Microsoft Security Consultant

About Ekco

🚀 Founded in 2016, Ekco has quickly become one of Europe’s fastest-growing cloud solution providers and your trusted security-first Managed Service Provider.
IT leaders choose Ekco to drive operational efficiency, scale smarter and stay ahead of risk – powered by local expertise, delivered at European scale.

We specialise in helping organisations advance their cloud maturity guiding transformation, strengthening security, and maximising the value of their technology investments.

☁️ In simple terms: we help organisations modernise with confidence securing their systems, optimising their cloud, and keeping them resilient in a rapidly changing world.

🌍 Today, we’re a thriving team of 1,000+ talented and supportive colleagues across the UK, Ireland, Benelux, South Africa, and Malaysia—and we’re continuing to grow.

At Ekco, how we work matters as much as what we deliver. Our people live by four core values that shape everything we do:

- On It : We take ownership, follow through, and get things done.

- All In : We collaborate, support each other, and commit fully to shared goals.

- Connected : We build trusted relationships with colleagues, clients, and partners.

- Hungry to Grow : We stay curious, keep learning, and push ourselves to the next level.

🏠If these values resonate with you, you’ll feel right at home here.

The Role

Day-to-day at Ekco:

We are looking for an experienced Microsoft Security Consultant to help enterprise and regulated clients assess, design and implement secure Microsoft cloud solutions. You will work across Microsoft 365, Azure and hybrid environments, translating business objectives and security requirements into practical designs, implementation plans and measurable improvements.

As a trusted consultant, you will lead discovery and security envisioning workshops, provide technical guidance from pre-sales through delivery and handover, and communicate recommendations clearly to technical and executive stakeholders. This is a remote-based role, with a preference for applicants based in Ireland, particularly Dublin. Occasional travel to client sites may be required.

What you’ll be responsible for :

- Consultancy and security envisioning: Lead client discovery, consultancy-led security envisioning and design workshops to establish business objectives, current-state risks, target outcomes and prioritised security roadmaps.

- Microsoft security delivery : Assess, design, implement and optimise security solutions across Microsoft 365, Azure and hybrid environments, including Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Entra and Microsoft Purview capabilities.

- Secure cloud architecture : Translate security, technical and regulatory requirements into practical architectures, configuration standards and implementation plans aligned with Zero Trust principles and Microsoft guidance.

- Infrastructure as Code: Contribute to repeatable, governed cloud deployments using Infrastructure as Code, with practical application of Bicep and/or Terraform, source control and deployment pipelines.

- Security assessment and assurance : Conduct security reviews, posture assessments, gap analyses and design assurance activities; document risks and produce prioritised remediation recommendations.

- Implementation and integration: Configure and integrate Microsoft security controls across identity, endpoints, email, collaboration, cloud workloads, data protection and security operations.

- Operational readiness : Produce clear technical designs, configuration records, runbooks and handover artefacts, and help clients operationalise and sustain implemented controls.

- Stakeholder engagement: Communicate architecture decisions, delivery progress, risks and recommendations to engineers, security teams, business leaders and executive stakeholders.

- Pre-sales and practice development: Support solution shaping, estimates and statements of work, and contribute to reusable delivery methods, architecture patterns and service assets.

- Technical leadership: Act as a subject-matter expert, mentor colleagues and remain current with Microsoft security capabilities, emerging threats and industry good practice.

Requirements

- At least four years’ practical experience in information security, including substantial delivery experience across Microsoft 365, Azure or hybrid Microsoft environments.

- Hands-on experience with Microsoft security technologies such as Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft Purview.

- Experience assessing client environments and translating business, risk and regulatory requirements into security designs, implementation plans and remediation roadmaps.

- Proven consulting and stakeholder-management skills, including leading discovery, consultancy-led security envisioning and technical design workshops.

- Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code using Bicep and/or Terraform, together with an understanding of source control, CI/CD pipelines and governed deployment practices.

- Strong understanding of identity, endpoint, email, collaboration, cloud workload, data protection and security operations controls, including Zero Trust principles.

- Ability to produce clear technical designs, architecture diagrams, implementation documentation, runbooks, risk findings and executive-level recommendations.

- Strong communication skills, a service-oriented approach, personal initiative and the ability to work independently or as part of a multidisciplinary delivery team.

- Required Microsoft certifications: Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate (SC-300), together with either Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500) or Microsoft Certified: Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate (SC-500).

- A relevant degree or equivalent professional experience.

Nice to Have's:

- Experience delivering Microsoft security solutions in enterprise or regulated environments and applying frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST, CIS, GDPR, NIS2 or DORA.

- Desirable Microsoft certifications: Microsoft Certified: Information Security Administrator Associate (SC-401), Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) and Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100). Progress towards, or completion of GitHub Copilot (GH-300), Develop AI Apps and Agents on Azure (AI-103) and Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect (AB-100).

- Experience with Azure landing zones, Azure Policy, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel integration, identity governance, privileged access or data security.

- CISSP, CCSP or CISM certification, or equivalent practical experience.

- Experience supporting pre-sales, developing statements of work or creating reusable consulting and delivery assets.

Benefits / Perks

• ☀️ Time Off: 25 days annual leave + public holidays
• 🎂 Birthday Leave: One extra day off to celebrate
• 💰 Company Pension Scheme
• 📞 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for wellbeing support
• 🏃‍♀️ EkcOlympics: Global team activity challenges
• 📚 Unlimited access to Pluralsight for continuous development
• 🌱 Real opportunities to grow, including international progression

Why Ekco

- 🏅 Company of the year 2026 Tech Excellence Awards
- ⭐️ Microsoft 2023 Rising Star Security Partner of the Year
- 🚀 First Irish Microsoft MSP to achieve all four Microsoft Security Specialisations
- 🌈 A culture rooted in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
- 🎉 Strong commitment to internal mobility and career progression
- ✨ Flexible, family‑friendly working at the heart of our culture
- 🔐 A trusted, security‑first MSP helping organisations scale smarter and stay ahead of risk