Azure Cloud Security Engineer

Immediate need for a talented Azure Cloud Security Engineer. This is a 12+ Months Contract to hire opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Atlanta, GA(Hybrid). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.

Job ID:24-26373

Pay Range: $70 - $80/hour.  Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision).

Key Responsibilities:

• 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

Key Requirements and Technology Experience: 

• Skills: Cloud Security, Azure Security, Terraform, Remediation, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Network Security
• Must Haves: Azure cloud, Azure security policy, policy as code, terraform
• 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  and Policy as code (Terraform) experience required.
• 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
• 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

Our client is a leading Telecom Industry and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.

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