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:

o Identity, Credential and Access Management (ICAM)

o Authentication and Authorization including SSO and Identify Federation

o Zero-Trust Model

o Defense-In-Depth

o Governance and Compliance

o Securing Data

o Securing the Operating System

o Protecting the Network Layer

o Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation, Alerting, Audit Trail, and Incident Response

o 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