Cloud Security Architect (Azure SME)

Cloud Security Architect (Azure SME)

100% Remote Working

US candidates only

Contract-To-Hire (Initial 6 month contract)

Up to $100 p/h W2 or $120 p/h C2C

Our client is a Re-Insurance organisation based on the East Coast of the US and due to continued growth and expansion of their teams and client base, they are now looking for a strong, hands-on, Cloud Security Architect who will provide senior technical leadership to their Enterprise IT team, along with being a Cloud SME for their Information Security Team.

Job description:

This is a hands-on technical position, with a mixture of architecture, design and implementation:

• Develop architecture for security in cloud services.
• Define and prototype security mechanisms and contribute to threat model development for a diverse product portfolio in company’s cloud offerings.
• Assess all potential attack vectors throughout the product lifecycle and mitigating through architecting mechanisms, establishing internal policies, and monitoring.
• Engage with ecosystem partners to bring advanced new ways of securing our cloud offerings based on industry's best and standard practices.
• Proliferate robust security principles through your technical contributions and evangelization into the organization work-practices, including threat modeling, architecture reviews, and rapid resolution of security defects
• Actualize knowledge of state-of-the-art security principles, theories and attacks and proactively mitigate security vulnerabilities.
• Responsible for deploying, configuring, and maintaining security baselines within the Azure.
• Provides oversight over the implementation of approved security architecture/policies/procedures for a portfolio projects and initiatives.
• Initiate and conduct project security reviews to identify cloud infrastructure security risks
• Reviews and oversee the implementation of approved recommendations on cloud security design and implementation
• Auditing our Policies and Practices (Spot checks to independently audit against our standards, look for code drift, etc.)
• Contribute to Cloud Patterns to validate they are aligned with Security Practices / Policies / etc.
• Familiarity with Azure, and at least one of the following languages – PowerShell, Azure CLI, ARM Templates

Prior Knowledge

• Azure cloud infrastructure knowledge with a focus on security
• Wiz or Prisma Cloud and Defender for Cloud (CSMP platforms)
• Knowledge of Azure IAM
• Deep understanding of infrastructure components and how to provide security controls up and down the stack. Think of Layers 1 -7 of the OSI model—networking, servers, desktops, applications, storage, cloud, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years of industry experience in one or more of the following:
• CyberSecurity for data centers, clouds and cloud-based services
• Data privacy
• In-depth understanding of security concepts, such as threat modelling, security lifecycle, secure SW architecture, and design, security implication of various cloud services.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Motivated “self-starter” capable of collaborating across organizational boundaries.
• Developing and updating cloud templates, standards, and best practices to be used by multiple cloud projects
• Strong foundation across Microsoft Azure technology stack
• Standardizing Azure Security best practices, processes, and procedures
• Providing strategic and technical leadership for teams establishing cloud infrastructure design, migrating data centers to cloud, developing infrastructure as code, or deploying cloud solutions
• Building and operating automated security operations
• Designing and advising against security requirements to support cloud migration efforts