Cloud Security Engineer

Job Responsibilities :

• Responsible for implementing technology initiatives to secure our key government client’s cloud environment.
• Be accountable for assisting in strategic planning and architecture and securing enterprise information by identifying network and application security requirements, implementing and testing security controls and procedures.
• Enable Cloud Cybersecurity controls and compliance requirements and remediation programs based on business priorities and risks to address Cyber-Security, Cyber Defense and Business needs of the customer.

Skills and Experience Required :

Required :

• 5+ years’ cyber related experience in a commercial environment with Azure, in a technical information security and risk management role.
• 5+ years managing security policies and initiatives in Azure.
• Knowledge of Identity Access and Management concepts, multifactor authentication, SSO / Federation
• Knowledge of Privileged Access Management key concepts
• Ability to set up and configure the Azure security platforms, and function as an overall lead managing end to end security on the Azure Cloud regions.
• Understanding of Network and Application Vulnerability testing as it relates to Azure systems.
• Experience with security concepts & tools related to CI / CD pipelines, and software scanning.
• Able to demonstrate understanding of Information Security and Risk Management capabilities related to cloud computing across Windows and Linux, with demonstrated direct experience with the following domains :
• Identity, Credential and Access Management (ICAM)
• Authentication and Authorization including SSO and Identify Federation
• Zero-Trust Model
• Defense-In-Depth
• Governance and Compliance
• Securing Data
• Securing the Operating System
• Protecting the Network Layer
• Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation, Alerting, Audit Trail, and Incident Response
• Cloud Core Platform : Compute, Storage, Networking

Desired :

• Government environments and Gov-Cloud experience
• Experience with CrowdStrike Falcon EDR for Azure
• Ability to Manage / maintain FISMA and FedRAMP compliance for a government information system
• Demonstrated experience collaborating directly with external clients, business leadership, and auditors.
• 5+ years of firsthand working with the various Azure security tools / platforms such as :
• Extended Detection and Response (XDR) : Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Defender for Office 365, Microsoft Defender for Identity
• Data Protection : Microsoft Purview, Microsoft Information Protection, DLP, One Trust, Kubernetes
• Identity and Access Management (IAM) : Zero Trust, Azure IAM and AWS IAM, Entra ID (Azure AD), Multitenant Organization (MTO), Lighthouse, Key Vault, Conditional Assess
• Monitoring Compliance : Sentinel, MDC
• Entra ID (formally Azure AD), M365

Education :

Bachelor’s degree in a technology field, Masters degree preferred.

Certifications :

• CISSP, CCSP, Azure / AWS / Google Security specific Training and Certification
30+ days ago