Role: Azure Cloud Security Engineer
Location: Atlanta, GA (Hybrid- Twice a week in the office)
Duration: Contract to Hire - 6+ Months
Rate: Market
Top Skills: Azure cloud, Azure security policy, policy as code, terraform
Successful candidates will demonstrate strong business acumen and possess a blend of general business, technology and security competencies. Specifically, this individual will have a versatile background, critical thinking and analytical capabilities, as well as a proven ability to bridge organizational boundaries to implement security controls and risk mitigation strategies.
Primary Responsibilities / Tasks
- Works with cloud account and engineering teams to review, manage, and track security vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and remediation efforts.
- Define and implement cloud policy, assess compliance, and lead remediation efforts for non-compliant resources
- Promotes security and privacy by design through effective partnership with security, cloud account, and engineering teams.
- Works closely with cloud account teams to fully understand business priorities.
- Identify security design gaps in existing and proposed architectures and recommend changes or enhancements.
- Lead cost-risk tradeoff discussions with the product teams, helping to decide how important and at what increased cost each security requirement/functionality can be justifiably added in the product.
Minimum
- 5 or more years of experience in related field or BS / BA and 3 + years professional experience or MS and 1 year related experience.
- Demonstrated Azure security experience required. Policy as code (Terraform) experience preferred.
- Working knowledge of cloud concepts and network architectures.
- Working knowledge of network security concepts including firewalls, IDS/IPS, and WAFs.
- Working knowledge of encryption concepts and implementation methods.
- Working knowledge of Identity and Access Management concepts and technologies.
- Strong collaboration skills to effectively develop consensus and understanding among cross-functional teams on key security risks and vulnerabilities
- Develop and implement leading practice security processes and practices across cross-functional teams throughout Technology and the Business
- Proficient critical thinking and analytical skills needed to bring successful resolution to high-impact, complex, and/or within department problems
- Possesses ability to clearly summarize problems and tailor messaging for intended audiences
- Drives completion of projects or assignments
Preferred
- MS/MA in a related discipline (i.e., Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, etc.); and/or 3 years of experience in related field.
- Experience with cloud security posture management solutions.
- Big four consulting background or Fortune 500 company experience.
- Telecom/Cable industry experience.
- At least one relevant industry certification – CISSP, CISM, CISA
- Cloud Provider certifications – Azure, GCP, AWS
