Senior Azure Security Engineer

HTC Global Services; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT services provider in India is seeking a Senior Azure Security Engineer to manage Azure security standards and protect sensitive data. The role involves collaborating with DevOps teams and optimizing security services within Azure. Candidates should have proven experience in managing Azure environments and be willing to work night shifts. Interested candidates should send their CVs with salary expectations and notice period details.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing and securing Microsoft Azure environments.
• Ability to establish cloud security standards and safeguard sensitive data.
• Experience with advanced Azure services and security integration.

Responsibilities

• Define and enforce Azure security policies aligned to industry frameworks.
• Manage security services like Defender for Cloud and Sentinel.
• Secure Azure AI, Cognitive Search, and AKS workloads.
• Collaborate with teams to integrate security in CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor and respond to threats across Azure and O365.

Skills

Entra/M365 Security

Azure architecture

Virtual network design

PowerShell

Azure CLI

Terraform

Job description

Direct message the job poster from HTC Global Services

Senior Technical Recruiter at HTC Global Services

Exciting Opportunity Alert! 🌟 HTC Global Services is hiring Senior Azure Security Engineer - Immediate joiners for our premium project at Chennai & Hyderabad.

HTC Global Services - a leading CMM level 5 global provider of innovative IT and Business Process Services and Solutions since 1990 with headquarters in Troy, Michigan, USA.

Location: Chennai/Hyderabad

Mode: 3 days work from office (HYBRID)

Night Shift: 9.30 PM IST to 6.30 AM IST

We are seeking a Senior Azure Security Engineer with proven experience managing and securing Microsoft Azure environments. This role will establish cloud security standards, safeguard sensitive data, and support secure adoption of advanced Azure services including Azure AI, Cognitive Search, Document Intelligence, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) workloads.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and enforce Azure security policies, standards, and guardrails aligned to industry frameworks.


• Manage and optimize security services: Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Key Vault, Policy, Firewall, RBAC.


• Secure advanced Azure services including:


• Azure AI – protecting models, data pipelines, and APIs.


• Azure Cognitive Search & Document Intelligence – safeguarding sensitive data and ensuring compliance.


• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) – container security, network policies, identity, and runtime protection.


• Collaborate with DevOps and application teams to embed security in CI/CD pipelines and O365 integrations.


• Monitor, detect, and respond to threats across Azure and O365.


• Automate governance and compliance checks using PowerShell, Azure CLI, Terraform.

Required Qualifications

• Entra/M365 Security


• Azure architecture, subscriptions, management groups, and resource hierarchy


• Virtual network design, peering, private endpoints, and service endpoints

Candidates interested to work in night shifts, please do share your updated CV to [e-mail] mentioning your Current CTC, expected CTC and notice period details.