Offer summary

Qualifications:

Strong Azure infrastructure management skills and enterprise design experience., Security focus with knowledge of Azure security tools and risk assessments., Microsoft certifications such as AZ-104 and AZ-500 are preferred., 7+ years of IT operations or engineering experience, with some flexibility for strong security backgrounds..

Key responsibilities:

Manage and improve the organization's Azure security posture.

Design, implement, and maintain Azure infrastructure solutions.

Develop automation scripts to streamline deployment and management.

Monitor security events and respond to operational issues.

Job description

Senior Azure Engineer
Only Immigration Status: USC, GC, GC-EAD

Customer: Bank Cannot disclose
Location: Remote; But looking at people who live close to the NYC
EST working hours
Eligible candidates must reside in states (NY Tri-state area (NY, NJ or CT). They will prefer NY candidates
Role: Senior Azure Engineer
Contract Type: Contract to hire (6 months to hire)

Only Why is this position open? They are moving everything to Azure Important Skills: - Strong Azure Engineer with Some Security Experience Required - Security Focus is Key - Cloud computing in Azure - Risk Assessments, understands weakness in design, understands BGP -
Experience leveraging the tools that Azure provides - NSG conditional access - Aware of vulnerabilities that Microsoft releases to the public Certifications: Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104 exam) and Azure Security Technologies (AZ-500) a plus Years of Experience: 7+ years of experience preferred, but will consider less for strong security

Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Azure Engineer with a strong background with Azure infrastructure management and enterprise level design with a focus on Azure security. As a Senior Azure Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the organization's Azure-based infrastructure. This individual will also be responsible for the execution of projects, optimization of the compute infrastructure and be an escalation point for any operational issues resulting from service outages.

Responsibilities

Manage the security posture, identify and remediate vulnerabilities, perform threat modeling, and implement threat protection.
Work with management, administrators, and developers to plan and implement solutions that meet security and compliance requirements.
Develop and maintain automation scripts using PowerShell, ARM templates, or other relevant tools to streamline deployment and management processes.
Stay up to date with the latest trends and features with Azure and Office 365.
Security monitoring including log aggregation/centralization, correlation, and alerting of security events and incidents.

Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field preferred but not required.
7+ years of IT Operations/ Engineering with
Law firm experience a plus
3+ years of experience in Azure Cloud Engineer roles in mid-sizer or larger companies with geographically-distributed environments with 24x7 uptime environments.
Architect solutions that are scalable, resilient, and highly available to meet business needs.
Conduct an evaluation of existing cloud architecture with an emphasis on security and best practices design.
Identify, evaluate, and design plans to mitigate or eliminate risks in the system or network.
Working knowledge of native Azure Platform security tools and service tools such as Azure Policies, Conditional Access, NSGs, Defender, Sentinel, Firewall, and Monitor/LogAnalytics.
Proven experience as an Azure Engineer or a similar role in an Azure environment.
Working knowledge of native Azure Platform tools such as Azure Policies, Conditional Access, NSGs, RBAC, and Identity Governance.
Understanding of Azure cloud networking (e.g., Subnetting, Route Tables, Security Groups, VPC, vNet Peering, Virtual Network Gateways, optimizing for egress costs)
Understanding of BGP routing is a plus.
Experience with various Azure services like app services, Entra ID, enterprise apps, API management, function apps, and load balancing.
Infrastructure-as-code approaches, role-specific automation tools and associated programming languages (e.g., Bicep, ARM, Terraform, and PowerShell)
Establish and maintain identity governance frameworks, including privileged identity management (PIM) for elevated access.
Configure and manage conditional access policies to control access based on specific conditions, locations, and device compliance.
Familiarity with security frameworks, standards, and best practices.
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104 exam) and Azure Security Technologies (AZ-500) a plus.