Cloud Security Specialist Azure

Purview Services; Lucknow; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Purview Services is seeking a Cloud Security Specialist (Azure) to secure the company’s Microsoft Azure environments by applying security-by-design principles and enforcing robust cloud controls.

You will design and govern security architecture, implement IAM, enforce network security, and monitor threats with Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, and Azure Monitor, then lead incident response and remediation activities.

Qualifications

• Ability to design and govern Azure security architecture aligned to standards.
• Experience implementing identity and access management and MFA.
• Knowledge of cloud threat monitoring and incident response processes.

Responsibilities

• Design and govern Azure cloud security architecture aligned to standards.
• Implement identity and access management (Entra ID, RBAC, PIM, MFA).
• Enforce network security including encryption and key management.
• Monitor threats using Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, and Azure Monitor.
• Lead cloud security incident response and remediation.

Skills

Azure security

IAM

Threat monitoring

Zero Trust

Tools

Terraform

Defender for Cloud

Azure Monitor

Sentinel

Job description

Role Purpose

The Cloud Security Specialist (Azure) is responsible for securing companys Microsoft Azure environments by implementing security-by-design principles, enforcing cloud security controls, and ensuring compliance with enterprise and GxP regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and govern Azure cloud security architecture aligned to standards
• Implement identity and access management (Entra ID, RBAC, PIM, MFA)
• Enforce network security (encryption, key management, secrets)
• Monitor threats using Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, and Azure Monitor
• Lead cloud security incident response and remediation

Good-to-Have

• Exposure to Terraform, DevSecOps and automation
• Azure Landing Zones and Zero Trust architecture
• Microsoft security certifications (Azure Security Engineer, CISSP, ISO 27001)
• Prior experience with regulated enterprise clients

Engagement Model

Acts as Azure Cloud Security authority and collaborates with Security, Cloud, Quality teams, Wipro delivery teams, and Microsoft, supporting the full lifecycle from design to steady-state operations.