create the foundational knowledge that enables us to make customer-first decisions in everything we do. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. You can help us achieve our mission. Responsibilities Technical Delivery Follows the capacity process outlined by Resource, Insights, Capacity, and Capability (RICC) team.

Maintains tools with up-to-date skills and availability. Proactively manages executive-level customer/partner/stakeholder relationships to identify and contribute to the drivers of satisfaction and dissatisfaction, determine the root cause, and establish recovery actions to improve the experience. Works with account team to ensure One Microsoft approach. Shares lessons learned with workgroup and consultant community. Participates in project planning in projects by collaborating with other subject matter experts in identifying the current and future business value of planned solutions.

Assesses technical and business risks in programs and develops mitigations. Manages their schedule and communicates with project leads. Generates and delivers Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Provides oversight and leadership on work streams or a partner team to implement solutions. Follows Industry Solutions processes in the implementation process and aligns solutions with the intent of the…