Lead Security Architect: Defender Endpoint & Purview

Oxydata Software; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 240,000 - 420,000; Part time

Job summary

Avanade is seeking an experienced Lead Security Architect to design and implement advanced security and governance across enterprise environments in a Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia-based onsite contract role. The candidate will lead the Defender XDR and Purview implementations, translating complex regulatory and privacy requirements into actionable security designs.

The role requires 7–10 years of experience in cybersecurity architecture, hands-on work with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft

Qualifications

• Legal right to work in Malaysia; visa sponsorship not available.
• Strong experience in cybersecurity architecture and solution architecture.
• Hands-on experience with Defender for Endpoint and Purview.
• Experience creating high-level and detailed designs, architecture diagrams, configuration standards, and implementation guides.
• Proven Defender for Endpoint (MDE) implementation experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery, requirements analysis, architecture, and solution design for Microsoft Defender XDR and Purview.
• Design integrated Defender XDR solutions, including Defender for Endpoint and Purview for DLP/Information Protection.
• Prepare high-level and detailed designs, architecture diagrams, configuration standards, and implementation guides.
• Translate business, cybersecurity, privacy, legal, data protection, and regulatory requirements into implementation-ready Microsoft security and compliance designs.
• Lead architecture workshops, technical design sessions, design reviews, and implementation walkthroughs.
• Provide architectural guidance to engineering and implementation teams throughout deployment and rollout activities.
• Review implementation evidence to ensure configurations align with approved designs and standards.
• Develop architecture principles and policy design standards to support consistent security implementation across the organization.

Skills

Cybersecurity architecture

Solution architecture

Enterprise security delivery

DLP/Information protection design

Tools

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

Microsoft Purview

Job description

Avanade is seeking an experienced Lead Security Architect to design and implement advanced security and governance across enterprise environments in a Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia-based onsite contract role. The candidate will lead the Defender XDR and Purview implementations, translating complex regulatory and privacy requirements into actionable security designs.

The role requires 7–10 years of experience in cybersecurity architecture, hands-on work with Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft