Azure Security Architect

ERM Placement Services; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

ERM Placement Services seeks an experienced Azure Security Engineer to join our security team in India. You will lead cloud security assessments, enforce guardrails for onboarding to Azure, and design policies across tenants and subscriptions to strengthen governance.

The role requires hands-on experience with Entra ID, PIM, Conditional Access, Azure Sentinel, and Defender for Cloud, plus 5+ years in enterprise Azure security and relevant certifications such as AZ-500/AZ-104 or CISSP.

Qualifications

• BE/BTech/MTech with relevant cloud security focus.
• 5+ years in Microsoft Azure security at enterprise scale.
• AZ-500, AZ-104, CISSP or equivalent cloud security certifications.
• Experience with multi-tenant Azure environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead Cloud Security Assessments using the Agentic AI Platform and provide CloudSec inputs for development and augmentation of the platform.
• Design, implement, and enforce security controls & guardrails for new application and platform onboarding to Azure.
• Design and maintain Azure security policies across tenants and subscriptions
• Conduct cloud security reviews of JPL applications hosted in independent tenants, including Omni AI and CloudStaff
• Coordinate Azure resource tag correction across 500+ subscription owners and maintain tagging governance
• Monitor Azure cost governance for Infosec resources and optimize cloud security spend
• Administer PIM (Privileged Identity Management) and architect Conditional Access policies across the Azure environment.
• Perform SaaS/PaaS security reviews and compliance monitoring across all connected applications and cloud platforms.

Skills

Azure security

Azure policy

Entra ID

PIM

Conditional Access

Azure Sentinel

Defender for Cloud

Security reviews

Cloud cost governance

Education

BE / BTech / MTech

Tools

Entra ID

PIM

Logic Apps

Azure Sentinel

Defender for Cloud

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead Cloud Security Assessments using the Agentic AI Platform and provide CloudSec domain inputs for development and augmentation of the platform.
• Design, implement, and enforce security controls & guardrails for new application and platform onboarding to Azure.
• Design and maintain Azure security policies across tenants and subscriptions
• Conduct cloud security reviews of JPL applications hosted in independent tenants, including Omni AI and CloudStaff
• Coordinate Azure resource tag correction across 500+ subscription owners and maintain tagging governance
• Monitor Azure cost governance for Infosec resources and optimize cloud security spend
• Administer PIM (Privileged Identity Management) and architect Conditional Access policies across the Azure environment.
• Perform SaaS/PaaS security reviews and compliance monitoring across all connected applications and cloud platforms.

Qualification and Work Experience

Qualification: BE / BTech / MTech

Certifications: Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500), Azure Administrator (AZ-104), CISSP, or equivalent cloud security certifications.(Preferred*)

Work experience: Hands-on experience in cloud security architecture, with at least 5 years specifically on Microsoft Azure at enterprise scale.

• Proven experience managing Azure security policy enforcement across multiple tenants and large-scale subscription environments.
• Hands-on experience with Entra ID, PIM, Conditional Access, Azure Sentinel, Logic Apps, and Defender for Cloud.
• Solid understanding of cloud security architecture frameworks, including CIS Azure Benchmarks, NIST CSF, and ISO 27001 controls.
• Experience conducting security reviews of SaaS applications and cloud-native workloads in multi-tenant Azure environments.
• Experience with Agentic AI platforms or contributing security domain inputs to AI-driven security tooling is a strong advantage.
• Preferred: Experience in Azure cost governance, resource tagging strategy, and Infosec spend optimisation at scale.