Cloud Security Engineer

Yoush Consulting; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading project management consultancy in Toronto seeks an Azure Cloud Security Engineer to enhance its Cloud Security team. The ideal candidate will provide expertise in architecture and security solutions for cloud platforms. With at least 5 years of experience in Azure, AAD, and endpoint protection, this role demands a strong understanding of cloud security practices. Join a people-oriented organization committed to continuous improvement in security measures and incident response.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform.
• 5+ years of experience with Microsoft AAD, M365 and Endpoint Manager.
• 5+ years of experience with Network Access Control solutions.

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise on architecture, authentication, and systems security.
• Assess, design, implement, automate, and document security solutions for cloud platforms.
• Deploy security solutions in cloud environments including Microsoft Azure and M365.

Skills

Cloud security practices

Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform

Endpoint protection solutions

Network Access Control solutions

Privileged Access Management solutions

Linux operating systems

MS Windows operating systems

Cloud Security Solutions

SIEM solutions

AWS security design

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, business or other related major

CISSP, CCSP, CRISC or similar cloud certification

Tools

FireEye

CloudStrike

Aruba ClearPass

CyberArk

BeyondTrust

Zscaler

CASB

Rapid 7

Exabeam

Sentinel

Job description

Welcome to Yoush Consulting. Are you an independent IT Consultant, or do you wish to become one? Yoush Consulting provides project management and information technology expertise to help our clients deliver their projects. With the rapid adoption of Digital Business and Cloud technologies, the emphasis on growing the in‑house Cloud Security team is stronger than ever.

This growth in Cloud adoption across the enterprise has created this great opportunity for an Azure Cloud Security Engineer who wishes to join an excellent team of professionals in a people‑oriented organization.

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise on architecture, authentication, and systems security. Understand our full engineering stack, services, and data flow.
• Assess, design, implement, automate, and document security solutions and processes for Amazon Web Service (AWS), Microsoft Azure, SaaS applications and other cloud platforms.
• Deploy security solutions in cloud environments including Microsoft Azure and M365.
• Research and maintain an extensive knowledge base of current cloud technology advancements, trends and directions, and identify the potential threats and exposures.
• Assist in the investigation and remediation of security incidents and issues.
• Create and support KPIs and KRIs that measure risk reduction and progress in the cloud over time.
• Help governance, compliance, and risk management teams to ensure the system consistently meets the cyber security requirements.
• Act as a mentor across the teams to enable a best‑of‑breed approach to cloud security and cloud management.
• Protect the systems from data breaches at all times.
• Monitor, operate, and improve system uptime, performance, high availability, and disaster recovery readiness.
• Collaborate with other operational and development teams during triage and resolution of operational issues.
• Assist with other cyber security‑related tasks.
• Deploy and fine‑tune SIEM solutions, threat hunting, security events analysis, and forensics investigations.
• Deploy and manage vulnerability solutions.
• Manage security web broker cloud access solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, business or other related major.
• CISSP, CCSP, CRISC or similar cloud certification is preferred.
• 5+ years of experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform.
• 5+ years of experience with Microsoft AAD, M365 and Endpoint Manager.
• 5+ years of experience with Endpoint protection solutions (FireEye, CloudStrike).
• 5+ years of experience with Network Access Control solutions (Aruba ClearPass).
• 5+ years of experience with Privileged Access Management solutions (CyberArk, BeyondTrust).
• 5+ years of experience with Cloud security practices.
• 5+ years of experience with implementing and configuring IT infrastructure systems, including operating systems, applications, databases, firewalls, and networks.
• Extensive experience in Linux and MS Windows operating systems, configuration, installation, tuning, maintenance and monitoring.
• Extensive experience with Cloud Security Solutions (e.g., Zscaler, CASB).
• Extensive experience with SIEM solutions (Rapid 7, Exabeam, Sentinel).
• Experience with AWS and Azure security design, architecture and implementations.