Azure Security Architect

Title: Azure Security Architect
Location: Kansas, USA. Remote with periodic participation in project and governance meetings.
Contract

Responsibilities

• Review and challenge solution architectures, designs, and implementation plans.          
• Assess solutions for security, resiliency, governance, and operational readiness.
• Evaluate identity, access management, networking, data protection, logging, monitoring, and third-party integrations.
• Conduct architecture and security reviews at key project milestones.
• Identify risks, control gaps, and remediation recommendations.
• Support audit, compliance, and regulatory requirements related to finance systems.
• Assess ERP/GL, subledger, FP&A, reporting, data platform, integration, and identity/access designs for security and control implications
• Maintain security risks, decisions, assumptions, and control gaps in alignment with program RAID, decision log, and governance processes
• Partner with Finance, Infrastructure, Governance, Compliance, Project Management, and external vendors.
• Provide executive-level summaries, risk assessments, and recommendations.

Required Experience

• 10+ years of enterprise architecture and cloud experience.
• 5+ years designing and governing Microsoft Azure environments.
• Strong cybersecurity architecture background, including Zero Trust and cloud security.
• Experience with large transformation programs, ERP/GL implementations, or finance system modernization.
• Experience reviewing security architecture across SaaS, cloud, integration, data platform, and enterprise identity environments
• Ability to translate technical security risks into business-relevant recommendations for program leaders and executives
• Deep knowledge of:
• Azure Architecture & Governance
• Microsoft Entra ID
• RBAC and Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
• Azure Networking
• Microsoft Defender
• Microsoft Sentinel
• Data Protection and Security Monitoring
• Experience working with auditors, risk teams, and compliance frameworks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert
• CISSP, CCSP, CCSK, TOGAF, or equivalent certifications
• Experience in insurance, reinsurance, financial services, or other regulated industries
• Familiarity with NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and SOX controls

Deliverables

• Architecture and security review reports
• Risk and control gap assessments
• Phase-gate security readiness assessments
• Executive presentations and recommendations for program leadership
• Design review participation throughout the program
• Security control traceability and audit-readiness support for finance systems
• Ongoing advisory support for project and governance teams

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.