Azure Cloud Security & Databricks Lead (Remote)

Eliassen Group; Santa Fe (NM); Remote; USD 124,000 - 138,000; Part time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a security-focused Azure and Databricks consultant to support cloud migration and hardening for a transition services agreement. You will drive architecture reviews, remediation, IaC security scanning, CSPM rollout, and governance across Azure Databricks with strong documentation and risk sign‑offs.

Remote work is supported with preference for locations in the US; US citizenship or residency is required.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Azure security architecture experience across identity, network, compute and data services.
• Demonstrated remediation leadership for critical and high vulnerabilities from baseline and pentest outputs.
• Proficiency with Azure AD and Infrastructure as Code security scanning and governance.
• Experience deploying and operating CSPM solutions, preferably CrowdStrike CSPM.
• Background in SaaS and data security, including Cyera or equivalents.
• Azure Databricks security, networking, and IAM governance experience, including Unity Catalog.
• Knowledge of TLS inspection exceptions, risk documentation, and approvals workflows.
• Familiarity with GSOC or SIEM log ingestion and retention practices.

Responsibilities

• Finalize Azure architecture security reviews and coordinate remediation of critical and high vulnerabilities across Azure, on‑premises datacenters, and Active Directory surfaces transitioning to Veolia.
• Perform static security scans on Azure AD Infrastructure as Code repositories and track remediation.
• Coordinate remediation of critical and high findings from Azure penetration testing and verify closure.
• Implement CrowdStrike CSPM, execute posture testing, remediate critical findings, and perform retesting post‑remediation.
• Integrate Falcon Shield for the Azure Jump Domain and validate protection coverage.
• Scan data repositories using Cyera, coordinate data volume tier expansions for migration pipelines, and remediate exposure findings.
• Lead Azure Databricks security and governance, including TLS inspection exception approval with documented risk, compensating controls, and ServiceNow sign‑off.
• Validate private‑by‑design patterns for Databricks, including VNet injection, Secure Cluster Connectivity without public IPs, private endpoints, and private DNS.
• Coordinate GSOC logging ingestion and retention policies, including interim blob storage retention prior to full GSOC integration.
• Oversee Entra ID and IAM access governance for Databricks workspaces, Unity Catalog, service principals, and managed identities.
• Ensure centralized egress routing via Azure Firewall for approved external integrations.

Skills

Azure security architecture

Vulnerability remediation

IaC security scanning

CSPM deployment

Databricks security

GSOC logging governance

IAM governance

Tools

CrowdStrike CSPM

Cyera

Azure Firewall

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a security-focused Azure and Databricks consultant to support cloud migration and hardening for a transition services agreement. You will drive architecture reviews, remediation, IaC security scanning, CSPM rollout, and governance across Azure Databricks with strong documentation and risk sign‑offs.

Remote work is supported with preference for locations in the US; US citizenship or residency is required.