Lead Azure Cloud Security Engineer

Hi ,

Our client is looking for an Lead Azure Cloud Security Engineer for a project and below is the detailed requirement.

Job Title: Lead Azure Cloud Security Engineer

Locations: Warren, NJ

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of experience in Security Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or Enterprise Security Architecture, including technical leadership.
• Strong expertise in Azure Cloud Security Architecture, Azure Landing Zones, cloud platform design, and security governance.
• Deep hands-on experience securing Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID, including hybrid identity, Conditional Access, PIM, Group Policy, and privileged access management.
• Strong experience with Azure Networking security, including Azure Firewall, Application Gateway, WAF, VNets, NSGs, Subnets, UDRs, and ExpressRoute.
• Hands-on expertise in Terraform, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), reusable modules, and CI/CD security integration.
• Experience implementing Policy as Code using Azure Policy, OPA/Rego, HashiCorp Sentinel, and security automation.
• Strong scripting and automation experience using PowerShell, Python, and Microsoft Graph API.
• Experience with Threat Detection, Vulnerability Management, Security Incident Response, investigation, remediation, and mitigation in collaboration with SOC teams.
• Experience implementing secure application authentication using OAuth 2.0, OIDC, PKCE, JWT, and mTLS.
• Understanding of Application, Workload, and AI/Agent Security, including workload identities, least-privilege access, prompt injection, and data exposure risks.
• Experience developing cloud security strategies, driving security implementation, mentoring engineering teams, and communicating security risks to senior leadership.
• Strong understanding of security governance, risk management, compliance, and enterprise security best practices.