Tential
Cloud Security Engineer
Tential, Vienna, Virginia, United States, 22184
Job Title: Cloud Engineer (Microsoft Azure Focus)Location: Remote (Candidates must reside within the continental United States)Type: Contract through February 2025 with a potential to extend
Job Description:
Our client, a Fortune 100 Credit Union, is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer with deep expertise in Microsoft Azure and enterprise security to join their Cloud Organization. The ideal candidate will play a critical role in building and enhancing the toolsets and processes that support our cloud program. You will work in a collaborative environment focused on developing a best-in-class cloud program to protect our client's information and cloud computing environments.
Key Responsibilities:
Contribute to the vision, strategy, and execution of integrated security controls across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS within our client's Azure environment.Demonstrate a clear understanding of current risks and threats to cloud and IT infrastructures, presenting insights to both technical and managerial audiences.Drive Identity and Access Management (IAM), configuration management, and monitoring strategies for Azure.Provide security consultancy and engineering support for cloud security solutions, including the analysis and development of Azure and other security solutions.Ensure architecture assurance on cloud security initiatives, ensuring compliance with existing security standards while interfacing with infrastructure and development teams.Maintain the security infrastructure tools built on the cloud platform, ensuring stability, and adhering to policies and procedures.Support the development and delivery of a comprehensive Information Security Program (ISP) for the entire organization.Develop and maintain documentation for all security products, tools, technologies, and processes.Participate in Information Security Incident Response activities for our client's environment.Respond to security vulnerabilities identified through periodic and on-demand system audits and vulnerability assessments of cloud services.Monitor compliance with the organization's information security policies and procedures among employees, contractors, and third parties.Manage remediation efforts for any gaps identified in audits or recommended process improvements.Actively monitor new and emerging cloud security technologies, trends, issues, and solutions, assessing their relevance to our client's cloud strategy.Qualifications:
Hands-on experience with access control technologies such as Azure AD B2C, SAML SSO, OAuth 2.0 configuration, setup, and operations management.Experience with certificate management for IaaS and PaaS components.Proficiency with Azure AD, Azure Resource Management Templates, and Azure policies.Experience with Azure Key Vault integration and key management.Familiarity with VSTS release management for Azure Key Vault and other IaaS and PaaS components.Strong development and scripting skills in PowerShell 5.7+ years of experience in a technical role, with at least 3 years focused on information security and access control.In-depth knowledge of information security and access controls.Industry certifications such as CISSP, CISA, CISM, or CEH are highly desirable.Experience in the financial industry is preferred.Familiarity with CheckPoint Next Generation Firewall and Threat Prevention Suite is a plus.Additional Skills:
Azure security expertise, including Security SL, AKS security, policy as code, VM security configurations, Azure Purview, Sentinel, Audit Remediation, Azure Key Vault integration, PowerShell scripting, and MSFT Defender.Ability to troubleshoot production issues and perform on-call duties (24x7) on a rotational basis.#LI-RS1#DICE
Job Description:
Our client, a Fortune 100 Credit Union, is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer with deep expertise in Microsoft Azure and enterprise security to join their Cloud Organization. The ideal candidate will play a critical role in building and enhancing the toolsets and processes that support our cloud program. You will work in a collaborative environment focused on developing a best-in-class cloud program to protect our client's information and cloud computing environments.
Key Responsibilities:
Contribute to the vision, strategy, and execution of integrated security controls across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS within our client's Azure environment.Demonstrate a clear understanding of current risks and threats to cloud and IT infrastructures, presenting insights to both technical and managerial audiences.Drive Identity and Access Management (IAM), configuration management, and monitoring strategies for Azure.Provide security consultancy and engineering support for cloud security solutions, including the analysis and development of Azure and other security solutions.Ensure architecture assurance on cloud security initiatives, ensuring compliance with existing security standards while interfacing with infrastructure and development teams.Maintain the security infrastructure tools built on the cloud platform, ensuring stability, and adhering to policies and procedures.Support the development and delivery of a comprehensive Information Security Program (ISP) for the entire organization.Develop and maintain documentation for all security products, tools, technologies, and processes.Participate in Information Security Incident Response activities for our client's environment.Respond to security vulnerabilities identified through periodic and on-demand system audits and vulnerability assessments of cloud services.Monitor compliance with the organization's information security policies and procedures among employees, contractors, and third parties.Manage remediation efforts for any gaps identified in audits or recommended process improvements.Actively monitor new and emerging cloud security technologies, trends, issues, and solutions, assessing their relevance to our client's cloud strategy.Qualifications:
Hands-on experience with access control technologies such as Azure AD B2C, SAML SSO, OAuth 2.0 configuration, setup, and operations management.Experience with certificate management for IaaS and PaaS components.Proficiency with Azure AD, Azure Resource Management Templates, and Azure policies.Experience with Azure Key Vault integration and key management.Familiarity with VSTS release management for Azure Key Vault and other IaaS and PaaS components.Strong development and scripting skills in PowerShell 5.7+ years of experience in a technical role, with at least 3 years focused on information security and access control.In-depth knowledge of information security and access controls.Industry certifications such as CISSP, CISA, CISM, or CEH are highly desirable.Experience in the financial industry is preferred.Familiarity with CheckPoint Next Generation Firewall and Threat Prevention Suite is a plus.Additional Skills:
Azure security expertise, including Security SL, AKS security, policy as code, VM security configurations, Azure Purview, Sentinel, Audit Remediation, Azure Key Vault integration, PowerShell scripting, and MSFT Defender.Ability to troubleshoot production issues and perform on-call duties (24x7) on a rotational basis.#LI-RS1#DICE