Microsoft Alliances Security Specialist

🚀 Microsoft Alliances Security Specialist | Australia | Hybrid

Shape the Future of Microsoft Security at Pax8

Pax8 is looking for a passionate Microsoft Alliances Security Specialist to help accelerate Microsoft Security growth across Australia. If you're excited by partner engagement, demand generation, cloud innovation, and helping Managed Service Providers build thriving Microsoft security practices, this is an opportunity to make a genuine impact while growing your career with one of the world's fastest-growing cloud marketplaces.

Why This Role Matters

This is far more than a partner-facing specialist role. You'll become a trusted advisor to Managed Service Providers, helping them unlock the full value of Microsoft's security ecosystem while driving measurable business outcomes.

As Pax8 continues its AI-powered evolution, you'll be at the forefront of helping partners adopt new technologies, scale go-to-market initiatives, build modern security practices, and create stronger customer engagement strategies. You'll grow alongside emerging technologies, innovative programs, and a rapidly expanding global business.

About Pax8

Pax8 is redefining cloud commerce through the managed intelligence marketplace. Our mission is to empower small businesses through smarter technology by connecting our partners with the world's leading cloud solutions and services.

With more than 39,000 partners globally and over 130 vendor relationships, we are helping businesses modernize through cloud innovation, security, AI and automation. We are proud of our award-winning culture, commitment to learning, and belief that business is personal.

🎯 How You'll Make an Impact

• 🔐 Enable Microsoft-focused growth strategies that help Managed Service Providers acquire new customers and expand their security practices.
• 📈 Support partners in developing compelling security offerings tailored to customer needs and market opportunities.
• 🚀 Help partners maximize Microsoft investments by leveraging available programs, incentives, funding opportunities, and go-to-market resources.
• 🎯 Use data-driven insights and targeting tools to uncover upsell, cross-sell, and new customer opportunities.
• 🤝 Establish strong operational rhythms with partners and Microsoft stakeholders to drive accountability, engagement, and program adoption.
• 📣 Lead scalable demand generation and partner activation initiatives across webinars, marketing campaigns, events, email, and social channels.
• 💡 Act as a trusted advisor, translating complex Microsoft programs into actionable growth opportunities for partners.
• 🌍 Collaborate across internal teams to deliver exceptional partner experiences and measurable business outcomes.

The Impact You'll Have

Your work will directly influence the growth and success of both Pax8 and our Managed Service Provider community. By helping partners strengthen their Microsoft Security practices, you'll drive customer acquisition, increase solution adoption, and accelerate security outcomes for thousands of businesses across Australia.

⭐ What Makes You Successful

We're looking for someone who combines commercial awareness, relationship-building expertise, and a passion for technology.

You'll bring:

• Proven experience in technology sales, marketing, alliances, business development, or partner engagement.
• Experience working within the Microsoft ecosystem, a technology vendor, managed service provider, telecommunications organisation, or cloud-focused business.
• Strong understanding of Microsoft's partner landscape, programs, and solution areas.
• Familiarity with Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Copilot and Dynamics solutions.
• Ability to simplify technical concepts and translate them into business value.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Confidence working with multiple priorities while maintaining strong execution.
• Strong customer-centric mindset and passion for building long-term relationships.
• Ability to navigate complexity and make decisions using data and insights.
• Commitment to continuous learning and professional development.
• Willingness to achieve a Microsoft certification such as MS-900, SC-900 or AZ-900 within the first 90 days.

Our Behaviours

At Pax8, our culture is brought to life through the behaviours we expect from every team member:

• Compassionate Candour - We aim to assist others with candid, actionable feedback.
• Seek to Understand - Be open, curious and committed to learning.
• We Before Me - Actively collaborate and seek diverse perspectives to ensure success for Team Pax8.
• Do What You Say - Take ownership, honour commitments and deliver results.
• Light Up Learning - Embrace experimentation, learning, and sharing knowledge.
• Driven by Passion - Connect personal purpose to the Pax8 mission and persevere through challenges.

Trust and Hiring

At Pax8, we care deeply about building genuine, trust based relationships — starting with how we hire.

To protect our business, our teams, and our customers, we use a range of measures throughout the recruitment process to help confirm authenticity and prevent fraud. These safeguards are designed to be fair, respectful, and proportionate, and may evolve as risks change. By applying, you acknowledge that we take steps to verify identity and representation during hiring. If you're applying as your authentic self, you have nothing to worry about — we're excited to meet you.

We also use thoughtfully applied AI-enabled tools to support our hiring process. These tools may assist with tasks such as reviewing or prioritising applications, but hiring decisions are made by our people. More information is available in our Recruitment Privacy Notice. If you have questions about how we hire or would prefer not to have your application supported by these tools, you can opt out at any part of our process.

Inclusivity

We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet 100% of the criteria. We're committed to diverse perspectives, inclusive hiring and sharing your transferrable skills. To fulfil this role, you must hold valid right to work in Australia.

Benefits

• Salary: Competitive and dependent on experience
• 20 Annual Leaves (accruing monthly)
• Pax8 offers an additional 10 days of bonus leave every year! AND YES, the 10 days are available from your first day!
• In addition to the above, we offer all our employees Private Health Insurance. Beneficial for when life happens!
• Unlimited growth through our learning & development (L&D) programs in an environment that fosters internal promotions, helping you gain the necessary skills to reach the next step in your professional journey!
• Connecting with our community is important – which is why we have our donation matching program, DEI-B events, and our employee resource groups to ensure everyone feels at home at Pax8.

Our Australian Offices

At Pax8, our offices are built with our people in mind and they reflect how we work best. They are open, welcoming spaces that fuel collaboration, encourage creativity, and make it easy to connect, contribute and have a little fun along the way.

Pax8 Brisbane Office Environment

• HQ is in a historic building located in Central CBD by the river
• Regular social and community events
• Fully stocked snack cupboard and drink fridge
• Games area with X-Box and Table-Tennis
• State-of-the-art Top Brewer Coffee Machines
• Spacious desks with laptop dock and state of the art equipment
• Great office culture

Pax8 Sydney Office Environment

• Energetic WeWork Office
• Central location in CBD
• Close by shops, cafe, restaurants
• Regular in office visits from a barista specialist
• Spacious desks with laptop dock + state of the art curved screens
• Regular social and community events

Growth & Career Development

There's extensive room for a talented individual to grow at pace — whether that's advancing quickly in this role or exploring one of the many opportunities across our global organization. You'll have access to our internal development hub designed to accelerate your skills and stretch your potential. Alongside specialist Learning & Development trainers, you'll also tap into AI powered tools, "born in the cloud" mentors, and cross continent collaboration that broaden your perspective and sharpen your expertise. We'll give you the space, trust, and the right projects to help you thrive — and full visibility of what it takes to reach your next level.

About Pax8

Our mission is to build the managed intelligence marketplace and empower small businesses to do more with smarter technology. We are a fast-growing, dynamic, and high-energy organisation with a start-up feel, allowing you to make a meaningful impact on the business. Culture is also important to us, and at Pax8, it's business, and it IS personal. We are passionate, creative, and unconventional. We work hard, keep it fun, and expect the best! We Elev8 each other. We Advoc8 for our partners. We Innov8 continuously. We Celebr8 life.

Background Checks

As part of our hiring process, we are required to undertake pre-employment checks on all candidates that are successful in their application with Pax8. As part of these checks Pax8 will request ID verification, reference requests and qualification checks (additional checks may be completed for certain countries, such as criminal and financial). All checks are completed by our third-party provider, First Advantage. Once checks have been completed all candidates will receive a copy for their records.

Equal Opportunities

Pax8 are an equal opportunities employer and welcome individuals who are in possession of the appropriate requirements to work within the country you have applied for. Offered individuals will be asked to undertake identity, security compliance and reference checks. Your privacy is important to us. Your data will be held in accordance with local best practices and processed only in accordance with our recruiting processes. Privacy notice: https://www.pax8.com/en-us/terms/job-applicant-privacy-notice/