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Maha Hussein

Summary

I’m passionate about embracing new technologies and staying ahead of the curve. I thrive on exploring tech trends to optimize efficiency, drive progress, achieve success, and create memorable tech experiences.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Security Subject Matter Expert

Microsoft
Cairo, Egypt
07.2021 - Current
  • Technical discussions with customers, utilizing processes, tools, and demonstrations to comprehensively understand their needs.
  • Helped my customers to implement the Defender suite on different operating systems and provided best practices and recommendations.
  • Act as the customer advocate by conveying insights and best practices to the Engineering team, facilitating the resolution of critical obstacles, and propelling enhancements to the product.
  • Collaborated with internal stakeholder to comprehend business requirements.
  • Successfully deployed the Microsoft Defender XDR stack at an enterprise scale globally, encompassing MDE, MDO MDI, and MDA.
  • Implemented a robust security solution covering the Kill Chain stages to safeguard customer entities, including endpoints, networks, emails, users, and applications.
  • Successfully facilitated the closure of multiple high-value deals by providing technical assistance and delivering Proof of Concept as a Service (POCaaS), demonstrating exceptional technical expertise and strategic planning.
  • Played a pivotal role in securing a $+20M deals, contributing significantly to the company's revenue growth and strengthening client relationships.
  • Fostered a collaborative environment by mentoring colleagues through shadowing sessions and providing answers to their questions, significantly enhancing their skills and contributing to their professional growth.


SharePoint Online Subject Matter Expert

Concentrix
Cairo, Egypt
12.2020 - 07.2021
  • Serving as service desk escalation support to customers, support the continuous development of KB articles for use by service desks agents, triage and work on issues faced by service desk agents, review open tickets daily, promptly following up to facilitate resolution for customers’ requests and provide sessions for best practices and methodology to scope and troubleshoot issues.

Premier Support Engineer

11.2018 - 12.2020
  • The primary focus of O365 support professionals team is delivering the world's best professional technical support for Office 365 technologies including (Exchange Online, Azure Active Directory, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Teams).
  • Provide premier support through platform migrations to SharePoint online, and implementation of major initiatives including enterprise search, data content classification, App Catalog management, Yammer, Office 365 Groups, and extending the SharePoint User Profile.

Customer Service Representative

Concentrix
Cairo, Egypt
07.2017 - 11.2018

Booking.com

  • Provided customer support in German, assisting with reservations, inquiries, and issue resolution

Weltbild GmbH

  • Assisted German-speaking customers with billing explanations, order issues, and general inquiries.

Education

Bachelor's - languages and Translation, German Language

Al-Azhar University
07.2017

Skills

  • Security Consulting, Product Demonstration, Cloud Security, Presales
  • Project Management, Agile Mindset, Critical Thinking, presentation skills
  • O365, Entra ID, Azure, Defender XDR, Sentinel, Kusto Query
  • Problem-Solving, Customer Focus, Customer Obsessed, Growth Mindset

Languages

German
Proficient (C2)
English
Proficient (C2)
Arabic
Native

Accomplishments

  • Q4 2024 Impact Award from Microsoft for the exceptional cross-team collaboration in delivering POCaaS, resulting in millions of dollars in influenced wins, outpacing FY23 benchmark.
  • Microsoft Global Hackathon Award Winner 2024.


Certification

Copilot for Security | Sales Skills Achiever Badge

Timeline

Security Subject Matter Expert

Microsoft
07.2021 - Current

SharePoint Online Subject Matter Expert

Concentrix
12.2020 - 07.2021

Premier Support Engineer

11.2018 - 12.2020

Customer Service Representative

Concentrix
07.2017 - 11.2018

Bachelor's - languages and Translation, German Language

Al-Azhar University
Maha Hussein