Azure Security Architect

ERM Placement Services; Khordha; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

ERM Placement Services in India is seeking an experienced Cloud Security Engineer with a strong Azure background. The role focuses on leading Azure security assessments, enforcing controls for onboarding, and maintaining policy enforcement across multiple tenants and subscriptions.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in cloud security, hands-on Azure experience, and familiarity with Entra ID, PIM, CA, Sentinel, and Defender for Cloud. Certifications like AZ-500/AZ-104 or CISSP are preferred.

Qualifications

• BE/BTech/MTech required with cloud security focus.
• Strong experience in enterprise Azure security.
• Relevant cloud security certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud security assessments and provide domain inputs for AI-driven tooling.
• Design, implement and enforce security controls for Azure onboarding.
• Maintain Azure security policies across tenants and subscriptions.
• Conduct security reviews of SaaS/PaaS apps in multi-tenant Azure.
• Coordinate tagging governance and cost governance for Infosec resources.
• Administer PIM and architect Conditional Access policies.
• Monitor compliance across cloud platforms.

Skills

Security architecture

Policy enforcement

Cloud security reviews

Azure security best practices

AI security inputs

Education

BE / BTech / MTech

Tools

Azure Sentinel

PIM

Entra ID

Conditional Access

Logic Apps

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.