Azure Cloud Security Architect: Secure & Govern the Cloud

Planet Group; Milwaukee (WI); Hybrid; USD 172,000 - 179,000; Part time

Job summary

Planet Group is seeking an Azure Cloud Security Architect for a 3-month contract in Milwaukee, WI. This hybrid role focuses on cloud security, vulnerability remediation, infrastructure protection and governance during the transition.

The ideal candidate will lead security reviews, coordinate remediation across Azure, on-prem, and AD environments, and drive CSPM, data security, and IAM governance in a complex cloud migration.

Qualifications

• Experience securing Azure environments during cloud migrations.
• Knowledge of vulnerability remediation across cloud and on-premise estates.
• Ability to coordinate across security and engineering teams to enforce governance and posture controls.

Responsibilities

• Cloud Architecture & Vulnerability Baseline: Finalize Azure architecture security reviews and coordinate remediation of critical/high vulnerabilities; rescan hosting and identity environments (Azure, on-premises, AD) during transition.
• IaC & Penetration Testing Remediation: Perform static security scans on Azure AD IaC codebases and coordinate remediation of critical/high vulnerabilities from Azure penetration tests.
• Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) & SaaS Protection: Implement CSPM, conduct posture testing, remediate findings, and test post-remediation; integrate Falcon Shield for the Azure Jump Domain.
• Data Security & Repository Protection: Scan data repositories using Cyera, coordinate data tier expansions for migration pipelines, remediate data exposure vulnerabilities.
• Azure Databricks Security & Governance: Review TLS inspection exceptions with risk docs and ServiceNow sign-off; enforce private connectivity and private DNS; oversee GSOC logging ingestion and IAM access governance across Databricks workspaces.

Skills

Cloud security architecture

Vulnerability remediation

Cloud governance

IAM governance

Data security

Tools

CrowdStrike CSPM

Falcon Shield

Cyera

ServiceNow

Azure Firewall

Azure AD

Entra ID

Unity Catalog

GSOC logging

Azure Databricks

Job description

Planet Group is seeking an Azure Cloud Security Architect for a 3-month contract in Milwaukee, WI. This hybrid role focuses on cloud security, vulnerability remediation, infrastructure protection and governance during the transition.

The ideal candidate will lead security reviews, coordinate remediation across Azure, on-prem, and AD environments, and drive CSPM, data security, and IAM governance in a complex cloud migration.