Title: Cloud Security Architect
Location: Raleigh, NC, 27610, (Hybrid)
Duration: 12 Months
Employment Type: Contract

The candidate will need to come on-site on the first day to collect equipment.
All candidates must be local to North Carolina.
This position may require on-site attendance when business needs in-person participation, such as scheduled meetings or other task-specific activities.

Job Description:

Need to support the Microsoft Azure cloud tenant build and configuration, specifically focusing on security compliance design, implementation, operations, and assessment.
The role is for a Cloud Security Architect that will support the ongoing Modernization Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure build, security compliance design, security compliance configuration, and security compliance assessment and reporting.
The primary focus is to lead in security architecture, configuration, operations, and compliance assessment of the environment and be a bridge between Client and vendors in delivery of a Microsoft Azure cloud environment that meets security regulatory, organizational, industry security compliance requirements and compliance reporting, balanced with functional requirements.
The complexity of these responsibilities are essential to Client to support the build of the Azure tenant so that Client systems can be placed in the cloud securely and meet compliance requirements. Client and client have an aggressive schedule to complete Client modernization efforts.

Required skills:

Design and maintain secure Azure architectures across identity, networking, data protection, logging/monitoring, and governance.
Required 5 Years Develop and enforce Azure security standards, policies, and reference architectures aligned to organizational and regulatory requirements.
Required 5 Years Lead threat modeling, risk assessments, and security reviews for the Azure cloud environment and Modernization efforts.
Required 5 Years Provide expert guidance on Azure-native security tooling (e.g., Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Azure Policy, Key Vault, Monitor, Log Analytics)
Required 5 Years Deep expertise with Azure security services
Required 5 Years Strong understanding of cloud networking security: Zero Trust, routing, segmentation, firewalls, DNS, PKI, IAM, and secure landing zone architectures.
Required 5 Years Knowledge of compliance frameworks and mapping security controls (NIST 800 53, NIST 800 171, PCI DSS, FIPS, state security standards).
Required 5 Years Experience designing and evaluating secure multi tenant architectures and enterprise governance models in Microsoft Azure.
Required 5 Years Expertise integrating third party solutions (Cloudflare, Palo Alto, etc.) with Azure security and monitoring.
Required 5 Years Proficiency with automation and IaC: ARM/Bicep, Terraform, GitHub/Azure DevOps pipelines, and policy as code.
Required 5 Years Ability to translate security requirements into actionable architectural and technical guidance and configurations.
Required 5 Years Strong documentation skills for security standards, baselines, and system security plans.
Required 5 Years Experience and strong skills in identifying options for security assessments of the Azure environment and producing detailed and executive summary sec.

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