Cloud Security Engineer

Cloud Security Engineer

Job Location: Berkeley Heights, NJ, Omaha, NE, Alpharetta, GA, Marietta, GA (100% Onsite - local only, no relocation)

Employment Type: FTE

Key Technology: Azure, IAM, Security

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