Associate Tech Lead - Cybersecurity

About the role

This role suits a cybersecurity professional with strong hands-on expertise in Microsoft Security solutions, proven technical leadership and experience managing enterprise-level security projects. The Associate Tech Lead plays a key part in solution architecture, technical governance, team development, customer engagement and the delivery of advanced cybersecurity solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Take ownership of technical architecture and delivery across assigned cybersecurity projects, aligned with customer requirements and security objectives.
• Review and approve solution designs, implementation strategies, migration plans, test plans and operational documentation.
• Establish and maintain security reference architectures, engineering standards, design patterns and reusable delivery frameworks across Microsoft and non-Microsoft solutions.
• Lead architecture and design reviews, document key decisions and ensure quality standards.
• Oversee technical delivery across multiple customer engagements, manage milestones, quality and technical risks, and run delivery reviews, post-implementation assessments and lessons-learned sessions.
• Provide technical leadership to Security Engineers, Associate Security Engineers and interns, including resource coordination, task prioritisation and capability development.
• Act as the primary technical escalation point for complex issues, lead investigations and coordinate resolution.
• Build relationships with customer CISOs, CIOs and IT leaders, provide strategic security guidance and lead technical workshops.
• Lead technical discovery, solution design and pre-sales activities such as RFPs, RFIs, proposals and customer presentations.
• Oversee Microsoft Sentinel detection engineering, KQL development, SOAR playbooks, threat hunting and incident response.
• Ensure project documentation, technical handovers and operational readiness meet delivery standards.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Engineering or a related discipline; postgraduate qualifications in Cybersecurity, Information Security, Technology Management or Business Administration are an added advantage.
• 5+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience with substantial hands-on exposure to Microsoft Security solutions.
• At least 2 years in technical leadership, solution architecture, design reviews, workstream management, mentoring or coordinating customer engagements.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise cybersecurity projects within a Microsoft Partner, MSSP, consulting or regulated-industry environment.
• Relevant Microsoft Security certifications are highly desirable.

Required skills

• Security architecture, threat modelling, incident response, detection engineering, risk assessments, compliance mapping and operational readiness.
• Automation and Infrastructure as Code: PowerShell, Microsoft Graph, Bicep/ARM, Terraform and Logic Apps.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Sentinel, KQL, SOAR and related Microsoft Security technologies.
• Strong pre-sales capabilities and excellent communication, stakeholder management and team leadership skills.