Azure Cloud Security Architect - DMV Modernization

Chandra Technologies, Inc; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Chandra Technologies, Inc. seeks an expert Cloud Security Architect to lead secure Azure design, governance, and compliance for a major government cloud modernization effort in the Triangle region of North Carolina.

The role focuses on identity, networking, data protection, logging, and governance, leveraging Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, and Azure Policy to meet regulatory requirements while coordinating with vendors and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Design and maintain secure Azure architectures across identity, networking, data protection, logging/monitoring, and governance.
• Develop and enforce Azure security standards, policies, and reference architectures aligned to regulatory requirements.
• Lead threat modeling, risk assessments, and security reviews for the Azure cloud environment and modernization efforts.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert guidance on Azure-native security tooling (Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Azure Policy, Key Vault, Monitor).
• Translate security requirements into actionable architectural guidance and configurations.
• Integrate third-party security solutions with Azure security and monitoring.
• Oversee security compliance design, configuration, and assessment for Azure environments.

Skills

Azure security architecture

Threat modeling

Azure-native security tooling

Zero Trust

Compliance mapping (NIST 800-53/171, N

Tools

Terraform

ARM/Bicep

GitHub/Azure DevOps

Defender for Cloud

Azure Policy

Key Vault

Monitor/Log Analytics

Cloudflare

Palo Alto (Cloud/Sec gateway)

Job description

Chandra Technologies, Inc. seeks an expert Cloud Security Architect to lead secure Azure design, governance, and compliance for a major government cloud modernization effort in the Triangle region of North Carolina.

The role focuses on identity, networking, data protection, logging, and governance, leveraging Defender for Cloud, Key Vault, and Azure Policy to meet regulatory requirements while coordinating with vendors and stakeholders.