Azure Security Architect

ERM Placement Services; Surat; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

ERM Placement Services in Surat seeks an experienced Cloud Security Architect to lead Azure security across enterprise-scale environments, enforce policies, and optimize security spend.

The role requires 5+ years in Azure security, certification or equivalent, and hands-on experience with Entra ID, PIM, CA, Sentinel, and Defender for Cloud. You will oversee governance across 500+ subscriptions and drive security reviews of SaaS apps.

Qualifications

• BE/BTech/MTech in a relevant field.
• Microsoft Azure security certifications preferred (AZ-500, AZ-104) or equivalent.
• Hands-on enterprise-scale Azure security experience (5+ years).
• Experience enforcing security policies across multiple tenants and large subscription environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead Azure security assessments and provide domain inputs for AI-driven security tooling.
• Design and enforce security controls and guardrails for onboarding to Azure.
• Design and maintain Azure security policies across tenants and subscriptions.
• Conduct cloud security reviews of multi-tenant applications and platforms.
• Coordinate tagging governance across 500+ subscription owners and monitor cost governance.
• Administer PIM and architect Conditional Access policies across Azure.
• Perform SaaS/PaaS security reviews and compliance monitoring across connected apps.

Skills

Cloud security architecture

Azure security

SaaS/PaaS security

Security reviews

Education

BE/BTech/MTech

Tools

Entra ID

PIM

Conditional Access

Azure Sentinel

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.