Azure Security Architect

ERM Placement Services; India; On-site; INR 2,200,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

ERM Placement Services seeks a Senior Cloud Security Engineer with deep Microsoft Azure expertise to lead security assessments and governance across large, multi-tenant deployments in India. You will design, implement, and enforce security controls for onboarding new applications and platforms to Azure, and coordinate tagging governance across 500+ subscriptions.

The role requires hands-on Azure security architecture, Entra ID, PIM, CA, Sentinel, Defender for Cloud, and a track record applying

Qualifications

• Qualification: BE / BTech / MTech.
• Certifications include AZ-500, AZ-104, CISSP or equivalent cloud security certs.
• Hands-on Azure security experience of 5+ years at enterprise scale.
• Experience enforcing security policy across multiple tenants and large subscriptions.
• Experience with Entra ID, PIM, CA, Azure Sentinel, Logic Apps, Defender for Cloud.
• Familiarity with CIS Azure Benchmarks, NIST CSF, ISO 27001 controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead Cloud Security Assessments using the Agentic AI Platform.
• Design and enforce security controls for onboarding to Azure.
• Design and maintain Azure security policies across tenants/subscriptions.
• Conduct cloud security reviews of JPL apps in independent tenants.
• Coordinate Azure resource tag correction across 500+ subscription owners.
• Monitor and optimize Infosec spend and cost governance.
• Administer PIM and architect Conditional Access policies.
• Perform SaaS/PaaS security reviews and compliance monitoring.

Skills

Azure security architecture

Azure policy enforcement

Entra ID

PIM

Conditional Access

Azure Sentinel

Logic Apps

Defender for Cloud

Cloud security governance

Cost governance

SaaS security reviews

AI security tooling inputs

Azure cost optimization

Education

BE / BTech / MTech

AZ-500

AZ-104

CISSP

Cloud security certifications

Tools

Agentic AI Platform

Azure Defender

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.