Full-Time
Associate Partner Solution Architect
Microsoft Cyber Security
Ernst & Young
5,001-10,000 employees
Global professional services: consulting, assurance, tax
No salary listed
Sydney NSW, Australia
In Person
Must be able to work in Australia and support clients across geographies as required.
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- Extensive experience in cyber security architecture, cyber transformation, cloud security, security operations, or technology risk consulting.
- Proven experience designing and delivering Microsoft-based cyber security solutions across enterprise or regulated environments.
- A strong understanding of security frameworks and design principles such as Zero Trust, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, ISO 27001, CIS Controls, MITRE ATT&CK, cloud security reference architectures, and secure-by-design delivery.
- Experience leading complex client engagements, pursuits, or programmes in a consulting, advisory, systems integration, or technology services environment.
- Executive stakeholder experience across cyber, technology, risk, and business leadership groups.
- Ability to work in Australia and support clients across geographies as required.
- Deep cyber security architecture experience across security operations, cloud security, identity, data protection, and enterprise security architecture.
- Hands-on credibility with Microsoft Security technologies, particularly Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and Azure security services.
- Ability to engage senior executives as a trusted adviser and translate complex cyber and platform topics into clear business narratives, investment cases, and prioritised roadmaps.
- Strong commercial acumen, including experience shaping pursuits, building pipeline, managing alliances, and connecting technology solutions to client outcomes.
- Pragmatic delivery leadership across multidisciplinary teams, including client teams, Microsoft teams, EY delivery teams, offshore capability, and third-party vendors.
- Lead and deliver complex cyber transformation initiatives using Microsoft Security capabilities across Sentinel, Defender XDR, Defender for Cloud, Entra ID, Purview, Intune, Azure, Copilot for Security, and adjacent Microsoft cloud services.
- Translate client risk, regulatory, and business requirements into secure enterprise architectures, reference patterns, and implementation roadmaps across cloud, hybrid, identity, data protection, and security operations environments.
- Work with EY and Microsoft teams to originate opportunities, build joint go-to-market propositions, activate Microsoft funding or field motions where relevant, and convert alliance relationships into measurable pipeline and revenue.
- Engage CISOs, CIOs, CTOs, CROs, and business executives on cyber risk, resilience, operating model choices, investment trade-offs, and value realisation.
- Lead solution design for SOC transformation, SIEM migration, detection engineering, threat hunting, incident response, vulnerability management, automation, SOAR, and AI-enabled analyst workflows using Microsoft Sentinel and related platforms.
- Design solutions integrating Zero Trust, privileged access, identity governance, endpoint protection, data loss prevention, information protection, cloud security posture management, and secure application delivery.
- Own architecture quality, delivery mobilisation, scope clarity, risk management, stakeholder alignment, and value realisation across complex pursuits and programmes.
- Develop reusable cyber offerings, coach high-performing teams, contribute to thought leadership, and help build EY’s Microsoft cyber security market position.
- Modernise security operations using Microsoft Sentinel, Defender XDR, automation, and AI without increasing operational complexity.
- Strengthen cloud, identity, and data security while accelerating digital, AI, and Microsoft platform adoption.
- Reduce cyber risk exposure across critical assets, users, endpoints, workloads, applications, and sensitive data.
- Move from fragmented tooling to an integrated Microsoft Security architecture with clear governance, operating model, and measurable outcomes.
- Align cyber investments to business risk, regulatory expectations, resilience objectives, and board-level confidence.
- Microsoft certifications across Security, Azure, Sentinel, Defender, Entra, Purview, Copilot for Security, or related cloud architecture areas.
- Cyber security certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CCSP, SABSA, GIAC, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience with SOC transformation, SIEM migration, managed security services, detection engineering, threat intelligence, threat hunting, or incident response.
- Experience in regulated industries such as financial services, energy, government, health, critical infrastructure, or consumer products.
- Experience co-selling, co-delivering, or building solutions with Microsoft field, partner, or engineering teams.
- Familiarity with ServiceNow SecOps, Azure DevOps, Logic Apps, Power Platform, data engineering, or AI-enabled security workflows.
EY (Ernst & Young) provides professional services at a global scale, offering consulting, assurance, tax, and transaction advisory services. It serves clients across industries such as technology, media, real estate, hospitality, and construction. Instead of selling a single product, EY works with clients through tailored engagements where cross-disciplinary teams analyze challenges, design strategies, perform audits, help with tax planning, and assist with mergers or divestitures. What sets EY apart is its worldwide reach and integrated service model, industry-specific expertise, and focus on responsible business practices like sustainability, cybersecurity, and workforce flexibility. EY’s goal is to help organizations improve performance, manage risk, and achieve sustainable growth while building a better working world.
Company Size
5,001-10,000
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts
Founded
1991
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- EY.ai Agentic for Sales launched March 2, 2026, broadening AI-led revenue opportunities.
- EY's Copilot rollout reached 150,000 users, boosting productivity 15 percent for client delivery.
- EY's Snowflake Innovation Center, launched February 10, 2026, deepens cloud-data transformation partnerships.
What critics are saying
- EY paid £105.5 million to settle NMC Health claims on May 18, 2026.
- EY faces Shell audit probes; four partners left after December 2025 rotation breaches.
- EY cut 3,000 U.S. jobs in 2025, signaling overcapacity and partner-client pressure.
What makes Ernst & Young unique
- EY Canvas now embeds agentic AI across 160,000 audits in 150 countries.
- EY and Microsoft invested over $1 billion on May 21, 2026, for enterprise AI.
- EY bought Supply Nexus on May 12, 2026, strengthening supply-chain automation and AI consulting.
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EY has introduced an "invisible" AI router to manage internal AI spending, helping cut token consumption by up to 60% since its April rollout. The router sits behind specialised AI tools and directs employee queries to the most appropriate model for each task, rather than defaulting to the most powerful option. Token costs have become a growing concern as AI providers increasingly charge based on usage. EY's AI Pulse survey found that 82% of senior leaders at companies investing in AI were worried about token usage. The router has been deployed on department-specific platforms, including tax and risk functions, though not on the general Microsoft Copilot chatbot available to all staff. EY has also implemented token budgets based on employees' roles and departments. The firm's global consulting AI leader Dan Diasio said companies should focus AI investment on areas with the deepest impact rather than spreading resources thinly.
The UK's Financial Reporting Council has fined EY nearly £1.2m and audit partner Julie Carlyle £49,000 for failings in their 2021 audit of Made.com. Both received severe reprimands for breaching international auditing standards regarding going concern and deferred tax assets. The FRC said the auditors relied on management forecasts without sufficient challenge or adequate testing. Made.com, an online furniture retailer that listed on the London Stock Exchange in June 2021, entered administration in November 2022 after reporting a £35.3m loss. EY later disclaimed its opinion on Made.com's 2022 interim statements due to material uncertainty about the company's ability to continue operating.
Australia's securities regulator is reviewing internal and whistleblower complaints about audit conduct at all Big Four accounting firms. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will examine allegations of misuse or sharing of confidential information at PwC, Deloitte, EY and KPMG. The review follows multiple scandals, including PwC Australia's 2023 tax leaks case, where a former partner disclosed confidential government information about multinational tax avoidance laws. KPMG Australia recently revealed that more than two dozen employees, including one partner fined A$10,000, used AI to cheat on internal training exams. Meanwhile, Deloitte's latest workforce survey in New Zealand indicates younger professionals are becoming more selective about careers in public accounting.
Trinidad and Tobago has signed agreements with two US companies to develop data centres in the Caribbean nation. The memorandums of understanding with Florida-based Hummingbird AI Holdings and New York's Ernst and Young were signed on Friday, marking the first such deals with a Caribbean country. Ernst and Young will develop a 300-megawatt data centre, whilst Hummingbird AI Holdings plans a 150MW AI infrastructure facility. The government said the initiatives could generate over 5,000 jobs. However, the deals have sparked environmental concerns. Social activist Dr Wayne Kublalsingh criticised the energy consumption plans, whilst water-intensive data centres could strain Trinidad and Tobago's already stretched water supply system.
EY has sacked two staff members who allegedly accessed Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's bank account details whilst working on a contract for Commonwealth Bank. The bank has not commented on how the contractors accessed such sensitive information. The incident means all Big Four consultancies now face scrutiny in Australia. KPMG's chair recently departed after inappropriate use of client data, whilst Deloitte repaid fees for submitting an AI-generated report. PWC faced the most serious scandal, using knowledge gained from tax policy consultations to advise tech companies on reducing tax payments. EY, formerly Ernst and Young, has not disclosed further details about the alleged breach or the circumstances surrounding the access to the Prime Minister's banking information.