Cloud Security Engineer (Azure) - Charlotte, NC

Optomi, in partnership with a leading enterprise energy provider, is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer for a hybrid opportunity local to Charlotte, NC. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring security solutions with focus on data security for our Microsoft Azure environment, as well as ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations and security best practices into our cloud applications and services.

What the right candidate will enjoy!

• Hybrid opportunity
• Working for a highly innovative and adaptable company
• Working for a company that prides themselves on their culture

Experience of the right candidate:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information security, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• At least 3 years of experience in cloud security, preferably in Microsoft Azure.
• Deep understanding of Azure data protection mechanisms and encryption methods.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure security services and tools, such as Azure Security Center, Azure Sentinel, Azure Key Vault, Azure Active Directory, and Azure CloudTrail for data protection.
• Experience with security testing tools and methodologies, such as vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, etc.
• Experience with security information and event management (SIEM) systems including creating and refining searches for alerting purposes.
• Experience with scripting languages, such as PowerShell, Python, etc.
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code.
• Experience with DevOps tools and processes, such as Azure DevOps, Git, CI/CD, etc.

Responsibilities of the right candidate:

• Partner with Cybersecurity Architect and other Cybersecurity teams to design and implement cloud data security policies, standards, and procedures for Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Information Protection, Microsoft Identity Access Management, and Data Protection.
• Perform security assessments and audits of our data, and remediate any vulnerabilities or issues.
• Partner with Cloud platform teams (Azure, AWS, OCI, GCP) to design and implement security controls.
• Monitor and respond to data security incidents and events, and conduct root cause analysis and remediation.
• Establish and document repeatable processes that ensure proper use of the encryption, key management, data masking, and data labeling technologies in the cloud.
• Develop and maintain security documentation, such as risk assessments, security plans, incident reports, and security awareness materials as related to Data Protection.
• Ensuring compliance with data protection legislation and standards.
• Research and evaluate new cloud data security technologies and trends, and provide recommendations for improvement.