Microsoft Security / Pre-Sales Architect (M/F)

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Paris, Île-de-France, FRA
In-Office
Senior level
Information Technology • Professional Services • Consulting
The Role
Lead Microsoft security pre-sales: design and present Microsoft security architectures (on‑prem, cloud, hybrid), support sales with proposals and costing, deliver POCs, maintain partner relations, develop offerings, and monitor sensitive projects using Microsoft security stack (Defender, Sentinel, Entra ID, Purview, Azure Security).
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Company Description

Ready to turn vision into action?

Magellan is an international Management and Technology Consulting Group. Our strength lies in our ability to combine business expertise and technological excellence to support companies and public organizations throughout their transformation journeys.

VISION IN ACTION

In an environment where change is accelerating, organizations must continuously reinvent their models to remain competitive. To address these challenges, we support our clients from strategy definition through operational implementation, combining business expertise, technological mastery, and execution capabilities.

Joining Magellan means becoming part of a community of 6,700 committed professionals united by a shared ambition: understanding challenges in all their complexity to build practical, actionable solutions that are closely aligned with real-world needs.

Job Description

Security pre-sales on Microsoft technologies (Defender, Sentinel, Entra ID, Purview, Azure Security) requires advanced technical expertise combined with genuine commercial capability. This position, within our Enterprise Solution Center, is aimed at a confirmed Security Architect / Pre-Sales professional.

💡 YOUR MISSIONS

As a Microsoft Security Pre-Sales Architect (M/F), within our Enterprise Solution Center service line, you bring your expertise on Microsoft technologies (Defender Endpoint/Identity/Office 365/Cloud Apps, Sentinel, Entra ID, MFA, Zero Trust, Microsoft 365 Purview, DLP, eDiscovery, Azure Security Center, Cloud/Hybrid/Zero Trust architectures).

 

Business development:

  • Support the sales team in the pre-sales process (new business or innovative solutions): ownership, costing, drafting, presentations, Microsoft funding

 

Offering development:

  • Conduct market watch, propose within the group strategy framework, create and develop offerings
  • Master and deliver POCs via Microsoft fees

 

Delivery:

  • Scope projects or strategic initiatives
  • Deliver POCs via Microsoft fees
  • Monitor sensitive projects

 

Partner relations:

  • Maintain a privileged relationship with strategic partners (Microsoft and others)
  • Target, identify, and prospect potential partners

 

Sales and pre-sales:

  • Understand client business and security challenges
  • Design and present tailored Microsoft security architectures (on-premise, cloud, hybrid)
  • Champion the Microsoft security vision during pre-sales phases (client meetings, presentations, demonstrations, workshops)
  • Maintain technology watch on Microsoft solutions

Qualifications

  • Minimum 5 years of experience on Microsoft security projects
  • You have good interpersonal skills and strong adaptability
  • You have a service orientation and team spirit
  • A strong communicator, you have a leadership posture with a business and sales mindset while maintaining a high level of expertise
  • One or more Microsoft certifications (minimum MS-102)
  • Good command of English, both oral and written (B2 level required)

Additional Information

By joining Magellan, you will work within multidisciplinary teams and contribute to impactful projects at the heart of major transformations: Generative AI, intelligent platforms, social and environmental challenges, and more.

What Magellan guarantees you: a professional experience that is people-centered, enriching, and fulfilling!

The little extras: 

🚀 Community: Become an integral part of a passionate community and keep learning every day alongside top Microsoft experts. Enjoy an inclusive and supportive work environment where everyone is valued. Proudly certified Great Place To Work (3rd place in its category).

💰 Profit‑Sharing, Incentive Bonuses & Holiday Bonus 

🏡 Flexible Remote Work: Up to 2 days of remote work per week

🍽️ Edenred Meal Card: €9.30 per working day

💊 Family Health Insurance 

🚴🏼‍♀️ Sustainable Mobility Package: Up to €400 per year

🌐 Early access to new technologies such as #M'GPT, #Copilot, and the highest levels of Microsoft certifications!

We can’t wait to meet you!

Skills Required

  • Minimum 5 years of experience on Microsoft security projects
  • Advanced expertise with Microsoft Defender (Endpoint, Identity, Office 365, Cloud Apps)
  • Experience with Microsoft Sentinel
  • Experience with Entra ID (Azure AD) and MFA
  • Experience with Microsoft Purview, DLP, and eDiscovery
  • Experience with Azure Security Center / Azure security and cloud/hybrid/Zero Trust architectures
  • Pre-sales / business development experience supporting sales (proposals, costing, presentations, Microsoft funding)
  • Ability to scope and deliver POCs via Microsoft funding
  • One or more Microsoft certifications (minimum MS-102)
  • Good command of English, oral and written (B2 level)
  • Strong communication, leadership posture, service orientation, team spirit, adaptability, and sales mindset

Magellan Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Magellan and has not been reviewed or approved by Magellan.

  • Healthcare Strength Health insurance options and the mutuelle are repeatedly described as comprehensive and affordable, with standard French coverage supplemented by corporate structures like savings plans and meal vouchers. Feedback suggests these protections contribute meaningfully to perceived benefits strength.
  • Flexible Benefits Remote work flexibility up to roughly 2–2.5 days per week, right to disconnect, and time‑savings accounts indicate adaptable policies that support different employee needs. Observations also point to parental support measures and housing assistance that broaden flexibility beyond location alone.
  • Strong & Reliable Incentives Profit‑sharing, participation/intéressement, vacation bonuses, and referral programs are consistently cited as part of the financial package. These recurring mechanisms signal structured incentive opportunities alongside base pay.

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The Company
432 Employees

What We Do

Magellan is an international Management and Technology Consulting Group. The firm combines business expertise and technological excellence to support companies and public organizations throughout their transformation journeys, utilizing a community of approximately 6,700 professionals to build practical, actionable solutions that are closely aligned with real-world needs.

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