Azure Cloud Platform Security Engineer

Overview

Hybrid
$80 - $90
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 12 Month(s)

Skills

Azure
Azure DevOps
Azure Security
DevOps
PowerShell
Platform Security

Job Details

THIS ROLE WILL BE ONSITE 3 DAYS PER WEEK IN ALPHARETTA, GA

NO H1S OR 3RD PARTIES

LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY

The Cloud Security team is responsible for securely enabling the use of cloud

technologies to support the firm's desire to leverage cloud-native services at enterprise

scale. The Cloud Security team designs the security requirements that must be adhered

to in cloud as well as builds the tooling and automation needed to provide enterprise

capabilities to protect the firm and make securing workloads easier for application

teams.

The team works with multiple cloud providers and is currently looking for an

experienced Azure Security Engineer familiar with multiple cloud concepts, cloud

services, and programming languages. The team this engineer will join implements

security controls into our cloud platforms (detective, preventative, and corrective) and

owns platforms used to further secure our cloud footprint. This team also works to

enable the Security Operations teams to extend their enterprise security functions to the

cloud environments.

Primary Responsibilities:

Developing, testing, and deploying Azure Security Controls across the firm s Azure

tenants

Providing security recommendations and solutions for migrating and new applications

in the environment to Azure

Working closely with vendors and partner squads to develop, deploy, and test Cloud

security services

Responding to Azure Cloud security drifts in timely manner and working with the

stakeholders to remediate the drifts.

Integrating, configuring, documenting, and deploying compliant infrastructure and

supporting services in the Cloud platform

Troubleshooting problems, analyzing root cause, and (where possible) fixing bugs

introduced by owned or managed security solutions

Collaborating with Risk Management, Security Architecture, and Cyber Incident

Response teams to ensure necessary controls to Cloud services are deployed and tested

Provide training and review sessions to the teams regarding solutions implemented Working in a globally distributed team to provide innovative and robust Cloud-centric solutions Required Skills: Knowledge of the Shared Responsibility Model; keen understanding of the security risks inherent in hosting cloud-based applications and data Experience developing across the security assurance lifecycle (including prevent, detect, respond, and remediate controls) Experience configuring Azure native security tooling and capabilities such as Azure Policy, Azure Monitor, etc. Experience solutioning and configuring event-driven serverless-based security controls in Azure, including but not limited to technologies such as Azure Function, Automation Runbook, Logic App. Deep understanding of DevOps processes and workflows. Working knowledge of the Secure SDLC process. Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tooling such as Terraform and ARM templates Familiarity with standard Azure security tooling such as Microsoft Defender Suite, Sentinel. Familiarity with Logging and data pipeline concepts and architectures in cloud. Strong in scripting languages such as PowerShell, Python and Bash. Experience creating technical architecture documentation. Excellent communication, written and interpersonal skills. Practical experience in designing and configuring CICD pipelines. Practical experience in Azure DevOps, GitHub Action, and Jenkins. Experience in ITSM. Ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. Experience writing queries and analytics in Kusto Query Language (KQL) Experience with risk control frameworks and engagements with risk and regulatory functions Experience in the financial industry would be a plus. Azure Certifications would be a plus.